Higher Power tab by Coldplay

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

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🎸 Verse 1:

    Sometimes I just can't take it  Sometimes I just can't take it and it isn't alright
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    I'm not gonna make it            And I think my shoe's untied (Ooh-ooh)
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Pre 🎸 Chorus:

To hold tight
(Hold tight) Come on (Come on), come on (Come on)   Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
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     Come on (Come on), come on (Come on)           Yeah, don't let go oh, oh, oh-oh
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   Hold tight (Hold tight), hold tight (Hold tight) Oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
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 "It's alright,
 it's alright" she said I've got my hands up shakin' just to let you know
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🎸 Chorus 1:

That you've got    a higher power    Got me singing evеry second, dancing every hour
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Oh yеah,
     you've got    a higher power     And you're really someone I wanna know, ooh
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🎸 Verse 2:

     This boy is electric  This boy is electric and you're sparklin' like
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  the universe connected   And I'm buzzin' night after night after night (Oh-oh)
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  This joy is electric               This joy is electric and you're circuiting through
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  I'm so happy that I'm alive     Happy I'm alive at the same time as you
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🎸 Chorus 2:
'Cause you've got                            a higher power
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G|--10--10--10--12p10--12p10--10--10--12p10--10--|  x7
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 I wanna know     (I wanna know, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh)
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🎸 Bridge:
 You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
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 You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
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 You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
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You've got, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh-oh
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 You've got, oh, you've got a high
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You've got, yeah, you've got a higher
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You've got, oh, you've got a higher

My hands up shaking just to let you know now


🎸 Chorus 3:

  You've got a higher power   You've got me singing every  second,       dancing any hour
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  Oh yeah,                                                                    I'm going a million
  you've got a higher power    You're once in any        lifetime             miles an hour
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🎸 Outro:

  When for so
  long I'd been down on my knees                 Then your love song saved me      over and over
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  For so
  long I'd been down on my knees                 'Til your love song                floats me on
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  Ee-oh, oh-oh
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NOTE:
This is how Jonny Buckland plays Higher Power in live performances.

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| x  Dead note
| ~  Vibrato
| \  Slide down
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