Coldplay

Yellow

Tuning Note: Acoustic and Electric 1 tuned down 1/2 Step.  Electric 2 tuned down 1/2 step except for B string.


Intro a: Acoustic (Tuned down 1/2 Step)
|-0-------0--0-------|
|-5-------6--5-------|
|-0-strum-0--0-strum-|
|-5-------5--5-------|
|-3-------3--3-------|
|--------------------|

Intro a: Electric 1 (same as acoustic, enters 3rd measure)

Intro b: Electric 1 (Distorted)
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------|
|-5--strum--5--strum--3--strum-|
|-3---------5---------3--------|
|-----------3---------1--------|

Intro b: Acoustic (Distorted)
|-0---------0---------0---------|
|-5---------3---------1---------|
|-0--strum--4--strum--2--strum--|
|-5---------5---------3---------|
|-3---------x---------x---------|
|-----------3---------1---------|

Intro b: Electric 2 (Distorted)
|-8----------12---------3---------8------------|
|-0----strum--0---strum-0---strum-0--strum-----|
|-10/\-with--14/\-------5/\-------10/\----\9~~-|
|------this------------------------------------|
|------bent------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

Verse: Same as Intro b without distortion for acoustic and electric 1.

Verse: Electric 2 (comes in on 2nd vocals w/ delay)
|-8~~----3~~---5~~---8~~---7~~---8~~-||---8--|----8---8|
|-0~~~---2~~~--0~~~--0~~~--0~~~--9~~~||--0-0-|---0-0-0-0|
|-9~~~---4~~~--5~~~--9~~~--7~~~--9~~~||-9----|-10---9---|
|------------------------------------||------|----------|
|------------------------------------||--2x--|----------|
|------------------------------------||------|----------|

Pre-Chorus: Electric 1
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-----------------0-------|
|-3-------5-------0-------|
|-3-strum-7-strum-x-strum-|
|-1-------5-------3-------|

Pre-Chorus: Acoustic
|-0-------0-------0-------|
|-1-------1-------0-------|
|-2-------0-------0-------|
|-3-strum-2-strum-0-strum-|
|-x-------0-------x-------|
|-1---------------3-------|

Pre-Chorus: Electric 1 and Piano
|-17-------------------\15------|
|--x-strum-for-a-while-\x-------|
|-17-------------------\16------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Chorus: Same as intro for all instruments

All instruments repeat the verse and chorus again, and
 
the ending is the same as the intro for all instruments

Outro: Electric 2
|-8~~~~~~------0-|
|-0~~~~~~-end--0-|
|-9~~~~~~-note-2-|
|--------------3-|
|--------------3-|
|--------------1-|

Outro: Acoustic or Electric 1
|-0-------1-------0-|
|-5-------1-------1-|
|-0-strum-3-strum-2-|
|-5-------0-------3-|
|-3-------x-------x-|
|---------3-------1-|

Outro: Cello
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--9--------7--------9--------|
|--x-tremlo-x-tremlo-x-tremlo-|
|-10--------8--------8--------|
|--------------------8--------|

end.


Bass (Standard Tuning)

Intro b: 
|-----2x----------|-----2x----------|--------2x-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

Pre-Chorus:
|-----------------|---------|---------|
|-----------------|---------|---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------|---------|
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-|

Distinguish between the two.