Coldplay - Speed Of Sound Chords & Tabs

 

Speed Of Sound Chords & Tabs

Coldplay Chords & Tabs

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Speed Of Sound Tab

   
TABBER: subliminal

----Coldplay + Speed of Sound----- Chords, Also with Electric part at bottom.
[v1.3]

[UTPost- v1 - Chords posted with electric part.] 
[Update- v2 - Took out an extra pre-chorus I put in, fixed one elec note]
[Update- v3 - - Updated electric chorus parts after noticing error] 


Tabbed By- Jay Logan - Subbliminal@hotmail.com

-Tuning is: Standard Tuning
EADGBE (low to high)

Sounds Great on Acoustic By the Way

Alright, first off, just so people know, The chords listed are pretty much all alternitive
fingers, but for this song its what is used. The one thing that I basically noticed, is the constant use of
the D note on the second string, and I figured out some really good sounding chords for it.
Enjoy.


All chords were named using JGuitar's chord namer, very helpfull tool. They
also have a chord search and many other things.(http://www.jguitar.com)


Now on to the Chord/Tab shall we.

Note for Chords Used 
-I put the bar part for the G, just incase anybody wants to use it for some parts
 were it is easier. 
-For the D/F# you hold the bass note with your thumb.
-Remember most of these are alternitive fingerings, so play em as shown not how you
 usually play them, it makes a huge difference.

Chords
                   
    Asus4   Em7   A6sus4  G   G-Bar  Bm7 D6/B  D/F#  DM7/F#   E7  D5/A
E|----0------0------0-----3-----3-----5----2----2------2------0-----10---|
B|----3------3------3-----3-----3-----3----3----3------3------3-----10---|
G|----2------0------2-----0-----4-----2----2----2------2------1-----7----|
D|----2------2------4-----0-----5-----4----0----0------4------0-----7----|
A|----0------2------0-----2-----5-----2----2----x------4------2-----x----|
E|----x------0------x-----3-----3-----x----x----2------2------0-----x----|



Intro 

      Asus4          Em7           Em7          A6sus4
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
B|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|
G|--------2--2-|--------0--0-|--------0--0-|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------4--4-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Verse 1

Asus4                 Em7
_________________________________
Em7                        A6sus4
_________________________________
Asus4                  Em7
__________________________________
Em7                         A6sus4
__________________________________
Asus4                Em7
__________________________________________
Em7                                 A6sus4
__________________________________________
Asus4                   Em7
_________________________________________
Em7                                 A6sus4
_________________________________________


Riff
      Asus4          Em7           Em7          A6sus4
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
B|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|
G|--------2--2-|--------0--0-|--------0--0-|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------4--4-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Verse 2

Asus4                  Em7
__________________________
Em7                                A6sus4
________________________________________
Asus4                Em7
_______________________
Em7                                        A6sus4
________________________________________________
Asus4                 Em7
_______________________________________
Em7                         A6sus4
_______________________________________
Asus4                    Em7
_______________________________________
Em7                              A6sus4
_______________________________________


Pre-Chorus

G            Asus4             Bm7
_________________________________
G          Asus4         Bm7
_________________________________


Chorus

G                          D6/B
_______________________________
D/F#               G
______________________________
G                          Bm7
_________________________________________
DM7/F#                         G-Bar
________________________________________

Riff

      Asus4          Em7           Em7          A6sus4
E|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
B|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|
G|--------2--2-|--------0--0-|--------0--0-|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------4--4-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


Verse 3

Asus4                   Em7
___________________________________
Em7                          A6sus4
__________________________________
Asus4                      Em7
_____________________________
Em7                    A6sus4
_____________________________
Asus4                  Em7
___________________________________
Em7                          A6sus4
__________________________________
Asus4                     Em7
_______________________________
Em7                      A6sus4
_______________________________


Pre-Chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/coldplay/speed_of_sound_tab.html ]
G            Asus4             Bm7
And all that noise, all that sound,
G          Asus4         Bm7
all those places I got found.


