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Violet Hill

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Coldplay is a British alternative rock band formed in London in 1996. The band's singer/pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion, met at University College London and came together from 1996 to 1998. During these two years, the band changed names from Pectoralz to Starfish and, finally, to Coldplay. Creative director and former manager Phil Harvey is often referred to as the fifth member by the band.

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Artist: Coldplay
Song: Violet Hill
Album: Viva La Vida...

Made by Maxime Legault ([email protected])

Hi everyone! So I made up this ACOUSTIC VERSION to help people who would like to play a
Coldplay song,
so it's not the album version (since it's basically a piano song...), but feel
free for any comments
or suggestions !!!
So enjoy!!!

EDIT AUGUST 11th 2010: Changed the lyrics, they are now accurate, they are from
Coldplay's official website.

Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret

[Chords]:

Bm x24432
Bsus2 x24422
G 3x0003
Gma7 3x0023
Em 022000
Em6 022020
Em(2) 079987
A x02220
F#m 244222
D xx0232 or 200232
F# (note) 2xxxxx

EASY VERSION:

[Verse 1]

Bm
Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember
G Em
There was snow, white snow
Bm
Clearly I remember from the windows
G
They were watching while we froze
Em
Down below

[Chorus]

G
When the future's architectured
A Bm
By a carnival of idiots on show
A
You'd better lie low
G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?

[Verse 2]

Bm
Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals
G Em
And a fox became God
Bm
Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles
G Em
And the cross was held aloft

[Chorus]

G
Bury me an armour
A
When I’m dead and hit the ground
Bm A
My nerves are poles that unfroze
G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?

[Solo]

Bm Bm G Em x2

(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3
a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)

(3x) (1x)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|

(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first
time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)

[Chorus]

G
I don’t want to be a soldier
A
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Bm
Would stow
A
Far below
G F#m D Bm A Bm
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?

[Outro]

D G D Bm A G
I took my love down to Violet Hill
A Bm F#m G
There we sat in the snow
G A Bm Em D Bm A
All that time she was silent still
F#m G F#m D Bm A G
Said if you love me, won’t you let me know?
F#m G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?

MORE COMPLEX VERSION:

[Verse 1]

Bm
Was a long and dark December
Bsus2
From the rooftops I remember
G Gma7 Em Em6
There was snow , white snow
Bm
Clearly I remember from the windows
Bsus2 G Gma7
They were watching while we froze
Em Em6
Down below

[Chorus]

G
When the future's architectured
A Bm
By a carnival of idiots on show
A
You'd better lie low
F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?

[Verse 2]

Bm
Was a long and dark December
Bsus2
When the banks became cathedrals
G Gma7 Em Em6
And a fox became God
Bm
Priests clutched onto bibles
Bsus2
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
G Gma7 Em Em6
And the cross was held aloft

[Chorus]

G
Bury me an armour
A
When I’m dead and hit the ground
Bm A
My nerves are poles that unfroze
F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?

[Solo]

Bm Bm G Em x2

(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3
a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)

(3x) (1x)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|

(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first
time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)

[Chorus]

G
I don’t want to be a soldier
A
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Bm
Would stow
A
Far below
F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?

[Outro]

D G D Bm A G
I took my love down to Violet Hill
A Bm F#m G
There we sat in the snow
G A Bm Em(2) D Bm A
All that time she was silent still
F#m G F#m D Bm A G
So, if you love me, won’t you let me know?
F#m G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?

So it's pretty much all there. For the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead
playing the Em (and Em6 for the complex one)),
you can play the last 4 chords written in the "guitar solo"...

So enjoy !!! (and feel free for any suggestions)

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