Yellow — Coldplay
tune string 1 (High e) to d#
Chords
B - F# - G#m - A - x77600 or x7760x
Intro
Just B but every now and then add your pinky to string 3 to hammer on fret 9 (bsus4) Second part of the intro is just the first chords below.
Play this over the chords (bending up to 11th and just repicking, then bending back down again)
G--9b11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11b9-9-9-9-- Over B chord
Then do the B part again and end on 8th fret, 3rd string
Verses
acoustic strums along with the first set of chords, electric strums once at start of each bar, with its own version of each chord
B - x F# - x E - x
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
And everything that you do, yeh they were all yellow
I came along, I wrote a song for you and all the things you do, and it was called yellow And so I took my turn, oh what a thing to have done, and it was all yellow
Chorus
Your skin, oh yeh your and bones turn in to something beautiful you know, you know I love you so
E* you know i love you so
lead guitarist plays this:
Verse
I swam across, I jumped across for you oh what a thing to do, cos you are all yellow I drew a line, I drew a line for you oh what a thing to do, cos it was all yellow
Chorus
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones turn into something beautiful you know, for you I?d bleed myself dry for you I?d bleed myself dry
Bridge - play intro chords & lead
It?s true, look how they shine for you... etc
Outro
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and all the things you do....