"Yellow" by Coldplay (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: B major
  • Chord Family:
  • Skills: "Accented" Strum

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INTRO
 *just acoustic guitar
/B---/ (x4)
*band in
/B---/----/F#---/----/E---/---/B---/----/


VERSE 1
(B)
Look at the stars
                        F#
Look how they shine for you
                     E
And everything you do
                           B
Yeah, they were all yellow
(B)
I came along
                   F#
I wrote a song for you
		           E
And all the things you do
		             B
And it was called yellow
(B)              F#
So then I took my turn
                            E
Oh what a thing to have done
                     /B---/----/
And it was all yellow


CHORUS
E           G#m           F#
  Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
E         G#m         F#
  Turn into something beautiful
E
  D'you know?
G#m           F#       E
   You know I love you so
(E)	                /B---/----/F#----/----/E---/---/B---/----/
You know I love you so


VERSE 2
B
  I swam across
                    F#
I jumped across for you
                   E
Oh what a thing to do
                         B
'Cos you were all yellow
(B)
I drew a line
                F#
I drew a line for you
               E	
Oh what a thing to do
                   /B---/----/
And it was all yellow


CHORUS
E           G#m           F#
  Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
E         G#m         F#
  Turn into something beautiful
E
  D'you know?
G#m          F#           E
   For you I bleed myself dry
(E)			     /B---/----/F#----/----/E---/---/B---/----/
For you I bleed myself dry


BRIDGE
(B)
It's true
                        F#
Look how they shine for you
                         E
Look how they shine for you
                         B
Look how they shine for you
			       F#
Look how they shine for you
			       E
Look how they shine for you
		     B
Look how they shine


OUTRO
(B)
Look at the stars
                         F#
Look how they shine for you
                             E
And all the things that you do
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