1. Square One
Intro: Cm-D#-G# (2x)
Cm A# G#
You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go?
Cm A# G#
You're in control, is there anything you wanna know?
Cm A# G#
The future's for discovering
Cm A#
The space in which we're travelling
Interlude: Cm (Synthesizer plays intro)
Refrain:
Cm D# G#
From the top of the first page
Cm D# G#
To the end of the last day
Cm D# G#
From the start in your own way
A# G#
You just want somebody listening to what you say
Fm
It doesn't matter who you are
Verse:
Cm A# Cm-A#
Under the surface trying to break through
Cm A# Cm-A#
Deciphering the codes in you
D# A# -Cm
I need a compass, draw me a map
D# A# Cm-D#-A#
I'm on the top, I can't get back
Cm -A#
Whoa...
Refrain: (play refrain chords)
The first line on the first page
To the end of the last page
From the start in your own way
You just want somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
Cm-D#-G# (3X)
It doesn't matter who you are
You just want
A# G#
Somebody listening to what you say
A# G#
Oh, you just want somebody listening to what you say
Fm
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
(SYNTHESIZER)
G#
Is there anybody out there who
Fm
Is lost and hurt and lonely too
Cm A#
Are they bleeding all your colours into one?
G#
and if you come undone
Fm
As if you've been run through, some catapult it fired you
Cm A#
You wonder if your chance will ever come
G#
Or if you're stuck in square one...
2. What If
Tuning:EADGBe
Chords are:
F#m A Bm7add4 E7 D Bm7 F#m7 Esus4 E G
e|---2------0--------x-------0----2------2------2-----0-----0----3--|
B|---2------2--------3-------3----3------3------2-----0-----0----0--|
G|---2------2--------2-------1----2------2------2-----2-----1----0--|
D|---4------2--------2-------2----0------4------2-----2-----2----0--|
A|---4------0--------2-------2----x------2------4-----2-----2----3--|
E|---2------x--------x-------0----x------x------2-----0-----0----2--|
F#m A Bm7add4 E7
What if there was no light
D
Nothing wrong, nothing right
F#m A Bm7add4
What if there was no time
E7 D
And no reason or rhyme
Bm7 E7
What if you should decide?
F#m D E7
That you don’t want be there by your side
F#m D E7
That you don’t want me there in your life
F#m A Bm7add4 E7
What if I got it wrong?
D
And no poem or song
F#m A Bm7add4 E7
Could put right what I got wrong
D
Or make you feel I belong?
Bm7 E7
And what if you should decide
F#m D E7
That you don’t want me there by your side
F#m D E7
That you don’t want me there in your life
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m7 Esus4 E
Lets take a breath jump over the side
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m7 Esus4 E
How can you know it if you don’t even try?
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m A Bm7add4 E7
Every step that you take
D
Could be your biggest mistake
F#m A Bm7add4 E7
It could bend or it could break
D
That’s the risk that you take
Bm7 E7
And what if you should decide
F#m D E7
That you don’t want me there in your life
F#m D E7
That you don’t want me there by your side
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m7 Esus4 E
Lets take a breath jump over the side
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m7 Esus4 E
How can you know it when you don’t even try
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
Oooooooooooooo
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m7 Esus4 E
Lets take a breath jump over the side
D Bm7
Ooh, that’s right
F#m7 Esus4 E
You know that darkness has turned into light
D Bm7
Ooh that’s right
3. White Shadows
Chords Used (relative to Acoustic w/capo on 2nd fret, chords in parentheses are actual
chords)
F#m (G#m) - 244222
A (B) - x02220
Bm (C#m) - x24432
E (F#) - 022100
C#m (D#m)- x46654
D (E) - x00232
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INTRO/RIFF 1 - Main Elec. Guitar Part w/ lots of delay and reverb (chords above played
acoustic guitar w capo 2)
F#m C#m
e-11-11------11-11------11-11----11------b11--------11-11--------11-11--|
B-------9-9--------9-9--------9-9---9--9------11-11--------11-11--------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m C#m
e------11-------b11------11-11------11-11----11------b11--------11-11-----|
B-11-11---11--11-----9-9-------9-9--------9-9---9--9------11-11--------11-|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-------11-------b11---|
B-11--------11-11---11--11------|
G-------------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
Eb------------------------------|
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VERSE 1 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar
F#m A C#m Bm
When I was a young boy I tried to listen
F#m A C#m
And I wanna feel like that
F#m A C#m Bm
Little white shadows blink and miss them
F#m A C#m
Part of a system, I am
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REPEAT INTRO/RIFF 1 1x
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VERSE 2&3 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar plays same chords as above with Elec. Guitar playing
2 (imitates the bass in the song)--->
e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb--5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-0h5--5-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-0h5--etc---------------------|
VERSE 2
(With RIFF 2)
If you ever feel like something's missing
Things you'll never understand
[INTRO/RIFF 1 reappears here (an octave lower than in the intro)]
Little white shadows
Sparkle and glisten
Part of a system, a plan
VERSE 3
(with RIFF 2)
When I was a young boy I tried to listen
Don't you wanna feel like that?
