Coldplay - Violet Hill Chords & Tabs

Well, I just realized how to play the original version of Violet Hill loke Jonny plays.
This tab was made mostly watching Jonny playing, then some parts are made by ear and
checked watching Jonny and there's one part that I learned from other tab. This is for 
electric guitar and if you have the option play it with a Les Paul Model, I play this 
with a
Strat and it sounds like the real song.

Hope you enjoy it!



Tunning: D a D G B E

The guitar starts with something like this:

"...there was snow, white snow..."
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|
A|--5-4--3-2------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|

"...While we froze, down below"
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|
A|--5-4--3-2------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|

Then while it says "When the future's architectured" it comes with this

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|--16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  -------------|
  ----14-14-14-|
  -16----------|
  -------------|
  -------------|
  -------------|

And the chorus is:

   Ab5  A5  Ab5  E5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
D|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
A|--11--12--11----7--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|------------------------------------------------|

Now in this verse in the places where is this mark (*) it comes with this

E|--9--9--9--|
B|--9--9--9--|
G|--9--9--9--|
D|--11-11-11-|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|

Was a long and dark Decem*ber
When the banks became ca*thedrals
And a fox *became God

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|
A|--5-4--3-2------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|


Priests clutched onto bi*bles
Hollowed out to fit their *rifles
And a cross *held aloft

Then it comes with "Bury me in armour..." with the same riff as before:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/violet_hill_tab_ver_6.html ]
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|--16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  -------------|
  ----14-14-14-|
  -16----------|
  -------------|
  -------------|
  -------------|

Chorus:

   Ab5  A5  Ab5  E5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
D|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
A|--11--12--11----7--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|------------------------------------------------|

Solo:

E|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|--9-8-6-9-------6------|--9-8-6-9-------6-----|
D|----------6-9-6--------|----------6-9-6-------|
A|------------------9-9--|------------------9-9-|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|
                                                             X2
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--9-8-6-9-------6------|--9-8-6-9--------------------|
|----------6-9-6--------|----------6-9-6-----5-4--3-2-|
|------------------9-9--|--------------------5-4--3-2-|
|-----------------------|--------------------5-4--3-2-|

Then when it says "I don't want to be a soldier..." it comes AGAIN with the same riff as before

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|--16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  -------------|
  ----14-14-14-|
  -16----------|
  -------------|
  -------------|
  -------------|

Final Chorus:

Chorus:

   Ab5  A5  Ab5  E5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
D|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
A|--11--12--11----7--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|------------------------------------------------|


This is all. Hope you like it and if you have any doubt you can e-mail me to gastypm@gmail.com.