"Clocks" by Coldplay (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: C#/Db major,F minor,G#/Ab major
  • Chord Family: G
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Barre Chords, "Accented" Strum, Open Chords

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INTRO
PIANO RIFF (X2)

WITH PIANO RIFF:
D---/Am---/----/Em---/ (X2)

VERSE 1
D                   Am              Am                    Em
Lights go out and I can't be saved, tides that I tried to swim against. 
D                 Am           Am         Em
Brought me down upon my knees, oh I beg I beg and plead – singing
D                  Am             Am             Em
   Come out of the things unsaid, shoot an apple off my head - and a
D               Am              Am             Em
   trouble that can't be named, tigers waiting to be tamed – singing


CHORUS
D     Am      Am   Em
   You-oooooooou   are.      (X2) 

WITH PIANO RIFF:
D---/Am---/----/Em---/ (X2)


VERSE 2
D         Am           Am                Em
Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks – gonna
D                Am               Am                 Em
   come back and take you home, I could not stop the tune now known - singing 
D             Am          Am                Em
   come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities - am I  
D         Am              Am             Em
   a part of the cure, or am I a part of the disease? - singing  


CHORUS
D     Am      Am   Em
   You-oooooooou   are.      (X4)


BRIDGE
F      F            C     G
   And nothing else compa-ares.
F     F            C     G
   Oh nothing else compa-ares.
F      F            C     G      F       
   And nothing else compa-ares.

PIANO RIFF (X2)

WITH PIANO RIFF:
D---/Am---/----/Em---/ (X2)


OUTRO
D     Am            Am        Em
Home, home, where I wanted to go.      (X4)

PIANO PLAYS TO FADE
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