Title: Yellow
Artist: Coldplay
Album: Parachutes
Instrument: 6 String Guitar
Tabbed by: WW 
Tuning: E  A  B  G  B  D#     *Weird tuning, but right!* 

Gtr.1(Chris Martin)= acoustic--> plays chords
Gtr.2(Jonny Buckland)= electric--> plays riffs and chords

CHORDS:
    B  Badd11 
D#|-0----0----
 B|-0----0----
 G|-8----9----
 B|-0----0----
 A|-9----9----
 E|-7----7----
              

 F#6  Emaj7  G
-0-----0-----0
-2-----0-----0
-3-----1-----4
-4-----0-----4
-4-----2-----x
-2-----0-----4
 *           *

#m  F#m11
----1------||
----0------||
----2------||
----2------||
----x------||
----2------||
    *

[MAIN RIFF] w/
    B  
D#|----8---8--
 B|----0---0--
 G|-9b11--11--
 B|-----------
 A|-----------
 E|-----------

slight distort
-8---8---8---8
-0---0---0---0
11--11--11--11
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ion (hold bend
---8---8------
---0---0------
--11--11---11r
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ed note (b) un
8--8--8--8--8-
0--0--0--0--0-
9--9--9--9--9-
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till release (r)) 
-8--8--8--||
-0--0--0--||
-9--9--9--||
----------||
----------||
----------||

    F#6
D#|----12--12-
 B|-----0---0-
 G|-13b15--15-
 B|-----------
 A|-----------
 E|-----------

-12--12--12--1
--0---0---0---
-15--15--15--1
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2--12--12-----
0---0---0-----
5--15--15--15r
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--------------
-0--0--0--0--0
13-13-13-13-13
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----------||
--0--0--0-||
-13-13-13-||
----------||
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    Emaj7
D#|---3--3--3-
 B|---0--0--0-
 G|-4b6--6--6-
 B|-----------
 A|-----------
 E|-----------

-3--3--3--3--3
-0--0--0--0--0
-6--6--6--6--6
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------3--3--3-
------0--0--0-
----6r4--4--4-
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-3--3--3--3--3
-0--0--0--0--0
-4--4--4--4--4
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----------||
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    B
D#|----8---8--
 B|----0---0--
 G|-9b11--11--
 B|-----------
 A|-----------
 E|-----------

-8---8---8---8
-0---0---0---0
11--11--11--11
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---8---8------
---0---0------
--11--11---11r
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8--8--8--8--8-
0--0--0--0--0-
9--9--9--9--9-
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-8--8--8--||
-0--0--0--||
-9--9--9--||
----------||
----------||
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[CHORUS RIFF]
    Emaj7     
D#|-17--17--17
 B|-----------
 G|-16--16--16
 B|-----------
 A|-----------
 E|-----------

              
--17--17--17--
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--16--16--16--
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        G#m   
17--17--17--17
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16--16--16--16
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          F#6
--17--17--17--
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--16--16--16--
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15--15--15-||
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15--15--15-||
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[INTRO] (0:00- 0:10):
B   Badd11   2x

[INTERLUDE] (0:11- 0:33) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords

[VERSE 1] (0:33- 1:29):
B                                         F#6 
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
                     Emaj7
and everything you do, yeah they were all yellow.
B                              F#6 
I came along, I wrote a song for you
                        Emaj7 
And all the things you do, and it was called 'yellow'.
B                     F#6
So when I took my turn.
                       Emaj7                         B  Badd11  B 
Oh, what a thing to've done, and it was all yellow.

[CHORUS] (1:29- 1:51) [CHORUS RIFF]+ chords
Emaj7    G#m         F#6
Your skin,   oh yeah your skin and bones
Emaj7    G#m    F#6
Turn in__to something beautiful
Emaj7       G#m           F#6          Emaj7
But you know,  you know I love you so 
Emaj7
You know I love you so

[INTERLUDE] (1:51- 2:13) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords

[VERSE 2] (2:13- 2:51):
B                                F#6
I swam across, I jumped across for you.
                      Emaj7  
Oh, what a thing to do, cause you were all 'yellow'.
B                              F#6 
I drew a line, I drew a line for you.
                      Emaj7                    B  Badd11  B
Oh, what a thing to do, and it was all 'yellow'

[CHORUS] (2:51- 3:15) [CHORUS RIFF]+ chords
Emaj7    G#m          F#6    
Your skin,   oh yeah your skin and bones
Emaj7   G#m      F#6
Turn in__to something beautiful
Emaj7       G#m           F#6              Emaj7
And you know for you, I'd bleed myself dry
Emaj7
For you I'd bleed myself dry

[INTERLUDE] (3:15- 3:36) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords 

[BRIDGE] (3:36- 4:10) [MAIN RIFF]+ chords
B                                 F#6 
It's true, look how the shine for you
                        Emaj7
Look how they shine for you
                       B
Look how they shine for
                        F#6
Look how they shine for you
                        Emaj7
Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine.

[OUTRO] (4:10- 4:26)
B                                         F#m11
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
                            Emaj7
And all the things that you do


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b= bend string
r= release string
*= use thumb for E-string

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