Tabbed by Blagoja Evkoski, March 2012.
Since I didn't find a version that is 100% correct, and I really love
Coldplay, I decided to submit my own version that is both simple and correct.
There are a lot of chord changes, but I hope that I got it right.
Tuning: E A D G B E (no capo required)
INTRO:
Gm C Dm F x3
Bb F C C x2
INTRO (CHORUS MELODY):
Gm Bb F C x4
VERSE 1:
Dm Bb
When she was just a girl
F C
She expected the world
Dm Bb
But it flew away from her reach
F C
so she ran away in her sleep and dreamed of
Gm Bb F C
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Gm Bb F C
Para-para-paradise, every time she closed her eyes
BREAK:
Dm Bb F C x2
VERSE 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/paradise_crd_ver_12.html ]
Bb Dm
When she was just a girl
Dm C
She expected the world
Bb Dm
But it flew away from her reach
Dm C
and the bullets catch in her teeth
Gm Bb
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
F C
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Bb F
Every tear a waterfall
Bb F C
In the night the stormy night she closed her eyes
Bb F C
In the night the stormy night away she flies, and dreams of
CHORUS:
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Para-para-paradise
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh dreams of
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Para-para-paradise
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
BRIDGE BREAK:
Gm C Dm F x2
Gm C Dm F
lalalalala lalalalala lalalalalala
BRIDGE:
Bb F C
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
Bb F C
She said "Oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"
CHORUS:
Gm Bb
This could be para-para-paradise
F C
Para-para-paradise
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh
Gm Bb
This could be para-para-paradise
F C
Para-para-paradise
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
SOLO:
Gm Bb F C x2
Gm Bb
This could be para-para-paradise
F C
Para-para-paradise
Gm Bb
Para-para-paradise
F C
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
PIANO ENDING:
Gm C F Dm
Bb F Bb Dm
P.S. The only thing I'm not sure about is this piano ending, but I hope that it is
quite close. Enjoy!
