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Coldplay: Speed of sound

Here is the Guitar tabs for "Speed of sound" by Coldplay. To get the complete songlist of this band please visit the index for Coldplay tabs, bass tabs, chords and CD reviews.

Intro  (Piano arr. for guitar)
   A           G           G             D
e|-0----------0------------0-------------0------------|
B|----3-----------3-------------3------------3--------|
G|------2--2---------0--0---------0--0----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------4--4--|     (2x)
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
    A                 G                                D
How long before I get in, before it starts, before I begin
    A                 G                                    D
How long before you decide, or before I know what it feels like
      A              G	   D
Where to, where do I go, if you never try then you'll never know
        A                 G                                         D
And how long do I have to climb up on this side of this mountain of mine

Riff:  [Repeat Intro]

Verse 2
Look up, I look up at night, planets are moving at the speed of light
Climb up, up in the trees, every chance that you get, is a chance you seize
How long am I gonna stand, with my head stuck under the sand
I’ll start before I can stop, or before I see things the right way up

Pre-Chorus 1
G               A               Bm7
   And all that noise, all that sound
G                A                  Bm7
   And all those places that I have found

Chorus 1
    G                      Bm7                D/F#                  G
And birds go flying at the speed of sound, to show you how it all began
G                          Bm7                         F#m                     G
Birds keep flying from the underground and if you could see it then you'd understand
            F#m                     G
Oh when you see it then you'll understand

Riff:  [Repeat Intro]

Verse 3
Ideas that you'll never find, all the inventors could never design
All the buildings that you put up, of Japan and China were all lit up
The first sign that I couldn't read, all the light that I couldn't see
Some things you have to believe, but others are puzzles, puzzling me

Pre-Chorus 1 Chorus, 1 and Riff (As above)

Pre-Chorus 2
G            A                       Bm7                            E7
   All those signs, I knew what they meant, some things you can't invent
G           A                  Bm7   E7
   Some get made, and some get sent  Ooh
Chorus 2
G                      Bm7                   D/F#              G
Birds go flying at the speed of sound to show you how it all began
G                          Bm7                      F#m                    G
Birds keep flying from the underground if you could see it then you'd understand
            F#m                     G
Oh when you see it then you'll understand


Notes:
-	Coldplay plays Em7 instead of G, but I like the sound of G
-	They also play the chords up and down the neck using various chord voicings,
but the song sounds great if only played in the first position


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