TROUBLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Coldplay
(From the 2000 Album PARACHUTES)
Words and Music by Guy Berryman , Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
Transcribed by BvS
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'FingrdBass'
Intro
Q=70
G Em7
4/4
Gtr I
W Wx4 Q. S S Q. S S
|------||-------------||------------------------|
|------||-------------||------------------------|
|------||-------------||-------5--6--7----------|
|------||-------------||--3---------------5--6--|
Bm G Em7 Bm
W Q. S S Q. S S W
|------|------------------------|------||
|------|------------------------|------||
|------|-------5--6--7----------|------||
|-7----|--3---------------5--6--|-7----||
Verse 1
G Em7 Bm F Am G Em7 Bm FAm G
W W W W W W W
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S W
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|------5-6-7--------|----------|------5-6-7--------|------||
|-3-------------5-6-|-7--------|-3-------------5-6-|-7----||
Verse 2
H H W H H
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-3----0----|-7--------|-1----5----|
H Q.. S W H H W
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|-3----0-----0-|-7--------|-1----5----|-3----||
Chorus
Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------7-9--11-----|------------------|------7-9--11-----|
|-0-------------9--|-7----7--9-10--7--|-0-------------9--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q H. Q W
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------|----|
|------12--11--12------|------7-9--11-----|-------------------|------------|----|
|-7----------------10--|-0-------------9--|-7----7--9--10--7--|-0-------9--|-7--|
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------|----|
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S W
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|------5-6-7--------|----------|------5-6-7--------|------||
|-3-------------5-6-|-7--------|-3-------------5-6-|-7----||
Verse
H H W H H
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-3----0----|-7--------|-1----5----|
H Q.. S W H H W
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|-3----0-----0-|-7--------|-1----5----|-3----||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/trouble_btab_ver_3.html ]
Chorus
Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------7--9--11-----|-------------------|------7--9--11-----|
|-0--------------9--|-7----7--9--10--7--|-0--------------9--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q Q. S S Q Q H. Q W
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|----|
|------12--11--12------|------7-9--11-----|-------------------|---------|----|
|-7----------------10--|-0-------------9--|-7----7--9--10--7--|-0----9--|--7-|
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|----|
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S W
|----------------------|--------|----------------------|-------|
|----------------------|--------|----------------------|-------|
|------5--6--7---------|--------|------5--6--7---------|-------|
|-3---------------5--6-|---7----|-3---------------5--6-|---7---|
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S W
|----------------------|-------|----------------------|------||
|----------------------|-------|----------------------|------||
|------5--6--7---------|-------|------5--6--7---------|------||
|-3---------------5--6-|---7---|-3---------------5--6-|--7---||
Bridge
Em F#m G F#m Em F#m G F#m Em F#mGF#m Em
W W W W W W W W
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
Outro
1.
Q. S S Q. S S W Q. S S Q. S S
||-----------------------|--------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|--------|----------------------|
||o------5--6--7---------|--------|------5--6--7---------|
||--3---------------5--6-|--7-----|-3---------------5--6-|
2.
W H H W +W
|---------||--------------|----------|----------*|
|--------o||--------------|----------|----------*|
|--------o||--------7-----|----------|----------*|
|--7------||--3-----------|---7------|---(7)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
