Artist: Coldplay
Album: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
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Life In Technicolor
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(1:03)
| repeat
(1:54)
x3
Cemeteries of London
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Capo 1
At night they would go walking till the break in the day
The morning is for sleeping
Through the dark streets they go searching to see God in their own way
Save the nighttime for you weeping
Your weeping
Singing la la la la la la lay
And the night over London hey
So we rode down to the river where the toiling ghosts spring
For their curses to be broken
We'll go underneath the arches where the witches are in the sea
There are ghost towns in the ocean
The ocean
Singing la la la la la la lay
And the night over London hey
Solo:
God in the houses, and god is in my head
And all the cemeteries in London
I see god come in my garden, but I don't know what he'd say
For my heart it wasn't open
Not open
Singing la la la la la la lay
And the night over London hey
Singing la la la la la la lay
There's no light over London today
Lost!
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Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)
STANDARD TUNING - NO CAPO
CHORD CHART
020030
+ 779787
032010
+ 335553
320033
+ 355433
x00232
+ 557775
799777
when you get to the first in the chorus, try to play around
with (x00233) and ?(x00235)
This riff is played over the and at the end of the chorus.
("Oh and I'm just waiting til the shine wears off).
- - - x2
Just because I'm losing
Doesn't mean I'm lost
Doesn't mean I'll stop
Doesn't mean I would cross
Just because I'm hurting
Doesn't mean I'm hurt
Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved
No better and no worse
I just got lost
Every river that I tried to cross
Every door I ever tried was locked
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
You might be a big fish
In a little pond
Doesn't mean you've won
'Cause along may come a bigger one
And you'll be lost
Every river that you tried to cross
Every gun you ever held went off
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the firing stops
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
SOLO: + - + - + - + x4
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
Ohhh and I'm...
Just waiting 'til the shine wears off
- - (with chorus riff) x2
- - - |clearly two times
- - |and then fading
42
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Corrected by Nicolás Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)
Capo 1
022000
224432
x21202 or x24242
032010
320003
224442
222442
xx0032
032013
3x1000 or xx1000
020030 or 020000
022020
Those who are dead are not dead they're just living in my head
And since I fell for that spell I am living it as well oh oh oh
Time is so short and I'm sure
Those who are dead are not dead they're just living in my head oh oh oh
And since I fell for that spell I am living it as well oh oh oh
Time is so short and I'm sure
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Solo:
Alternates -
Bridge:
You thought you might be a ghost
You thought you might be a ghost
You didn't get to heaven but you made it close
You didn't get to heaven but you made it close
You thought you might be a ghost
You thought you might be a ghost
You didn't get to heaven but you made it close
You didn't get to heaven but you oh oh
Solo: | | | | X2
Those who are dead are not dead they're just living in my head ooh
Lovers In Japan/Reign of Love
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x2
Lovers, keep on the road you're on
Runners, until the race is run
Soldiers, you've got to soldier on
Sometimes even right is wrong
They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day, we are gonna get out
Tonight maybe we're gonna run
Dreaming of the Osaka sun
Ohh ohh...
Dreaming of when the morning comes
They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day the sun will come out
x4
REIGN OF LOVE
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Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)
- - - - /f# - x2
- - - - -
- - - - -
CHORD CHART
x00232
x00233
320033
/f# 200033
x02220
224432
244222
Reign of love
/f#
I can't let go
To the sea I offer
/f#
This heavy load
Locusts will
Lift me up
I'm just a prisoner
In a reign of love
- - - - /f# - x2
Locusts will
Let us stop
I wish I'd spoken
To the reign of love
Reign of love
/f#
By the church, we're waiting
Reign of love
/f#
My knees go praying
How I wish
I'd spoken up
Or we'd be carried
In the reign of love.
- - - - /f# - x2
- - - - -
- - - - -
Yes
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Capo 1
When it started we had high hopes
Now my back's on the line
My back's on the ropes
When it started we were alright
But night makes a fool of us in the daylight
Yeah we were dying of frustration
saying Lord lead me not into temptation
But it's not easy when she turns you on
Since they gone
If you'll only, if you'll only say yes
Whether you will's anybody's guess
God, only God knows I'm trying my best
But I'm just so tired of this loneliness
So, up they picked me by the big toe
I was held from the rooftop then they let go
There's only screaming let the windows down
As I come to the ground
If you'll only, if you'll only say yes
Whether you will's anybody's guess
God, only God knows she won't let me rest
But I'm just so tired of this loneliness
I've become so tired of this loneliness
Solo: x4
Chinese Sleep Chant
Capo 2
x2
x2
Aus4 x2
x2
Fall asleep, fall asleep
Sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied
Fall asleep, fall asleep
Sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied
Sleep, sleep
Sleep
Sleep, sleep
Sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied
Fall asleep fall asleep
sleep crucify, sleep crucify
Fall asleep fall asleepsleep satisfied
Sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied
Solo: x2
Sleep, sleep
Sleep
Sleep, sleep
Sleep satisfied, sleep satisfied
Viva la Vida
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STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 1
- - - x2
()
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning I sweep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
- - - x2
()
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing:
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
()
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
- - - x2
()
It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in.
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
()
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
- x3
x2
- - - x2
(Ohhhhh Ohhh Ohhh)
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword, and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter will call my name ,
never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
- - - and fading...
Oooooh Oooooh Oooooh
Violet Hill
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Tabbed by Nicolas Levy (acade365@hotmail.com)
Feedback appreciated.
STANDARD TUNING
NO CAPO (Scroll down for a Capoed Version)
Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow, white snow
Clearly I remember from the windows
They were watching while we froze
Down below
When the future architecture
By a carnival of idiots on show
You better lie low
If you love me, won't you let me know
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the frost became gone
Creased cut stones and bibles
Are all out to fade their rifles
And the cross was held aloft
There in me and I'm
When I'm dead and hit the ground
Legs are cold, unfold
If you love me, won't you let me know
GUITAR SOLO:
x2
I don't wanna be a soldier
With a captain of some sinking ship
With snow
Far below
So, if you love me, why'd you let me go
I took my love down to Violet Hill
A
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silenced still
So, if you love me, won't you let me know?
If you love me, won't you let me know?
Strawberry Swing
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STANDARD TUNING - CAPO 1
Tabbed by Nicolas Levy Renaud (acade365@hotmail.com)
They were sitting, they were sitting in the strawberry swing
And every moment was so precious
They were sitting, they were talking in the strawberry swing
And everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing
Cold, cold water bring me 'round
()
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water
What you say?
It's such, it's such a perfect day
()
It's such a perfect day
I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait until the morning
Wouldn't wanna change a thing
People moving all the time
()
Inside a perfect straight line
Don't you wanna scurve away
It's such it's such a perfect day
()
It's such a perfect day
-
- -
Ahhhh....
Now the sky could be blue
I don't mind
Without you its a waste of time
...could be blue I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time
The sky could be blue, could be gray without you I just slide away
The sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time
- - - and fades
End on for a few bars
Death and All His Friends
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Capo 1
All winter, we got carried
Oh way over on the rooftops let's get married
All summer we just hurried
So come over, just be patient, and don't worry
So come over, just be patient, and don't worry
|x2
So come over, just be patient, and don't worry
And don't worry
| x2
No I don't wanna battle from beginning to end
I don't wanna cycle recycle revenge
I don't wanna follow death and all his friends
No I don't wanna battle from beginning to end
I don't wanna cycle, recycle revenge
I don't wanna follow death and all of his friends
x3
The Escapist
No Capo
And
In the end
We lie awake
And we dream we're making our escape
Ooh...