[INTRO/RIFF 1 an octave lower again]
You're part of the human race
All of the stars and the outer space
Part of the system, a plan
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PRECHORUS 1&2 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar
D Bm
All this noise, I'm waking up
D Bm
All this space, I'm taking up
D Bm
I cannot hear you're breaking up
D E
Ohhhhhhhh
PRECHORUS 1&2 - Elec. Guitar RIFF 3 (above chords are once again rhythm acoustic guitar
capo 2)
D Bm D
e-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2---|
G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm D Bm
e-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2---|
G-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
D E
e-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----|
B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2--|
G-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
Eb----------------------------------------|
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CHORUS 1&2 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar
F#m D
Maybe you'll get what you wanted
A C#m
maybe you'll stumble upon it
F#m D
Everything you ever wanted
A C#m
In a permanent state
(Same chords as above)
Maybe you'll know when you see it
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it
And when you find it you'll keep it
In a permanent state, a permanent state
CHORUS 1&2 - Elec. Guitar RIFF 4 play throughout whole chorus
F#m D A
e-16-16-16-14--14-16-14--16-16-16-14--14-16-14--16-16-16-14--14-16-14--|
B--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0---0--0--0--|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb---------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#m
e-------------------------------|
B-16-16-16---14-14-14---12-12---|
G-15-15-15---15-15-15---13-13---| x4
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
Eb------------------------------|
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OUTRO - Organ transcribed for Rhythm Acoustic Guitar
F#m
Swam on a sea of faces
D
A tide of the human races
A C#m
Oh, an answer now is what I need
(same chords as above)
See it in a new sun rising
See it break on your horizon
Oh, come on love, stay with me
4. Fix You
For album pitch, use Capo 1.
Intro and Vs. 1 & 2:
D D/C# D/B D/A
e|----(2)-----(2)--|----(2)-----(2)----|
B|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3-----|
G|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2---|
D|-0---------------|-------------------|
A|---------4-------|-2-------0---------|
E|-----------------|-------------------| (Repeat)
Chorus (strum):
G D/F# A
Lights will guide you home... (x3)
Link / Verse 3 (strum):
D Fmadd6 Bm7 Asus4
e|-2-----2----|-2-----0----|
B|-3-----3----|-3-----3----|
G|-2-----2----|-2-----2----|
D|-0----(0)---|-4-----2----|
A|-x-----4----|-2-----x----|
E|-x-----2----|-x-----x----| (Repeat)
Chorus:
G D/F# A
Lights will guide you home... (x3)
Solo:
|D|D|G|G|D|D|Asus4|A| x4
Trio:
D G
Tears stream down your face
D Asus4 A
When you lose something you cannot replace
D G
Tears stream down your face...and
D Asus4 A
I-I-I-I-I............
D G
Tears stream down your face
D Fm7
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Bm G
Tears stream down your face...and
D Asus4 A
I-I-I-I-I............
Chorus:
G D/F# A
Lights will guide you home... (x2)
G D/F# A D
and I will try to fix you.
