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Band: Coldplay
Song: Only Superstition
Album: Brothers & Sisters EP
Words & Music: Guy Berrymen, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
From: Zachary
E-mail: cicak_cobing@yahoo.com
Standard Tuning: EADGbe
Chords Used:
Cmaj Amin Fmaj Gmaj
e| 0 0 1 3
b| 1 1 1 3
G| 0 2 2 0
D| 2 2 3 0
A| 3 0 3 2
E| 0 X 1 3
Note: Yeah, 4 chords only, I'm just trying to make it simple & basic so
that everybody can understand it. What makes the song fantastic
is because the electric guitar adds lots of 'flower' in it & the
way Chris sings it. Enjoy! In the intro, the Cmaj just strum it
once.
Intro:
Cmaj Fmaj
e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
G|-----7h9---7-9-9p11-7-----7h9-------|
D|-9-9-----9------------7h9-----9-8-9-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
G|-----7h9---7-9-9p11-7-----7h9-------|
D|-9-9-----9------------7h9-----9-8-9-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------|
G|-----7h9---7-9-9p11-7-----7h9-------|
D|-9-9-----9------------7h9-----9-8-9-|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------0-|
b|------------------------------------1-|
G|-----7h9---7-9-9p11-7-----7h9-------2-|
D|-9-9-----9------------7h9-----9-8-9-2-|
A|------------------------------------0-|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Cmaj Amin
A cardboard head I see,
Fmaj Amin
Has found its way to me,
Cmaj Amin Cmaj Amin
It’s old and it’s old and it’s old,
Fmaj Gmaj
Making me cry,
Verse 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/only_superstition_crd.html ]
Cmaj Amin
I sleep but I will not move,
Fmaj Amin
Too scared to leave my room,
Cmaj Amin Cmaj
But I won’t be defeated, oh no,
Note: The electric guitar do some of the intro here.
Pre-Chorus:
Cmaj Fmaj
What if cards don’t go my way?
Fmaj Amin
And it’s sure to spoil my day,
Cmaj Fmaj
But in voices loud and clear,
Note: This part electric guitar do the same as the intro.
Chorus:
Amin Gmaj
You say to me "It’s only superstition,
Amin Gmaj
It’s only your imagination,
Amin Fmaj
It’s only all of the things that you fear,
Amin Fmaj
And the things from which you can’t escape."
Verse 3:
Cmaj Amin
Keep clean for the thousand time,
Fmaj Amin
Stand still and wait and line,
Cmaj Amin Cmaj
Some numbers are badder than others, oh no,
Note: Same as the first one.
Pre-Chorus:
Cmaj Fmaj
What if cards don’t go my way?
Fmaj Amin
And it’s sure to spoil my day,
Cmaj Fmaj
But in voices loud and clear,
Note: Same as the first one.
Chorus:
Amin Gmaj
You say to me "It’s only superstition,
Amin Gmaj
It’s only your imagination,
Amin Fmaj
It’s only all of the things that you fear,
Amin Fmaj
And the things from which you cannot expect."
Bridge:
Amin Fmaj
But it’s making me cry,
Amin Fmaj
And it’s making me cry,
Amin Fmaj
And I’m slipping away,
Amin Fmaj
And I’m slipping away,
Fade:
Amin Gmaj Amin
It’s only superstition, only your imagination,
Amin Gmaj Amin
It’s only superstition, only superstition,
