Speed Of Sound Ver 1 by Coldplay
Coldplay - Speed Of Sound ver 1 guitar tab
-Tuning is: Standard Tuning
EADGBE (low to high)
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.
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.
-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----0------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
How long before I get in?
Em7 A6sus4
Before it starts, before I begin?
Asus4 Em7
How long before you decide?
Em7 A6sus4
Before I know what it feels like?
Asus4 Em7
Where to, where do I go?
Em7 A6sus4
If you never try, then you'll never know.
Asus4 Em7
How long do I have to climb,
Em7 A6sus4
Up on this side of this mountain of mine?
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
Look up, I look up at night,
Em7 A6sus4
Planets are moving at the speed of light.
Asus4 Em7
Climb up, up in the trees,
Em7 A6sus4
every chance that you get, is a chance you seize.
Asus4 Em7
How long am I gonna' stand,
Em7 A6sus4
with my head stuck under the sand?
Asus4 Em7
I'll start before I can stop,
Em7 A6sus4
before I see things the right way up.
Pre-Chorus
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 at the speed of sound,
D/F# G
to show you how it all began.
G Bm7
Birds came flying from the underground,
DM7/F# G-Bar
if you could see it then you'd understand,...
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
Ideas that you'll never find,
Em7 A6sus4
all the inventors could never design.
Asus4 Em7
The buildings that you put up,
Em7 A6sus4
Japan and China all lit up.
Asus4 Em7
A sign that I couldn't read,
Em7 A6sus4
or a light that I couldn't see,
Asus4 Em7
some things you have to believe,
Em7 A6sus4
but others are puzzles, puzzling me.
Pre-Chorus
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 at the speed of sound,
D/F# G
to show you how it all began.
G Bm7
Birds came flying from the underground,
DM7/F# G-Bar
if you could see it then you'd understand,
DM7/F# G-Bar
Oh when you see it then you'll understand...
Interlude
D5/A (Twice slowly)
G Asus4 Bm7
All those signs, I knew what they meant.
E7
Somethings you can invent.
G Asus4 Bm7
Some get made, and some get sent,
E7
Ooh...
Pre-Chorus
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 at the speed of sound,
D/F# G
to show you how it all began.
G Bm7
Birds came flying from the underground,
DM7/F# G-Bar
if you could see it then you'd understand,
DM7/F# G-Bar
Oh. when you see it then you'll understand...
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, Play twice, then lat bar repeated at end of that.
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|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
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|------------|-----------|---------------------------------------|
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