'Yellow' by Coldplay - Guitar Tutorial

            Title: Yellow
Artist: Coldplay
Album: Parachutes

Instrument: 6 String Guitar

Tabbed by: WW 

Tuning: E  A  B  G  B  D#     *Weird tuning, but right!* 

Gtr.1(Chris Martin)= acoustic--> plays chords
Gtr.2(Jonny Buckland)= electric--> plays riffs and chords


b= bend string
r= release string
*= use thumb for E-string



CHORDS:
    B  Badd11  F#6  Emaj7  G#m  F#m11
D#|-0----0-----0-----0-----0----1------||
 B|-0----0-----2-----0-----0----0------||
 G|-8----9-----3-----1-----4----2------||
 B|-0----0-----4-----0-----4----2------||
 A|-9----9-----4-----2-----x----x------||
 E|-7----7-----2-----0-----4----2------||
               *           *    *


MAIN RIFF w/slight distortion (hold bended note (b) untill release (r)) 
    B  
D#|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
 B|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
 G|-9b11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---11r9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
    F#6
D#|----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-----------------------------||
 B|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||
 G|-13b15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15--15r13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
    Emaj7
D#|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------||
 B|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------||
 G|-4b6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----6r4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4----------||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
    B
D#|----8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
 B|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--||
 G|-9b11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---11r9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
 B|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
CHORUS RIFF:
    Emaj7                           G#m             F#6
D#|-17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--15--15--15-||
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
 G|-16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--15--15--15-||
 B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
 A|----------------------------------------------------------------||
 E|----------------------------------------------------------------||


INTRO (0:00- 0:10):
B   Badd11   2x


INTERLUDE (0:11- 0:33) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords



VERSE1 (0:33- 1:29):
B                                         F#6 
Look at the stars, look how theuy shine for you
                     Emaj7
and everything you do, yeah they were all yellow.
B                              F#6 
I came along, I wrote a song for you.
                        Emaj7 
And all the things you do, and it was called 'yellow'.
B                     F#6
So when I took my turn.
                         Emaj7                         B  Badd11  B 
Oh, what a thing to have done, and it was all yellow.



CHORUS (1:29- 1:51, w/CHORUS RIFF+ chords):
Emaj7    G#m         F#6
Your skin,   oh yeah your skin and bones
Emaj7    G#m    F#6
Turn in__to something beautiful
Emaj7       G#m           F#6          Emaj7
But you know,  you know I love you so 
Emaj7
You know I love you so



INTERLUDE (1:51- 2:13) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords



VERSE2 (2:13- 2:51):
B                                F#6
I swam across, I jumped across for your.
                      Emaj7  
Oh, what a thing to do, cos you were all 'yellow'.
B                              F#6 
I drew a line, I drew a line for you.
                      Emaj7                    B  Badd11  B
Oh, what a thing to do, and it was all 'yellow'


CHORUS (2:51- 3:15, w/CHORUS RIFF+ chords):
Emaj7    G#m          F#6    
Your skin,   oh yeah your skin and bones
Emaj7   G#m      F#6
Turn in__to something beautiful
Emaj7       G#m           F#6              Emaj7
And you know for you, I'd bleed myself dry
Emaj7
For you I'd bleed myself dry



INTERLUDE (3:15- 3:36) w/MAIN RIFF+ chords 



BRIDGE (3:36- 4:10, w/MAIN RIFF+ chords)
B                                 F#6 
It's true, look how the shine for you
                        Emaj7
Look how they shine for you
                       B
Look how they shine for
                        F#6
Look how they shine for you
                        Emaj7
Look how they shine for you,

Look how they shine.



OUTRO (4:10- 4:26)
B                                         F#m11
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
                            Emaj7
And all the things that you do