Song: Fix You (Coldplay Cover)
Artist: Matthew Mayfield
Tabbed by: Caleb Bedingfield
*Half-Step Down*
*Capo 8*
A video of Matthew covering this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rngQbhEeNg&feature=related
Chords Used:
C - x32010
Em - 022000
Am7 - 002010
C/G - 320013
F - 133211
G - 320033
Gsus4- 330033
Intro: C, Em, Am7, C/G x2
Verse 1: (Picked through)
C Em Am7 C/G
When you try your best, but you don't succeed
C Em Am7 C/G
When you get what you want, but not what you need
C Em Am7 C/G
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
C Em Am7 C/G
Stuck in re - ver - se.
Verse 2: (Picked through)
C Em Am7 C/G
When the tears come streaming down your face
C Em Am7 C/G
When you lose something you can't replace
C Em Am7 C/G
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
C Em Am7 C/G
Could it be wo - rse?
Chorus: (Into a soft but full strum for the chorus)
F G, Gsus4, G
Lights will gu - ide you home
F G, Gsus4, G
And ig - n -it- e your bones
F G, Gsus4, G
And I will try to fix you
Instrumental: (Picked softly)
C, Em ,Am7, C/G x 2
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/matthew_mayfield/fix_you_crd.html ]
Verse 3: (Into a light, rhythmic strum)
C Em Am7 C/G
And high up above or down below
C Em Am7 C/G
When you're too in love to let it go
C Em Am7 C/G
If you never try, then you'll never know
C Em Am7 C/G
Just what you're wor - th
Chorus: (Into a soft but full strum for the chorus)
F G, Gsus4, G
Lights will gu - ide you home
F G, Gsus4, G
And ig - n -it- e your bones
F G, Gsus4, G
And I will try to fix you
Instrumental - ( C, F , C , C/G , G*
Am7, F, C, C/G, G* ) x2
Bridge:
C F
Tears stream, down your face
C C/G G*
When you lose something you cannot replace
Am7 F
Tears stream down your face
C C/G G*
And I.........
C F
Tears stream, down your face
C C/G G*
I promise you that I'll learn from my mistakes
Am7 F
Tears stream down your face
C C/G G*
And I.........
Final Chorus: (quite and soft. one strum on each chord followed by tapping on the face
of the guitar.
watch youtube video at 3:45 to see how)
F G, Gsus4, G
Lights will gu - ide you home
F G, Gsus4, G
And ig - n -it- e your bones
F G, Gsus4, G
And I will try to fix you
