Coldplay - Yellow
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[Intro]
B      B   Bsus4   (acoustic)
B      B   Bsus4   (acoustic + clean electric)

B   F#   E   B   (distortion + lead1)


Riff1 (rhythm + lead for one guitar)
e--------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------
B-------------------------11-11-11-11-9--9--9--9---2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-------------------------
G-11-11-11-11-9--9--9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--11-11-11-11-9--9--9--9-
D-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-
A-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-
E-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-
  B5*         Bsus4       F#          F#sus2       E6      E        B5*         Bsus4

Lead1 (distortion, bend up to 11th, repick, bend down back)
e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9-- Over B chord
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------
B--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9--
G---------------------------------------- Over F# chord
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

e----------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------- Over E chord
D--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11r9-9-9-9--
A----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------

[Verse] (clean)
B                                              F#
  Look at the stars__, look how they shine for___ you_,
                    E                               B
And everything you_ do__,   Yeah they were all__ yellow__
                                      F#
I came a_long__,   I wrote a song for___ you_
                       E                                 B
And all the things you_ do__       And it was called 'yellow__'
                                         F#
                       So then I took my___ turn_,
                        E                               B ///  Bsus4 B
oh what a thing to have done_         And it was all yellow__

[Chorus1]
E                   G#m          F#
  Your skin____,    oh yeah your skin and bo__nes
E             G#m          F#
  Turn in____ to something beautiful__
E              G#m         F#
  You know___, you know I love__ you so
E                [nc]                  B   F#   E   B   (dist. + lead1)
                 You know I love you so...

Lead2 (chorus riff)
  E		   	   G#m		   F#
e-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16|-16-16-16-16-16\-14-14-|
B-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|-12-12-12-12-12--12-12-|
G------------------------|-----------------------|
D------------------------|-----------------------|
A------------------------|-----------------------|
E------------------------|-----------------------|

[Verse] (clean)
B                                          F#
  I swam across___,    I jumped across for___ you_
                    E                              B
Oh what a thing to_ do__     Cos you were all__ yellow__
                                         F#
I drew a line___,    I drew a line__ for___ you_
                      E                         B  ///  Bsus4 B
Oh what a thing__ to_ do__    And it was all yellow__

[Chorus2]
E                   G#m          F#
  Your skin____,    oh yeah your skin and bo__nes
E             G#m          F#
  Turn in____ to something beautiful__
E                  G#m         F#
  And you know___  for you I'd bleed myself
E                 [nc]                         B   F#   E   B   (dist. + lead1)
dry                For you I'd bleed myself dry...

[Bridge] (distortion)
     B                                     F#
It's true___ue_, look how they shine for__ you___ou_
                        E                                B
Look how they shine for you___ou_    Look how they shine for__..
     B                                     F#
                  Look how they shine for you___ou_
                        E                                 B
Look how they shine for you_____ou_    Look how they shine__

[Outro] (acoustic)
B                                           A 
Look at the stars__, look how they shine for___ you__
                       E
and all the things you do__....

Chords:
B     799877 / x24442
Bsus4 799977 / x24452
F#    244322 / x98676
E     022100 / x79997
G#m   466444
A     x02220
 ____                _    _        _         
|  _ \ __ ___      _| | _| |_ __ _| |__  ___ 
| |_) / _` \ \ /\ / / |/ / __/ _` | '_ \/ __|
|  _ < (_| |\ V  V /|   <| || (_| | |_) \__ \
|_| \_\__,_| \_/\_/ |_|\_\\__\__,_|_.__/|___/

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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song, 
if such exists.

It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should 
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn 
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy

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