THE SCIENTIST (ACOUSTIC) - COLDPLAY

An incredibly simple but fantastic song to play on an acoustic guitar!
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the key of the song.
It does state below that a capo is required, but for those that don't have a capo,
I have taken the liberty of putting a set of chords on which do not require a capo
and will allow you to play along with the CD.

EDIT (08/05/2020) - it's been a long time since I originally submitted this and I must say it will NOT let
you play along to the song.  The tuning of the song is very unique.  I think it's tuned in 4ths
(which basically means the high b and e strings become c and f.  These strings are then played as open
throughout).  But even then it still doesn't quite sound right.

Oh well, I'm happy with my version as an acoustic...


(CAPO ON 3RD FRET)      (NO CAPO)

     (x20202)             (x57565)
       (320003)              (688766)
   (
D       (xx023

        
2)        F   

  (
    (x8,10,10,

10,x)
Dsus2   (xx0230)        Fsus2   (x,8,10,10,8,x)
Dmaj7   (xx0222)        Fmaj7   (x,8,10,9,10,8)
       (x02220)               (x35553)
      (
Daddb6  (xx033

              (
5) or (55433x)
 or substitute Daug (xx0332)
  (xx0430)


Intro:  |        |        |          |      |

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V1:       Come

             
 up to meet yo

              
u, tell you I'

        
m so----orry, 

              
you don't know

      
 how lovely yo

u are

           
          I ha

             
d to find you,

            
 tell you I ne

          
----ed you, te

             
ll you I'll se


t you apart

           
          Tell

             
 me your secre

              
ts and ask me 

        
your qu----est

              
ions, oh, let'

     
s go back to t

he start

           
          Runn

             
ing in circles

            
, coming in ta

          
----ils, heads

        
 are a science

 apart


             
C1:       Nobo

              
dy said it was

        
 easy,       i

             
t's such a sha


me for us to p

art

             
          Nobo

              
dy said it was

        
 easy,       n

           
o one ever sai

        
d it would be 

   
this hard

            
          Oh, 

              
take me back t

      
o the start


Int1:   |()        |        |          |     |

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V2:        I w

             
as just guessi

              
ng at numbers 

        
and fi----igur

              
es, pulling th

   
e puzzles apar

t

           
          Ques

             
tions of scien

              
ce, science an

        
d     progress

              
, do not speak

     
 as loud as my

 heart

           
          Tell

             
 me you love m

              
e, come back a

        
nd ha-----aunt

              
 me, oh and I 

 
rush to the st

art

           
          Runn

             
ing in circles

          
, chasing ta--

            
--ils, coming 

 
back as we are


             
C2:       Nobo

              
dy said it was

        
 easy,       o

              
h, it's such a

   
 shame for us 

to part

             
          Nobo

              
dy said it was

        
 easy,       n

           
o one ever sai

            
d it would be 

    
so hard

            
          I'm 

              
going back to 

     
the start


Int2:   |()        |          |          |          |

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          Oh -

             
 ooo-oo-oo-oo-

 
ooo

           
          Ah -

             
 ooo-oo-oo-oo-

 
ooo

           
          Oh -

             
 ooo-oo-oo-oo-

 
ooo

           
          Oh -

             
 ooo-oo-oo-oo-

 
ooo