Artist:         Coldplay
Song:   Violet Hill
Album:  Viva La Vida or Death and All his Friends
Version:        1.0

AUTHOR:
Tab annotated by rikigo (grosserr@gmail.com)
[Standing on the shoulders of giants]
I've written this in my frustration that I couldn't find/or hear a chord tab of this song
that 'hit the right notes', but I acknowledge with thanks the previous
works of other UT members who inspired me to complete this submission.

TUNING:
Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret. This version of the song is set in Bminor.
Although original is in C#minor, this sounds more interesting and
you get the option of more 'open' chords.

CHORDS:
 =========== x32010
 =========== xx0232
 ========== 022000
 =========== 133211
 ========== 244322
 ========= 244222
 ======== 242222
 =========== 320003
 ======= xx0002
 =========== x02220
 ========== x02210
 ======= x02420
 ========== x24432
 ========= x24232
 ========= x20222
 ========== xx245x


VERSE 1:
      
Was a long and

 dark _De-cem 

- ber
              
From the rooft

              
ops I re-mem -

  
 ber,
         
there was snow

       
,________     

white snow____

____

Clear-ly I____

 remem - ber f

rom the win - 

dows
           
they were watc

  
h - ing while 

we
         
froze________ 

           
down be - low_

      
_______


CHORUS 1:
         
When the fu - 

ture's ar - ch

itec - tured
          
by a car - niv

             
al of id - iot


s__ on show,__

______
              
you'd better l

   
ie low________
      
If you  love m

        
e___  won't yo

    
u let___ me kn

ow?___


VERSE 2:
    
Was a long and

 dark _De-cem 

- ber
              
When the banks

        
 be-came cathe

 - drals
      
and the fox___

         
_____  be-came

  God____
        
Priests __ clu

tched ___ on -

 to bi - bles
              
hol-lowed out_

              
__ to fit thei

   
r ri - fles.
      
And the cross_

    
_______  was h

eld aloft_____

___


CHORUS 2:

Bury me in hon

 - our
         
when I'm dead 

and hit___ the

 ground,
              
_my love's _op

           
 - posed,___ i


t un - folds__

______
      
If you  love m

        
e___  won't yo

   
u let___ me kn

ow?___


SOLO GUITAR:
Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret.
(This is my 'first stab' at the distorted Guitar Solo)

E |-----------
B |-----------
G |-(1)-(4)--2
D |-(2)-(5)---
A |-----------
E |-----------

--------------
--------------
--2--2--0---0-
----------2---
--------------
--------------

--------------
--------------
-2------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-----|
-----|
-------|
-------|
-----|
-----|      (X

3)    Then a s

ustain to...


E |-----------
B |-----------
G |-(1)-(4)--2
D |-(2)-(5)---
A |-----------
E |-----------

--------------
--------------
--2--2--0---0-
----------2---
--------------
--------------

--------------
--------------
-2------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

------|
------|
--------|
--------|
------|
------|      (

X4)

VERSE 3:
      
I don't want t

o be__ a sol -

 dier
        
with the cap -

 tain of__ som

e sink - ing s

hip__
      
with snow, far

 be - low
      
If you  love m

              
e,___  why'd y

        
ou let___ me g

   
o?___


FINALE:
                /  /    
 
I took my love

 down to Vio -

 let    Hill
           
There we  sat_

     
_    in__  sno

w.
         
All that time_

       
_ she was si -


 lent still
               /        
   
So, if you lov

e me,__ won't 

you let___  me

 know?___
                       
       
If you love me

,__ won't you 

let___ me know

?___


NOTES:
1. All comments and suggestions, most welcome.
1. I trust that this will lead to your own explorations of Chris Martin's
phrasing.

' Trust that you'll ...Enjoy!
;-R