Paradise - Coldplay

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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There are two possible ways of playing this, and I'll tab both for completeness's sake.

This first version sounds much better, but is a little more difficult.

Tuning: E A D G C F (careful the high strings don't snap during tuning)

Chords:
   - 355300
    - 
Dm   - 10 12 1

2 10 0 0
    - 133200
   - 688700
  - 332000
    - 355400


[Intro]
   |  |(x3)

   (x2)

    (x4)


[Verse]
            
When she was j

      
ust a girl,
             
She expected t

   
he world,
            
But it flew aw

            
ay from her re

ach,
             
So she ran awa

         
y in her sleep

.


[Chorus]
            
Dreamed of par

       
a-para-paradis

e,
         
Para-para-para

dise,
        
Para-para-para

dise,
             
Every time she

            
 closed her ey

es.

    (x2)


[Verse]
            
When she was j

     
ust a girl,
           
She expected t

      
he world,
            
But it flew aw

            
ay from her re

ach,
            
And bullets ca

           
tch in her tee

th.


Life goes on,
   
It gets so hea

vy,
             
The wheel brea

       
ks the butterf

ly.
            
Every tear, a 


waterfall.

            
In the night, 

    
the stormy nig

ht,
              
She closed her

 
 eyes.
            
In the night, 

    
the stormy nig

ht,
         
Away she flied

.


[Chorus]
              
And dreamed of

         
 para-para-par

adise,
         
Para-para-para

dise,
        
Para-para-para

dise,
           
Whoa-oh-oh oh-

oooh oh-oh-oh.

 (x2)

    (x4)

            
Still lying un

             
derneath the s

      
tormy skies
            
She said oh-oh

       
-oh-oh-oh-oh.
           
I know the sun

's set to rise

.

              
And dreamed of

         
 para-para-par

adise,
         
Para-para-para

dise,
        
Para-para-para

dise,
           
Whoa-oh-oh oh-

oooh oh-oh-oh.

 (x2)


    (lots of times)

       


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Capo version (probably easier for a beginner, and doesn't risk snapping strings)

Standard tuning
Capo 3

Chords:
 - 075000 / 022000
  - 355400 / 320022
  - 554030 / xx0232
  - 577600 / x02220
 - 799700 / x24432

NB: The first variations are what I would use, but the second variations are there in 
case you find them tricky to play.


[Intro]
    (x3)

   (x2)

    (x4)


[Verse]
            
When she was j

      
ust a girl,
             
She expected t

   
he world,
            
But it flew aw

            
ay from her re

ach,
             
So she ran awa

         
y in her sleep

.


[Chorus]
            
Dreamed of par

       
a-para-paradis

e,
         
Para-para-para

dise,
        
Para-para-para

dise,
             
Every time she

            
 closed her ey

es.

    (x2)


Etc....