YELLOW (Bassline)
As recorded by Coldplay
(From the 2000 Album PARACHUTES)



 Words and Music by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=86
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


                                      Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E +E  E Q
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------9--|
|-----------------|-----------------||-7-7-7-9-(9)-9----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||------------------|


  Q.   E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    Q.   E +E  E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-6----------------|---------------9--|-6----------------|
|------9-(9)-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-9-(9)-9----|------9-(9)-9-9-9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  E E E E +E  E Q    Q.   E +E  E E E   W
|------------------|------------------|------|
|---------------9--|-6----------------|------|
|-7-7-7-9-(9)-9----|------9-(9)-9-9-9-|-7----|
|------------------|------------------|------|


               Interlude
  +W            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-(7)--------||-----------------|-----------------|
|------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||


   Verse
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E E E E +E  E Q
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------||---------------9--|
|-----------------|-------------------------||-7-7-7-9-(9)-9----|
|-----------------|-------------------------||------------------|


  Q.   E +E  E E E   E E E E +E  E Q    Q.   E +E  E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-6----------------|---------------9--|-6----------------|
|------9-(9)-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-9-(9)-9----|------9-(9)-9-9-9-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  E E E E +E  E Q    Q.   E +E  E E E   W
|------------------|------------------|------|
|---------------9--|-6----------------|------|
|-7-7-7-9-(9)-9----|------9-(9)-9-9-9-|-7----|
|------------------|------------------|------|


                Outro
  +W             E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-(7)--------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E     W          +W
|------------------||----------|--------|
|-----------------o||----------|--------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||----------|--------|
|------------------||-7--------|-(7)----|


  W          +W           W
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-7----*|
|----------|------------|------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths