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Coldplay - 'Yellow'

tabbed by reg

My mate's brother showed me how to play this - God knows how he worked it 
out - but it sounds pretty accurate so i reckon it's worth sharing!


The Acoustic Part:

The first thing you need to do is re-tune the strings to E A B G B D#;
this then allows you to play the following chords (the names of which may 
well be wrong!):

      Bmaj     Badd11     Fm7add11
D#|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----1----|
B |----0----|----0----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----0----|
G |----8----|----9----|----3----|----1----|----2----|----2----|
B |----0----|----0----|----4----|----0----|----2----|----2----|
A |----9----|----9----|----4----|----2----|----x----|----x----|
E |----7----|----7----|----2----|----0----|----2----|----2----|
(These are easier to play if you use your thumb to fret the notes on the E 
string)

And the song goes:

Intro: 	[B, Badd11] (x2)

Verse: 	[B, F#6, Emaj7] (x4)

Chorus: [Emaj7, G6] (x3), then Emaj7

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Middle: (same chords as verse progression; play twice)

Outro:	B, F#m7add11, Emaj7



The Electric Part:

The bit on the electric guitar is (supposedly) in standard tuning
(ie. E A D G B E), and therefore, to play along with the chords above, the 
chords need to be played as below (not sure if these are right):

      Bmaj     Badd11     Fm7add11
E |----x----|----0----|----2----|----0----|----4----|----2----|
B |----4----|----4----|----4----|----0----|----4----|----2----|
G |----4----|----4----|----3----|----1----|----4----|----2----|
D |----4----|----4----|----4----|----1----|----6----|----2----|
A |----2----|----2----|----x----|----2----|----6----|----2----|
E |----x----|----x----|----2----|----0----|----4----|----2----|


In addition, below is the riff used in between sections of the song:

(N.B. b = bend string; r = release bend; ~ = keep string bent;
/ & \ = slide up/down)

	B
E |-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7/---|
B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
G |--9b11~11~11~11~11~11~11~11~~|~~11~r9--9--9--9--9--9--9/---|
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

	F#6
E |----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\---|
B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
G |-13b15~15~15~15~15~15~15~15~~|~~15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13\---|
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

	Emaj7
E |-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2\---|
B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
G |---4b6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~|~~~6~r4--4--4--4--4--4--4\---|
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

	B
E |-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
G |--9b11~11~11~11~11~11~11~11~~|~~11~r9--9--9--9--9--9--9----|
D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


And (finally!) this is the little lick that gets played over the chorus:

      Emaj7				 G6
E |--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--16--16--16--16--14--14/16--|
B |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G |--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--16--16--16--16--15--15/16--|
D |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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| 
Coldplay - 'Yellow'
| 
revised by ben
| 
Reg did a great job with this, but after watching Chris play it, the only
change I would make is that occasionally he uses an E9 instead of E7. I
have seen them a few times and it seems improvisatory; just kind of
throws it in, usually when the rest of| the band is playing too; he always
uses the maj7 in the solo par