#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# #This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation # #of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or # #research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or some other monospaced # #font. See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:33:43 +0000 From: tom watermanSubject: c/coldplay/yellow.tab Coldplay - 'Yellow' tabbed by reg My mate's brother showed me how to play this - God knows how he worked it out - but it sounds pretty accurate so i reckon it's worth sharing! The Acoustic Part: The first thing you need to do is re-tune the strings to E A B G B D#; this then allows you to play the following chords (the names of which may well be wrong!): Bmaj Badd11 F#6 Emaj7 G#m F#m7add11 D#|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----0----|----1----| B |----0----|----0----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----0----| G |----8----|----9----|----3----|----1----|----2----|----2----| B |----0----|----0----|----4----|----0----|----2----|----2----| A |----9----|----9----|----4----|----2----|----x----|----x----| E |----7----|----7----|----2----|----0----|----2----|----2----| (These are easier to play if you use your thumb to fret the notes on the E string) And the song goes: Intro: [B, Badd11] (x2) Verse: [B, F#6, Emaj7] (x4) Chorus: [Emaj7, G#m, F#6] (x3), then Emaj7 Verse Chorus Verse Middle: (same chords as verse progression; play twice) Outro: B, F#m7add11, Emaj7 The Electric Part: The bit on the electric guitar is (supposedly) in standard tuning (ie. E A D G B E), and therefore, to play along with the chords above, the chords need to be played as below (not sure if these are right): Bmaj Badd11 F#6 Emaj7 G#m F#m7add11 E |----x----|----0----|----2----|----0----|----4----|----2----| B |----4----|----4----|----4----|----0----|----4----|----2----| G |----4----|----4----|----3----|----1----|----4----|----2----| D |----4----|----4----|----4----|----1----|----6----|----2----| A |----2----|----2----|----x----|----2----|----6----|----2----| E |----x----|----x----|----2----|----0----|----4----|----2----| In addition, below is the riff used in between sections of the song: (N.B. b = bend string; r = release bend; ~ = keep string bent; / & \ = slide up/down) B E |-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7/---| B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| G |--9b11~11~11~11~11~11~11~11~~|~~11~r9--9--9--9--9--9--9/---| D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| F#6 E |----11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\---| B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| G |-13b15~15~15~15~15~15~15~15~~|~~15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13\---| D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| Emaj7 E |-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2\---| B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| G |---4b6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~6~~|~~~6~r4--4--4--4--4--4--4\---| D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| B E |-----7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----| B |-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----| G |--9b11~11~11~11~11~11~11~11~~|~~11~r9--9--9--9--9--9--9----| D |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| A |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| E |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| And (finally!) this is the little lick that gets played over the chorus: Emaj7 G#m F#6 E |--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--16--16--16--16--14--14/16--| B |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| G |--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--16--16--16--16--15--15/16--| D |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| A |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| E |----------------------------------|---------------------------------| _________________________________________________________________