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Intro  (Piano arr. for guitar)
   Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramD MajorD
e|-0----------0------------0-------------0------------|
Chord diagramBB|----3-----------3-------------3------------3--------|
Chord diagramG+G|------2--2---------0--0---------0--0----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------------------------------------------4--4--|     (2x)
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G                                Chord diagramD MajorD
How long before I get in, before it starts, before I begin
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G                                    Chord diagramD MajorD
How long before you decide, or before I know what it feels like
      Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramG+G	   Chord diagramD MajorD
Where to, where do I go, if you never try then you'll never know
        Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G                                         Chord diagramD MajorD
And how long do I have to climb up on this side of this mountain of mine

Riff:  [Repeat Intro]

Verse 2
Look up, I look up at night, planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get, is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand, with my head stuck under the sand
I’ll start before I can stop, or before I see things the right way up

Pre-Chorus 1
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramBm7Bm7
   And all that noise, all that sound
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramBm7Bm7
   And all those places that I have found

Chorus 1
    Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramBm7Bm7                Chord diagramD/F#D/F#                  Chord diagramG+G
And birds go flying at the speed of sound, to show you how it all began
Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramBm7Bm7                         Chord diagramF# minorF#m                     Chord diagramG+G
Birds keep flying from the underground and if you could see it then you'd understand
            Chord diagramF# minorF#m                     Chord diagramG+G
Oh when you see it then you'll understand

Riff:  [Repeat Intro]

Verse 3
Ideas that you'll never find, all the inventors could never design
All the buildings that you put up, of Japan and China were all lit up
The first sign that I couldn't read, all the light that I couldn't see
Some things you have to believe, but others are puzzles, puzzling me

Pre-Chorus 1 Chorus, 1 and Riff (As above)

Pre-Chorus 2
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA                       Chord diagramBm7Bm7                            Chord diagramE7E7
   All those signs, I knew what they meant, some things you can't invent
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramBm7Bm7   Chord diagramE7E7
   Some get made, and some get sent  Ooh
Chorus 2
Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramBm7Bm7                   Chord diagramD/F#D/F#              Chord diagramG+G
Birds go flying at the speed of sound to show you how it all began
Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramBm7Bm7                      Chord diagramF# minorF#m                    Chord diagramG+G
Birds keep flying from the underground if you could see it then you'd understand
            Chord diagramF# minorF#m                     Chord diagramG+G
Oh when you see it then you'll understand


Notes:
-	Coldplay plays Chord diagramE minor 7Em7 instead of G, but I like the sound of Chord diagramG+G
-	They also play the chords up and down the neck using various chord voicings,
but the song sounds great if only played in the first position

Other versions of Speed Of Sound

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Speed of sound acoustic by Coldplay

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Speed of soundChords
Speed of sound (Ver. 2)Chords
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Speed of sound acousticChords
Speed of sound acousticSolo

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