Tabber: Hound_Of_Winter
eMail: pattonr@students.sou.edu
Tuning: Standard
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| ~ note is held for a noticeably long time
The funnest Coldplay bass part to play, in my humble opinion. It's actually in 4/4,
it or not, the triplets really throw you of though, so I just count like it's in 3/4. The
a total whirlwind of sound, you can hear like 5 guitar parts at any given time!
Anyways, we're here to tab out the bass. I got the song down a while ago and have had
adding to it since. I'll show a few of these throughout the tab, they'll either be in
( ) or be represented as an alternative the actual tones with [OR].
Intro: No bass for 8 Bars, then...
Intro/Chorus:
Ebmaj7 G5
G|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-6--6-6---6-|-6---6-6---6-|-------------|-------------|
E|------------|-------------|-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3-|
G|------------|-------------||-------------|--------------------------------| Repeat X
D|------------|-------------||.------------|------------.-------------------| Number of Times
A|-6--6-6---6-|-6---6-6---6-||.------------|------------.||(Varies through--|
E|------------|-------------||-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3---3--------------------| -out the song)
Verse
Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 Csus2
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
[OR]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/a_whisper_btab.html ]
E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-6-6-5-|
_____________________________
/ (Play this on the 1st verse only)
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|----h3/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|----h3/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
Verse
Intro/Chorus X2
Then...
Bridge:
Dm Bb6 C5
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Dm Bb6 C5
G|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|-------------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
Dm Bb6 C5
G|-------------|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-------|-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|----------(10-10-10)|-------|-------|
E|-------------|-------------|----------(8--8--8-)|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
Bridge Lyrics:
Night turns to day when I still had these questions.
Who could just blame, shall I go forwards or backwards?
And not since today and I still get no answers.
Rest 2 Bars
Intro/Chorus X2
Verse X2
Intro/Chorus X2
Then...
Outro
Bb6 C5 G5 Bb6 C5 G5
G|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D|-------|-------|-------|-------| Repeat to fade...
A|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E|-6-/8--|-15~~~\|-6-/8--|-15~~~\|
I usually play around with octaves here, just to keep things interesting:
Bb6 C5 G5 Bb6
G|--------------|-------------| |--------------|------------------|
D|---8-----10---|---5-----5---| O |---8-----10---|----17------------|
A|--------------|-------------| R |--------------|------------------|
E|-6---6/8----8-|-3---3-3---3-| |-6---6/8----8-|-15----15-15-15---|
Alright, that's it. If'n you spot any mistakes, feel free to email me or make
Have a good one.
