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Artist: Coldplay
Album: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

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Life In Technicolor
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Cemeteries of London
====================

Capo 1

            
At night they 

              
would go walki

            
ng till the br

/         
eak in the day
            
The morning is

                   
 for sleeping
            
Through the da

              
rk streets the

              
y go searching

          
 to see God in

           
 their own way
            
Save the night

              
time for you w

           
eeping

Your weeping

             
Singing la la 

             
la la la la la

       
y
             
And the night 

            
over London he

  
y

            
So we rode dow

             
n to the river

            
 where the toi

            
ling ghosts sp

ring
            
For their curs

             
es to be broke

   
n
            
We'll go under

             
neath the arch

             
es where the w

             
itches are in 

    
the sea
            
There are ghos

              
t towns in the

       
 ocean
    
The ocean


             
Singing la la 

             
la la la la la

       
y
             
And the night 

            
over London he

   
y


[Solo]

      
     
      
     


           
God in the hou

            
ses, and god i

        
s in my head
            
And all the ce

             
meteries in Lo

       
ndon
            
I see god come

             
 in my garden,

            
 but I don't k

              
now what he'd 

  
say
            
For my heart i

              
t wasn't open
    
Not open


             
Singing la la 

             
la la la la la

       
y
             
And the night 

            
over London he

 
y
             
Singing la la 

             
la la la la la

       
y
             
There's no lig

            
ht over London

     
 today



Lost!
=====

Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)

STANDARD TUNING - NO CAPO

CHORD CHART

   020030
+  779787
     032010
+    335553
     320033
+    355433
     x00232
+    557775
    799777

when you get to the first D in the chorus, try to play around
with (x00233) and ?(x00235) 

CHORUS RIFF:

This riff is played over the C and G at the end of the chorus.
("Oh and I'm just waiting til the shine wears off).

E|----------8-
B|-------6----
G|-6--8-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

--|-----------
--|--------4--
--|--5--6-----
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

6------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|


------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]

 -  -  -      x2

[Verse]

           
Just because I

            
'm losing
             
Doesn't mean I

            
'm lost
             
Doesn't mean I

             
'll stop
             
Doesn't mean I

                 
 would cross


[Verse]

           
Just because I

            
'm hurting
             
Doesn't mean I

             
'm hurt
             
Doesn't mean I

           
 didn't get wh

        
at I deserved
             
No better and 

            
no worse

[Chorus]
           
I just got los

t
              
Every river th

            
at I tried to 


cross
              
Every door I e

            
ver tried was 


locked
         
Ohhh and I'm..

.
             
Just waiting '

              
til the shine 

      
wears off

[Verse]

           
You might be a

           
 big fish
           
In a little po

         
nd
             
Doesn't mean y

      
ou've won
             
'Cause along m

            
ay come a bigg

                 
er one


[Chorus]

              
And you'll be 

 
lost
              
Every river th

            
at you tried t

  
o cross
              
Every gun you 

            
ever held went

 
 off
         
Ohhh and I'm..

.
             
Just waiting '

              
til the firing

      
 stops
         
Ohhh and I'm..

.
             
Just waiting '

              
til the shine 

      
wears off


[Solo]

+ - + - + - +     x4

E|------10--12
B|------------
G|-9999-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

-12-12-12-----
-----------8-7
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

----7----10-10
777-----------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-10-10----|
--------7-|
----------|
----------|    x4
----------|
----------|


[Outro]

         
Ohhh and I'm..

.
             
Just waiting '

              
til the shine 

      
wears off
         
Ohhh and I'm..

.
             
