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Help Is Around The Corner by Coldplay

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"Help is Around the Corner"
by Coldplay
B-Side from the album Parachutes
Transcribed by glennc100@yahoo.com

Tuning:
6-C#
5-C#
4-F 
3-G#
2-C#
1-C#

(Sound Familiar? this is the same tuning for "God Put A smile on my Face")

Simple:

Verse: alternates between two chords primarily
C# (open) chord 1
6--0
5--0
4--0
3--0 or 5
2--0
1--0

C# Aug:
Chord 2
6--0
5--0
4--0
3--2
2--0
1--0


Chorus:

Intro chord played two beats before chorus:
Chord 3
6--0
5--0
4--0
3--5
2--x
1--x

then:
played on "come on, come on..."

chord 4

6--5
5--0
4--5
3--5
2--0 
1--0

on "state I'm in..."

chord 5

6--2
5--0
4--2
3--2
2--0
1--0

on "help is.." 

chord 1

6--0
5--0
4--0
3--0
2--0
1--0

"around the corner..."
chord 7
6--0
5--0
4--0
3--4
2--0
1--0

Ending is a little different: 

After chorus
 Play chord 5 

then: 

on the last "Help is..."

6--0
5--0
4--1
3--2
2--0
1--0

then chord 7
end on open C#

There you go,

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy