'Lips Like Sugar' by Coldplay - Guitar Tutorial

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Band: Coldplay
Song: Lips Like Sugar
Album: Unreleased (Live in Olympia, Paris - 2000)
Words & Music: Guy Berrymen, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
From: Zachary
E-mail: [email protected]

Standard Tuning: EADGbe

Chords Used:

  A2 A5 Asus4 Amin Bsus C#min7 Emaj G#min
e| 0  0   0    0    0     0     0     4
b| 0  0   0    1    0     0     0     4
G| 2  9   7    2    4     6     1     5
D| 2  7   7    2    4     6     2     6
A| 0  X   X    0    2     4     2     6
E| 0  X   X    X    X     X     0     4

Note: Intro and all instrumental are electric guitar. Normal chords
      are acoustic guitar. All verses, pre-chorus and chorus have
      electric guitar role too.

Intro:

Strumming Tabs-

  A5   Asus4     A5    A5   Asus4     A5
e|--------------------|--------------------|
b|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-9----7p0--0h9--9---|-9--- 7p0--0h9--9---|
D|-7-----7----7---7---|-7-----7----7---7---|
A|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|

Plucking Tabs-

e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-9-8-9-8---11--9-8-9-8-----|-9-8-9-8---11--9-8-9-8-----|
D|---------9-------------9-7-|---------9-------------9-7-|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Note: For verse 1, 2 & 3, do the same intro strumming for electric
      guitar.

Verse 1:

Amin
She floats like a swan,

Bsus
Grace on the water,

C#min7
Lips like sugar,

Emaj
Lips like sugar,

Amin                Bsus
Just when you think you've caught her,

C#min7
She glides across the water,

Amin          Emaj
She calls for you tonight,

Emaj          C#min
To share this moonlight,

Pre-Chorus:

                 e|-------4-3-0------4-3-0------
                 b|-------------3----------3----
Electric Guitar: G|-----------------------------
                 D|-----------------------------
                 A|-----------------------------
                 E|-----------------------------
Acoustic Guitar:    G#min                 Emaj
                    She'll flow down your river,

                 e|-------4-3-0------4-3-0------
                 b|-------------3----------3----
Electric Guitar: G|-----------------------------
                 D|-----------------------------
                 A|-----------------------------
                 E|-----------------------------
Acoustic Guitar:    G#min                  Emaj
                    And ask him and she'll give you,

Chorus:

Emaj      A2
Lips like sugar,

A2    Bsus
Sugar kisses,

Emaj      A2
Lips like sugar,

A2    Bsus
Sugar kisses,

Instrumental:

e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-9-8-9-8---11--9-8-9-8-----|-9-8-9-8---11--9-8-9-8-----|
D|---------9-------------9-7-|---------9-------------9-7-|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Verse 2:

Amin
She knows what she knows,

Bsus
I know what she's thinking,

C#min7
Sugar kisses,

Emaj
Sugar kisses,

Amin          Bsus
Just when you think she's yours,

C#min7
She's flown to other shores,

Amin                Emaj
To laugh at how you break,

Emaj      C#min7
To melt into this lake,

Pre-Chorus:

                 e|-------4-3-0------4-3-0------
                 b|-------------3----------3----
Electric Guitar: G|-----------------------------
                 D|-----------------------------
                 A|-----------------------------
                 E|-----------------------------
Acoustic Guitar:    G#min                 Emaj
                    She'll flow down your river,

                 e|-------4-3-0------4-3-0------
                 b|-------------3----------3----
Electric Guitar: G|-----------------------------
                 D|-----------------------------
                 A|-----------------------------
                 E|-----------------------------
Acoustic Guitar:    G#min                  Emaj
                    And ask him and she'll give you,

Chorus:

Emaj      A2
Lips like sugar,

A2    Bsus
Sugar kisses,

Emaj      A2
Lips like sugar,

A2    Bsus
Sugar kisses,

Note: You really got to listen to the song again to understand this!

Instrumental:

e|-------------------------------------|
b|-4-5-7-5-4-5-7-5-4-7-5-4-7-5-4-7-5-0-|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------|
b|-4-5-7-5-4-5-7-5-4-7-5-4-7-5-4-7-5-4-5p10-|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|---------------|
b|-7-5-4-5-8-7-5-|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

e|---------------------------|---------------------------|
b|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-9-8-9-8---11--9-8-9-8-----|-9-8-9-8---11--9-8-9-8-----|
D|---------9-------------9-7-|---------9-------------9-7-|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Note: Chords at this verse may sound funny because Chris' vocals change
      at some point. Don't know what I mean? Check out the 3rd line.
      But it should be okay because it is a running chords for verse.
      For electric guitar, Jonny just do the same thing but he add some
      spies in it.

Verse 3:

Amin
She'll be my mirror,

Emaj
Reflect what I am,

Bsus
A loser and a winner,

Amin
The King of Siam,

Emaj
And my Siamese twin,

Bsus
She knows what I'm thinking,

Pre-Chorus:

                 e|-------4-3-0------4-3-0------
                 b|-------------3----------3----
Electric Guitar: G|-----------------------------
                 D|-----------------------------
                 A|-----------------------------
                 E|-----------------------------
Acoustic Guitar:    G#min                 Emaj
                    She'll flow down your river,

                 e|-------4-3-0------4-3-0------
                 b|-------------3----------3----
Electric Guitar: G|-----------------------------
                 D|-----------------------------
                 A|-----------------------------
                 E|-----------------------------
Acoustic Guitar:    G#min                  Emaj
                    And ask him and she'll give you,

Chorus:

Emaj      A2
Lips like sugar,

A2    Bsus
Sugar kisses,

Emaj      A2
Lips like sugar,

A2    Bsus
Sugar kisses,