A Whisper - Coldplay
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Tabber: Hound_Of_Winter
eMail: pattonr@students.sou.edu
Tuning: Standard
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| ~ note is held for a noticeably long time
The funnest Coldplay bass part to play, in my humble opinion. It's actually in 4/4,
it or not, the triplets really throw you of though, so I just count like it's in 3/4. The
a total whirlwind of sound, you can hear like 5 guitar parts at any given time!
Anyways, we're here to tab out the bass. I got the song down a while ago and have had
adding to it since. I'll show a few of these throughout the tab, they'll either be in
( ) or be represented as an alternative the actual tones with [OR].
Intro: No bass for 8 Bars, then...
Intro/Chorus:
Ebmaj7
G|------------
D|------------
A|-6--6-6---6-
E|------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-6---6-6---6-
|-------------
G5
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-3---3-3---3-
|-------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-3---3-3---3-
|
|
|
|
G|------------
D|------------
A|-6--6-6---6-
E|------------
|-------------
|-------------
|-6---6-6---6-
|-------------
||------------
||.-----------
||.-----------
||-3---3-3---3
-|------------
-|------------
-|------------
-|-3---3-3---3
--------------
.-------------
.||(Varies thr
--------------
------| Rep
------| Number
ough--|
------| -out
eat X
of Times
the song)
Verse
Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 Csus2
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
[OR]
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-6-6-5-|
G|------------
D|----h3/15~~~
A|------------
E|-3----------
-|------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
-|------------
-|------------
____________
/ (Play this
-|------------
-|----h3/15~~~
-|------------
-|-3----------
______________
on the 1st ve
-|------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~\
-|------------
-|------------
___
rse only)
-|
-|
-|
-|
Verse
Intro/Chorus X2
Then...
Bridge:
Dm
G|------------
D|-----------7
A|-5-5-5-5-8--
E|------------
Bb6
-|------------
-|-8-8-8-8-8-8
-|------------
-|------------
C5
-|------------
-|------------
-|-3-3-3-3-3-3
-|------------
-|
-|
-|
-|
Dm
G|------------
D|-----------7
A|-5-5-5-5-8--
E|------------
Bb6
-|------------
-|-8-8-8-8-8-8
-|------------
-|------------
C5
-|------------
-|-10-10-10-10
-|------------
-|------------
-------|
-10-10-|
-------|
-------|
Dm
G|------------
D|-----------7
A|-5-5-5-5-8--
E|------------
Bb6
-|------------
-|-8-8-8-8-8-8
-|------------
-|------------
C5
-|------------
-|-10-10-10-10
-|----------(1
-|----------(8
--------|-----
-10-10--|-----
0-10-10)|-----
--8--8-)|-3~~~
--|-------|
--|-------|
--|-------|
~~~~~~~~~-|
Bridge Lyrics:
Night turns to day when I still had these questions.
Who could just blame, shall I go forwards or backwards?
And not since today and I still get no answers.
Rest 2 Bars
Intro/Chorus X2
Verse X2
Intro/Chorus X2
Then...
Outro
Bb6 C5 G5
G|-------|----
D|-------|----
A|-------|----
E|-6-/8--|-15~
Bb6 C5 G5
---|-------|--
---|-------|--
---|-------|--
~~\|-6-/8--|-1
-----|
-----| Repeat to fade...
-----|
5~~~\|
I usually play around with octaves here, just to keep things interesting:
Bb6 C5
G|------------
D|---8-----10-
A|------------
E|-6---6/8----
G5
--|-----------
--|---5-----5-
--|-----------
8-|-3---3-3---
Bb6
--| |-------
--| O |---8---
--| R |-------
3-| |-6---6/
-------|------
--10---|----17
-------|------
8----8-|-15---
------------|
------------|
------------|
-15-15-15---|
Alright, that's it. If'n you spot any mistakes, feel free to email me or make
Have a good one.