5. Talk
VERSE 1:
D# Bb Gm -F
Oh brother I can't, I can't get through
D# Bb Gm F
I've been trying hard to meet you 'cause I don't know what to do
D# Bb Gm -F
Oh brother I can't believe it's true
D# Bb Gm F
I'm so scared about the future and I wanna talk to you
D# F -Gm
Oh I wanna talk to you
REFRAIN:
D# Gm Bb (adlib)
You can take a picture of something you see
D# Gm Bb (adlib)
In the future where will I be?
D# Gm Bb (adlib)
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
D# Gm Bb
Or write a song nobody has sung
D# F
Or do something that's never been done
VERSE 2: (play verse 1 chords)
Are you lost or incomplete?
Do you feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece?
Tell me how do you feel?
Well I feel like they're
Talking in a language I don't speak and they're talking it to me
REFRAIN:
D# Gm Bb (adlib)
So you take a picture of something you see
D# Gm Bb (adlib)
In the future where will I be?
D# Gm Bb (adlib)
You can climb a ladder up to the sun
D# Gm Bb
Or write a song nobody has sung
D# F
Or do something that's never been done
(Instrumental)
REFRAIN 2: (PLAY REFRAIN 1 CHORDS)
So you don't know where you're going and you wanna talk
And you feel like you're going where you've been before
You tell anyone who'll listen but you feel ignored
Nothing's really making any sense at all
CODA: (play D#-F)
Let's talk
Let's talk
Let's talk
Let's talk
6. VERSE:
Bm G
Trying hard to speak and
D F#
Fighting with my weak hand
Bm G
Driven to distraction
D F#
So part of the plan
Bm G
When something is broken
D F#
And you try to fix it
Bm G
Trying to repair it
Em F#
Any way you can
(Synthesizer)
Bm G
I'm diving off the deep end
D F#
You become my best friend
Bm G
I wanna love you
D F#
But I don't know if I can
Bm G
I know something is broken
D F#
And I'm trying to fix it
Bm G
Trying to repair it
Em F#
Any way I can
E/G# -G -E/G# -G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh...
REFRAIN:
D C E
You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
D C E
You and me are drifting into outer space and singing
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/x_and_y_crd_ver_4.html ]
G -E/G# -G -E/G#
Ooh ooh ooh ooh...
INSTRUMENTAL: (in the tune of the verse)
REFRAIN:
D C E
You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
D C E
You and me are drifting into outer space
D C E
You and me are floating on a tidal wave together
D C E
You and me are drifting into outer space and singing
G -E/G# -G -E/G# G -E/G# -G -E/G#
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh...
7. Speed of Sound
Verse:
A G/B
How long before I get in
D
Before it starts, before I begin?
A G/B
How long before you decide
D
Before I know what it feels like?
A G/B
Where to, where do I go?
D
If you never try, then you'll never know
A G/B
How long do I have to climb
D
Up on the side of this mountain of mine?
Interlude: (play intro chords)
Verse: (play verse chords)
Look up, I look up at night
Planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees
Every chance that you get is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand
With my head stuck under the sand?
I’ll start before I can stop
Before I see things the right way up
Refrain:
G9 A Bm
All that noise, and all that sound
G Gdim Bm
All those places that I doth found
G Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
D G
To show you how it all began
Bm
Birds came flying from the underground
F#m G
If you could see it then you'd understand
Interlude: (play intro chords)
Verse: (play verse chords)
Ideas that you'll never find
Or the inventors could never design
The buildings that you put up
Japan and China all lit up
The sign that I couldn't read
Or the light that I couldn't see
Some things you have to believe
But others are puzzles, puzzling me
Refrain:
G9 A Bm
All that noise, and all that sound
G Gdim Bm
All those places that I doth found
G Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
D G
To show you how it all began
Bm
Birds came flying from the underground
F#m G
If you could see it then you'd understand
F#m G -D
If you could see it then you'd understand
Bridge:
G A Bm
All those signs, I knew what they meant
Some things you can't invent
G A Bm
Some get made, and some get sent
E
Ooh…
Refrain:
G Bm
And birds go flying at the speed of sound
D G
To show you how it all began
Bm
Birds came flying from the underground
F#m G -A -Bm -C -D
If you could see it then you'd understand
8. A Message
Standard tuning
EADGBE
C# Fm G#
My song is love
C# Fm G#
Love to the loveless shown
C# Fm G#
And it goes up
F# C# G#
You don't have to be alone
C# Fm G#
Your heavy heart
C# Fm G# F#
Is made of stone
C# Fm G#
And it's so hard to see you clearly
F# C# G#
You don't have to be on your own
F# C# G#
You don't have to be on your own
F# C# G#
And I'm not gonna take it back
F# C# G#
Well I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
F# C# G#
You're the target that I'm aiming at
F# C# G#
And I get that message home
C# Fm G#
My song is love
C# Fm G# F#
My song is love, unknown
C# Fm G#
I'm on fire for you, clearly
F# C# G#
You don't have to be alone
F# C# G#
You don't have to be on your own
F# C# G#
And I'm not gonna take it back
F# C# G#
And, I'm not gonna say I don't mean that
F# C# G#
You're the target that I'm aiming at
F# C# G#
But I'm nothing on my own
F# C# G#
Got to get that message home
F C# G#
F C# G#
F# C# G#
And I'm not gonna stand and wait
F# C# G#
not gonna leave it until it's much too late
F# C# G#
On a platform, I'm gonna stand and say
F# C# G#
That I'm nothing on my own
F# C# G#
And I love you, please come home
F# C# G# A#m
F# C# G#
A#m F# C# G# A#m
My song is love, is love unknown
F# C# G# A#m
And I've got to get that message home
9. Low
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Em Em Em Dsus2
Bm Bm Bm Bm
C C Am Am
Em Em Em Em
Em 022000
Dsus2 xx0230
Bm x24432
C 332010 (which is actually C/G, well I like it)
A x02220
G 320003
Intro: C Am Em A C Am
Em Dsus2 Bm
You see the world in black and white
C Am Em
No colour or light
Em Dsus2 Bm
You think you'll never get it right
C Am Em
But you're wrong you might
Em Dsus2 Bm
The sky could fall could fall on me
C Am Em
The parting of the seas
Em Dsus2 Bm
But you mean more mean more to me
C Am Em
Than any colour I can see
C Am
All you ever wanted was love
Em
But you never looked hard enough
A
It's never gonna give itself up
C Am
And all you ever wanted to be
Em
Living in perfect symmetry
A
Nothing is as down on Earth as us
C
as us
Em Dsus2 Bm
You see the world in black and white
C Am Em
Not painted right
Em Dsus2 Bm
You see no meaning to your life
C Am Em
Yes you try
C Am Em
Yes you try
C Am
And all you ever wanted was love
Em
But you never looked hard enough
A
It's never gonna give itself up
C Am
And all you ever wanted to be
Em
Living in perfect symmetry
A
Nothing is as down on this Earth
G Em
Don't you want to see it come soon
G
Floating in a big white balloon
C A
Or given on your own silver spoon
G Em
Don't you want to see it come down
G
Careful throwing your arms around
C A
Saying not a moment too soon
G Em
Cause I feel low
G Em
Cause I feel low
G Em
Oh, yeah I feel low
A
Oh no
G
Oh
10. The Hardest Part
Intro: D#-A#-F-D#-F
Gm D#
And the hardest part
A# Dm
Was letting go, not taking part
Gm D# A# Dm
It's the hardest part
Gm D#
And the strangest thing
A# Dm
Was waiting for that bell to ring
Gm D# A# Dm
It was the strangest start
D# A# Dm
I could feel it go down
D# A# F
Bittersweet I could taste in my mouth
D# A# Dm
Silver lining the cloud
Gm-F-D#-Dm-Cm
Oh and I...
