Violet Hill Coldplay
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!!!
Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret
Chords:
Bm ========== x24432
Bsus2 ======= x24422
G =========== 3x0003
Dmaj7sus4/G = 3x0023
Em ========== 022000
Em6 ========= 022020
Em(2) ======= 079987
A =========== x02220
F#m ========= 244222
D =========== xx0232 or 200232
F# (note) === 2xxxxx
EASY VERSION:
VERSE 1:
Was a [Bm]long and dark December
There was [G]snow, white [Em]snow
Cl[Bm]early I remember from the windows
They were watching while we [G]froze
Down bel[Em]ow
CHORUS:
When the f[G]uture's architectured
By a [A]carnival of idiots on [Bm]show
You'd better lie [A]low
If you [G]love [F#m]me, [D]wonâ??t yo[Bm]u le[A]t m[Bm]e know?
VERSE 2:
Was a [Bm]long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And a [G]fox became [Em]God
P[Bm]riests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the c[G]ross was held [Em]aloft
CHORUS:
[G]Bury me an armour
When Iâ??[A]m dead and hit the ground
My nerves are [Bm]poles that unf[A]roze
If you [G]love [F#m]me, [D]wonâ??t yo[Bm]u le[A]t m[Bm]e know?
GUITAR 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)
|--------------------------|-----------------------------| |-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x) |------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------| |---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)| |-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)| |--------------------------|-------------------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:
I donâ??[G]t want to be a soldier
Who the[A] captain of some sinking ship
Would[Bm] stow
Far [A]below
So, if you [G]love [F#m]me, [D]whyâ??d yo[Bm]u le[A]t m[Bm]e go?
OUTRO:
I took my [D]love [G]down to [D]Vio[Bm]let [A]Hill[G]
[A]There we [Bm]sat [F#m]in the [G]snow
[G]All [A]that [Bm]time [Em]she was [D]sil[Bm]ent [A]still
Said[F#m] if you [G]love [F#m]me, [D]wonâ??t yo[Bm]u let[A] me [G] know?
[F#m]If you lov[G]e me[F#m], wo[D]nâ??t you [Bm]let [A]me [Bm]know?
MORE COMPLEX VERSION:
VERSE 1:
Was a l[Bm]ong and dark December
[Bsus2]
There was [G]snow[Dmaj7sus4/G] , white [Em]snow[Em6]
Cl[Bm]early I remember from the windows
They were [Bsus2]watching while we fro[G]ze[Dmaj7sus4/G]
Down bel[Em]ow[Em6]
CHORUS:
When the f[G]uture's architectured
By a [A]carnival of idiots on [Bm]show
You'd better lie [A]low
F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, wonâ??t you let me know?
VERSE 2:
Was a [Bm]long and dark December
When the banks became [Bsus2]cathedrals
And a fo[G]x [Dmaj7sus4/G] became [Em]God[Em6]
P[Bm]riests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their[Bsus2] rifles
And the c[G]ross [Dmaj7sus4/G] was held a[Em]loft[Em6]
CHORUS:
[G]Bury me an armour
When Iâ??[A]m dead and hit the ground
My nerves are [Bm]poles that un[A]froze
F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm
If you love me, wonâ??t you let me know?
GUITAR 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)
|--------------------------|-----------------------------| |-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x) |------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------| |---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)| |-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)| |--------------------------|-------------------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:
I donâ??[G]t want to be a soldier
Who the cap[A]tain of some sinking ship
Would [Bm]stow
Far [A]below
F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm
So, if you love me, whyâ??d you let me go?
OUTRO:
I took my [D]love [G]down to [D]Vio[Bm]let [A]Hill[G]
[A]There we [Bm]sat [F#m]in the [G]snow
[G]All [A]that [Bm]time [Em(2)]she was s[D]ile[Bm]nt s[A]till
So, [F#m]if you l[G]ove m[F#m]e, w[D]onâ??t you[Bm] let[A] me [G] know?
[F#m]If you l[G]ove [F#m]me, [D]wonâ??t yo[Bm]u le[A]t m[Bm]e 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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