Chorus

G                          D6/B
And birds go flying_______________________
D/F#               G
__________________________________________
G                          Bm7
__________________________________________
DM7/F#                         G-Bar
__________________________________________
DM7/F#                         G-Bar
__________________________________________


Interlude

D5/A (Twice slowly)

G              Asus4               Bm7
______________________________________
                E7
________________________________
G            Asus4          Bm7             
________________________________
E7
__


Chorus

G                          D6/B
And birds go flying______________________
D/F#               G
_________________________________________
G                          Bm7
_________________________________________
DM7/F#                         G-Bar
_________________________________________
DM7/F#                          G-Bar
_________________________________________




Ok Now for the other electric part. It is playing some individual notes, which
is why some of the chords will sound like one part is way higher. The chords
That I made sound awesome on their own though, but with these following parts 
you will have the full song:) Reason its hard to do chords for this song is because
the chords in the song are all synth and piano with guitar doing back up notes.
Anyways here they are for you.


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note


Electric Guitar Part

In Verse 2
 
E|---|-----------|----------|-------------|-------|
B|---|----10-8---|---8-8----|----8---7----|--7----|
G|---|--/6--6----|----------|-------------|-----6-|
D|-7-|---------9-|--9-9-----|--9---7---7--|-7-7---|
A|---|-----------|------10--|-------------|-------|
E|---|-----------|----------|-------------|-------| 
 

E|-----------|----------|-------------|
B|----10-8---|---8-8----|----8---7----|
G|--/6--6----|----------|-------------|
D|---------9-|--9-9-----|--9---7---7--|
A|-----------|------10--|-------------|
E|-----------|----------|-------------| 



pre-chorus, Play twice.

     
E|---5----5---5|----5---5---5|----5---5---5-|----5---5---5--|
B|----0----0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0----|-----0---0-----|
G|-7---7----7--|--6---6---6--|--4---4---4---|--4---4---4----|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|

Chorus 1 
(You can't really hear it well this time but its there)

      
E|-----10----|------10----|-------10---|------10----|
B|--8----8-8-|--7-----7-7-|--7-----7-7-|--8-----8-8-|
G|---7----7--|---7-----7--|---7--------|---7--------|
D|-9--9------|-9--9-------|-7--7----7--|-9--9----9--|
A|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|-----------|------------|------------|------------|

E|-----10----|------10----|-------9----|------10----|
B|--8----8-8-|--7-----7-7-|--7-----7-7-|--8-----8-8-|
G|---7----7--|---7-----7--|---7--------|---7--------|
D|-9--9------|-9--9-------|-7--7----7--|-9--9----9--|
A|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
E|-----------|------------|------------|------------|

     G-Bar     

E|------10----|
B|--8-----8-8-|
G|---7--------|
D|-9--9----9--|
A|------------|
E|------------|

Verse 3, first half there is these chords played with a swell(kind like clocks)
  A/E         E/E        D/A
E|-0-----------7----------5----------|
B|-2-----------8----------7----------|
G|-2-----------9----------7----------|
D|-2-----------9----------7----------|
A|-0-----------7----------5----------|
E|-0-----------0----------5----------|

The second half of verse three is
E|---|---9-/12-|----12-10---|---10-/14------14----|
B|---|---------|------------|---------------------|
G|---|/9---/12-|-/12---12---|-12---/14---14----14-|
D|-/7|---------|------------|---------------------|
A|---|---------|------------|---------------------|
E|---|---------|------------|---------------------|

E|---|---9-/12-|----12-10---|---10/14-|
B|---|---------|------------|---------|
G|---|/9---/12-|-/12---12---|-12------|
D|---|---------|------------|---------|
A|/12|---------|------------|---------|
E|---|---------|------------|---------|



Bridge Part.
E|---5----5---5|----5---5---5|----5---5---5-|----4---4---4--|
B|----0----0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0----|-----0---0-----|
G|-7---7----7--|--6---6---6--|--4---4---4---|--4---4---4----|
D|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
E|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|



Chorus 2 and 3, just a slight change.

E|--7-10--7--|--7-10--7--|---7-9--7---|--7-10--7--|
B|---8--8--8-|---7--7--7-|--7-7-7--7--|---8--8--8-|
G|-------7---|-------7---|------------|-------7---|
D|-9---------|-9---------|-7----------|-9---------|
A|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|

Outro

E|---7-9--7---|--7-10--7--|--7-9----7-10---7-12---7-14---7-7/14~--|
B|--7-7-7--7--|---8--8--8-|---7------8------7------8------7-------|
G|------------|-------7---|---------------------------------------|
D|-7----------|-9---------|-7------9------7------9-----7----------|
A|------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
E|------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|