Just waiting '

              
til the shine 

      
wears off

C - G - D (wit
E|----------8-
B|-------6----
G|-6--8-------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

h chorus riff)
--|-----------
--|--------4--
--|--5--6-----
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

 x2
6------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|


Em7 - C - G - 
Em7 - C - G   

D      |clearl
       |and th

y two times
en fading





42
==

Corrected by Nicolás Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)

Capo 1

    022000
    224432
    x21202 or  x24242
     032010
     320003
     224442
/  222442
     xx0032
     032013
/     3x1000  or  xx1000
       020030  or  020000
     022020


            
Those who are 

              
dead are not d

              
ead they're ju

              
st living in m

       
y head
            
And since I fe

              
ll for that sp

              
ell I am livin

            
g it as well o

      
h oh oh


[Chorus]

             
Time is so sho

           
rt and I'm sur

e
              
There must be 

             
something mo--

      
-oo-----------


re

            
Those who are 

              
dead are not d

              
ead they're ju

              
st living in m

           
y head oh oh o


h
            
And since I fe

              
ll for that sp

              
ell I am livin

            
g it as well o

     
h oh oh


[Chorus]

             
Time is so sho

           
rt and I'm sur

e
              
There must be 

             
something mo--

      
-oo-----------


re
        
Oh    oh      

 
 oh
      
Oh oh oh


[Solo]

Alternates  - 


[Bridge]


You thought yo

u might be a g

host

You thought yo

u might be a g

host
    
You didn't get

 to heaven but

 you made it c

lose
    
You didn't get

 to heaven but

 you made it c

lose

You thought yo

u might be a g

host

You thought yo

u might be a g

host
    
You didn't get

 to heaven but

 you made it c

lose
    
You didn't get

 to heaven but

 you oh oh


[Solo]

 |  |  |  |  X2


[Outro]

            
Those who are 

             
dead are not d

          
ead they're ju

              
st living in m

    
y head  ooh




Lovers In Japan/Reign of Love
=============================

    x2

[Intro]

   


             
Lovers, keep o

              
n the road you

    
're on
             
Runners, until

             
 the race is r

un
             
Soldiers, you'

              
ve got to sold

    
ier on
             
Sometimes even

          
 right is wron

g

           
They are turni

       
ng my head  ou

t
             
To see what I'

       
m all about
           
Keeping my hea

  
d  down
             
To see what it

            
 feels like no


w
             
But I have no 


doubt
             
One day, we ar

            
e gonna get ou

      
t

      

             
Tonight maybe 

            
we're gonna ru

n
             
Dreaming of th

        
e Osaka sun
     
Ohh ohh...
             
Dreaming of wh

              
en the morning

 
 comes

           
They are turni

       
ng my head  ou

t
             
To see what I'

       
m all about
           
Keeping my hea

  
d  down
             
To see what it

            
 feels like no


w
             
But I have no 


doubt
             
One day the su

            
n will come ou

      
t

        x4





REIGN OF LOVE
=============


Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)

[Intro]

 -  -  -  -  -   x2
 -  -  -  -  - 
 -  -  -  -  - 

CHORD CHART
------------------------
       x00232
   x00233
       320033
    200033
       x02220
      224432
     
--------------

----------

       
Reign of    lo

ve 
        
I can’t let  g

o
       
To the sea   I

 offer 
        
This heavy   l

oad 


     
Locusts    wil

l
      
Lift me   up 
         
I’m just a pri

soner 
            
In a reign of 


love 


 -  -  -  -  -   x2


   
Locusts  will 
    
Let us   stop 
          
I wish I’d spo

ken 
            
To the reign o

   
f love 


       
Reign of    lo

ve 
             
By the church,

   
 we’re waiting

 
       
Reign of    lo

ve 
         
My knees go   

        
praying 

    
How I     wish

 
        
I’d spoken   u

p 
          
Or we’d be car

ried 
            
In the reign o

   
f love. 


[Outro]

 -  -  -  -  -   x2
 -  -  -  -  - 
 -  -  -  -  - 




Yes
===

Capo 1



            
When it starte

              
d we had high 


hopes
            
Now my back's 

       
on the line
              
My back's on t

   
he ropes

            
When it starte

            
d we were alri

ght
            
But night make

       
s a fool of us

           
 in the daylig


ht

   /

            
Yeah we were d

              
ying of frustr

  
ation
            
saying Lord le

       
ad me not into

      
 temptation

            
But it's not e

             
asy when she t

                 
urns you on

   Since they 

gone




[Chorus]

            
If you'll only

             
, if you'll on

       
ly say yes
            
Whether you wi

          
ll's anybody's

 guess
            
God, only God 

             
knows I'm tryi

      
ng my best 
             
But I'm just s

              
o tired of thi

         
s loneliness


            
So, up they pi

              
cked me by the

 
 big toe
            
I was held fro

       
m the rooftop 

             
then they let 


go

            
There's only s

              
creaming let t

      
he windows dow

n
   
           As 

        
I come to the 


ground


[Chorus]