I wish that I could work it out
(Interlude: Gm-D#-A#-Dm-Gm-D#-A#-Dm)
Gm D#
And the hardest part
A# Dm
Was letting go, not taking part
Gm D# A# Dm
You really broke my heart...oh
Gm D#
And I tried to sing
A# Dm
But I couldn’t think of anything
Gm D# A#
And that was the hardest part
D# A# Dm
I could feel it go down
D# A# F
You left the sweetest taste in my mouth
D# A# Dm
Silver lining the clouds
Gm-F-D#-Dm-Cm
Oh and I
Gm-F-D#-Dm-Cm
Oh and I
I wonder what it’s all about
(Interlude: D#-A#-F-D#-A#-F)
I wonder what it’s all about
(Instrumental: D#-A#-F-D#-F)
D# A# F
Everything I know is wrong
D# A# F
Everything I do, it just comes undone
D# A#-F
And everything is torn a part
D#
Oh and it’s the hardest part
F
That’s the hardest part
D#
Yeah that’s the hardest part
F (Outtro)
That’s the hardest part
11. Swallowed in the sea
B F#
You cut me down a tree
E B
And brought it back to me
G#m F#
And that's what made me see
E B
Where I was going wrong
F#
You put me on a shelf
E B
And kept me for yourself
G#m F#
I can only blame myself
E B
You can only blame me
E B
And I could write a song
G#m F#
A hundred miles long
E B
Well, that's where I belong
G#m F#
And you belong to me
E B
And I could write it down
G#m F#
Or spread it all around
E B
Get lost and then get found
G#m F# B
Or swallowed in the sea
B F#
You put me on a line
E B
And hung me out to dry
G#m F#
And darling that's when I
E B
Decided to go to see you
F#
You cut me down to size
E B
And opened up my eyes
G#m F#
Made me realize
E B
What I could not see
E B
And I could write a book
G#m F#
The one they'll say that shook
E B
The world, and then it took
G#m F#
It took it back from me
E B
And I could write it down
G#m F#
Or spread it all around
E B
Get lost and then get found
G#m F#
And you'll come back to me
E B
Not swallowed in the sea
(Instrumental: C#m-E-B-F# (4X) )
E B
And I could write a song
G#m F#
A hundred miles long
E B
Well, that's where I belong
G#m F#
And you belong with me
E B
The streets you're walking on
G#m F#
A thousand houses long
E B
Well, that's where I belong
G#m F#
And you belong with me
E B
Oh what good is it to live
G#m F#
With nothing left to give
E B
Forget but not forgive
G#m F#
Not loving all you see
E B
Oh the streets you're walking on
G#m F#
A thousand houses long
E B
Well that's where I belong
G#m F#
And you belong with me
E B
Not swallowed in the sea
G#m F#
You belong with me
E B
Not swallowed in the sea
G#m B
Yeah, you belong with me
E B
Not swallowed in the sea
12. Twisted Logic
Eb Abm
Sunlight, opened up my eyes
Eb
To see for the first time
Abm
You'll open them up
Eb Abm
And tonight, rivers will run dry
Eb
And not for the first time
Abm
Rivers will run
(Interlude: Fm-F#-B-C#-Fm-F#-B-C#)
Eb Abm
Hundreds of years in the future
Eb
It could be computers
Abm Abm7 Eb
Looking for life on earth
Abm
Don't fight for the wrong side
Eb
Say what you feel like
Abm
Say how you feel
(Interlude: B-C#-Eb-Abm-B-C#-Eb)
B C#
You'll go backwards, but then
Eb Abm
You'll go forwards again
B C#
You'll go backwards, but then
Eb
You'll go
(Interlude: Eb-Abm-Abm7-Eb-Abm-Abm7)
Eb Abm
Created, then drilled and invaded
Eb
If somebody made it
Abm Abm7 Eb
Someone will mess it up
Abm
And you are not wrong to
Eb
Ask who does this belong to
Abm Abm7
It belongs to all of us
B C#
You'll go backwards, but then
Eb Abm
You'll go forwards again
B C#
You'll go backwards, but then
Eb
you'll go forwards
B C#
You'll go backwards, but then
Eb Abm
you'll go forwards again
B C#
You'll go backwards, but then
Eb
You'll go forwards
(Outtro: B-C#-Eb-Abm-B-C#-Eb)
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