Solo tabs
42 - Coldplay
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Tabbed by: Riii
This is the solo of 42, a fantastic song by Coldplay. There are actually 2 solos. At the first
one there are two guitars.
Guitar 1, play this part 4 times:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--10------------------------------10----------------------------------|
G+G|-------10-12-10---12B13D12--10--------10-12-10--12B13D12-10-----------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10----------------------------------------------------------11------|
G+G|-----10-12--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13------10-----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2, begin to play when the first guitar is going to start playing for the third time
This part is played 2 times.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-9-8-6-5/11\5---9-8-6-5/11\5---9-8-6-4/11\4---9-8-6-3/11\3-------------|
Solo 2, play this 2 times:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------6--------------------------6------------------|
G+G|--8-8-5--8--8--5-8--8-------8-8-5--8--8--5-8--8-----------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--6-6-6-6--6-6-6--8-------6-6-6-6--6-6-6--8---------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------8-----------------------8-----------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
The second time at the end:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------5-------5--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---6-6-6-6--6-6----8-6-----8-6----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
this was my first tab. I hope you liked it! I’m near 100% sure that this is the right
to play, but maybe there are a few mistakes. forgive me
PS. Excuse me for my bad english ☺
| BB bend up
| D MajorD bend down
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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