            
If you'll only

             
, if you'll on

       
ly say yes
            
Whether you wi

          
ll's anybody's

 guess
            
God, only God 

             
knows she won'

         
t let me rest
             
But I'm just s

              
o tired of thi

   
s loneliness
             
I've become so

              
 tired of this

           
 loneliness

Solo:     x4
       
      

Chinese Sleep Chant

Capo 2

     x2
Bmsus4  x2
Aus4     x2
Bmsus4  x2



Fall asleep, f

all asleep
      
Sleep satisfie

     
d, sleep satis

fied
       
Fall asleep, f

 
all asleep
      
Sleep satisfie

     
d, sleep satis

fied


Sleep, sleep
  
Sleep

  


Sleep, sleep
      
Sleep satisfie

     
d, sleep satis

fied

      
Fall asleep fa

 
ll asleep
      
sleep crucify,

   
 sleep crucify

      
Fall asleep fa

 
ll asleepsleep

 satisfied
      
Sleep satisfie

     
d, sleep satis

fied


[Solo]

      x2
 

Sleep, sleep
  
Sleep 

  



Sleep, sleep
      
Sleep satisfie

     
d, sleep satis

fied




 

Viva la Vida
============

STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 1


[Intro]

 -  -  -     x2

(         
I used to rule

     
 the world 
             
Seas would ris

              
e when I gave 

    
the word 
              
Now in the mor

             
ning I sweep a

 
lone 
             
Sweep the stre

              
ets I used to 


own

 -  -  -     x2

(         
I used to roll

      
 the dice 
             
Feel the fear 

              
in my enemy's 


eyes 
              
Listen as the 

            
crowd would si

ng: 
             
"Now the old k

              
ing is dead! L


ong live the k

ing!"


(         
One minute I h

        
eld the key 
             
Next the walls

              
 were closed o

  
n me 
              
And I discover

             
ed that my cas

       
tles stand 
             
Upon pillars o

            
f salt and pil

lars of sand 

             
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging 
             
Roman Cavalry 


choirs are sin

ging 
             
Be my mirror, 

   
my sword, and 

shield 
             
My missionarie

       
s in a foreign

 field 
             
For some reaso

    
n I can't expl

ain 
             
Once you go th

            
ere was never,

             
 never an hone

   
st word
            
That was when 

            
I ruled the wo

 
rld 

 -  -  -     x2

(          
It was the wic

             
ked and wild w


ind 
              
Blew down the 

             
doors to let m

  
e in. 
              
Shattered wind

             
ows and the so

       
und of drums 
             
People couldn'

              
t believe what


 I'd become

(         
Revolutionarie

  
s wait 
             
For my head on

          
 a silver plat

e 
              
Just a puppet 

           
on a lonely st

ring
             
Oh who would e

              
ver want to be

 
 king? 


             
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging 
             
Roman Cavalry 


choirs are sin

ging 
             
Be my mirror, 

   
my sword, and 

shield 
             
My missionarie

       
s in a foreign

 field 
             
For some reaso

    
n I can't expl

ain 
             
I know Saint P

            
eter will call

            
 my name ,
             
never an hones

   
t word
              
But that was w

            
hen I ruled th

    
e world  

 -  x3
 x2


 -  -  - 
(Ohhhhh Ohhh O

    
hhh)

             
I hear Jerusal

   
em bells are r

inging 
             
Roman Cavalry 


choirs are sin

ging 
             
Be my mirror, 

   
my sword, and 

shield 
             
My missionarie

       
s in a foreign

 field 
             
For some reaso

    
n I can't expl

ain 
             
I know Saint P

            
eter will call

            
 my name ,
             
never an hones

   
t word
              
But that was w

            
hen I ruled th

     
e world  

C - D - Bm - Em              and fading...
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh





Violet Hill
===========


Tabbed by Nicolas Levy (acade365@hotmail.com)
Feedback appreciated.

STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO (Scroll down for a Capoed Version)

[Verse]

      
Was a long and

 dark December

 

From the rooftops I remember
             
There was snow

        
, white snow 
  
Clearly I reme

mber from the 

windows 
              
They were watc

              
hing while we 


froze 
        
Down below 


[Chorus]

          
When the futur

e architecture

 
             
By a carnival 

             
of idiots on s

#
how 
              
You better lie

 
 low 
            
If you love me

         
, won’t you le

   
t me know 


[Verse]

      
Was a long and

 dark December

 
When the banks became cathedrals 
             
And the frost 

       
became gone 
 
Creased cut st

ones and bible

s 
Are all out to fade their rifles 
             
And the cross 

         
was held aloft

 


[Chorus]


There in me an

d I’m… 
         
When I’m dead 

and hit the gr

ound 
           
Legs are cold,

     
 unfold 
            
If you love me

         
, won’t you le

   
t me know 


[Guitar solo]

     x2


[Chorus]

        
I don’t wanna 

be a soldier 
       
With a captain

 of some sinki

ng ship 
     
With snow 
    
Far below 
             
So, if you lov

          
e me, why’d yo

     
u let me go 


[Outro]

             
I took my love

             
 down to Viole

        
t Hill 
           
There we sat  

        
  in    snow 
           
All that time 

          
she was silenc

    
ed still 
            
So, if you lov

          
e me, won’t yo

        
u let  me   kn

   
ow?
           
If you love me

         
, won’t you le

   
t me know?



Strawberry Swing
================


STANDARD TUNING  - CAPO 1

Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)

[Intro]



             
They were sitt

              
ing, they were

             
 sitting in th

             
e strawberry s

wing
              
And every mome

             
nt was so prec

               
ious
             
They were sitt

              
ing, they were

             
 talking in th

             
e strawberry s

wing
              
And everybody 

             
was for fighti

      
ng
              
Wouldn't wanna

         
 waste a thing
             
Cold, cold wat

             
er bring me 'r

ound
             
Now my feet wo

              
n't touch the 

(
ground

Cold, cold wat

er
         
What you say?
            
It's such, it'

              
s such a perfe

   
ct day
     (     
It's such a pe

      
rfect day
             
I remember we 

             
were walking u

              
p to strawberr

  
y swing
              
I can't wait u

             
ntil the morni

    
ng
              
Wouldn't wanna

             
 change a thin

g
             
People moving 

         
all the time
             
Inside a perfe

            (
ct straight li


ne
             
Don't you wann

          
a scurve away
            
It's such it's

              
 such a perfec

  
t day
     (      
It's such a pe

      
rfect day


 -  
 -  - 
          Ahhh

h....

             
Now the sky co

       
uld be blue
        
I don't mind
             
Without you it

             
s a waste of t

ime
            
...could be bl

            
ue I don't min

             
d, without you

              
 it's a waste 

   
of time
              
The sky could 

            
be blue, could

           
 be gray witho

              
ut you I just 

        
slide away
              
The sky could 

            
be blue, I don

           
't mind, witho

              
ut you it's a 

         
waste of time

 -  - -  and fades

End on G5 for a few bars






Death and All His Friends
=========================

Capo 1

             
All winter, we

     
 got carried
             
Oh way over on

             
 the rooftops 

          
let's get marr

ied
             
All summer we 

     
just hurried
             
So come over, 

             
just be patien

             
t, and don't w


orry
             
So come over, 

             
just be patien

             
t, and don't w


orry

        |
     |x2

             
So come over, 

             
just be patien

             
t, and don't w


orry
            
And don't worr

y



    

    


         |
           |
        | x2
         |


 
       
No I don't wan

na battle from

 beginning to 

end
         
I don't wanna 

              
cycle recycle 

      
revenge
         
I don't wanna 

              
follow death a

              
nd all his fri

  
ends

       
No I don't wan

na battle from

 beginning to 

end
         
 I don't wanna

              
 cycle, recycl

       
e revenge
         
I don't wanna 

              
follow death a

              
nd all of his 

     
friends

  
    x3


The Escapist
No Capo




And
           
In the end


         
We lie awake
              
And we dream w

            
e’re making ou

          
r escape

Ooh...

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