Artist: Coldplay
Song: Violet Hill
Album: Viva La Vida...
Hi everyone!
This is an ACOUSTIC VERSION I made up and not an actual "official version",
so feel free for any comments or suggestions!
EDIT AUGUST 11th 2010: Changed the lyrics, they are now accurate, they are from
Coldplay's official website.
Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret
[Chords]:
[Bm] x24432
[Bsus2] x24422
[G] 3x0003
[Gma7] 3x0023
[Em] 022000
[Em6] 022020
Em(2) 079987
[A] x02220
[F#m] 244222
D xx0232 or 200232
F# (note) 2xxxxx
EASY VERSION:
Verse 1
[Bm]
Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
[G] [Em]
There was snow, white snow
[Bm]
Clearly I remember from the windows
[G]
They were watching while we froze
[Em]
Down below
Chorus
[G]
When the future's architectured
[A] [Bm]
By a carnival of idiots on show
[A]
You'd better lie low
[G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
Verse 2
[Bm]
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
[G] [Em]
And a fox became God
[Bm]
Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
[G] [Em]
And the cross was held aloft
Chorus
[G]
Bury me an armour
[A]
When I’m dead and hit the ground
[Bm] [A]
My nerves are poles that unfroze
[G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
Solo
[Bm] [Bm] [G] [Em] x2
(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3
a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)
(3x) (1x)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first
time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)
Chorus
[G]
I don’t want to be a soldier
[A]
Who the captain of some sinking ship
[Bm]
Would stow
[A]
Far below
[G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?
Outro
[D] [G] [D] [Bm] [A] [G]
I took my love down to Violet Hill
[A] [Bm] [F#m] [G]
There we sat in the snow
[G] [A] [Bm] [Em] [D] [Bm] [A]
All that time she was silent still
[F#m] [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [G]
Said if you love me, won’t you let me know?
[F#m] [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
MORE COMPLEX VERSION:
Verse 1
[Bm]
Was a long and dark December
[Bsus2]
From the rooftops I remember
[G] [Gma7] [Em] [Em6]
There was snow , white snow
[Bm]
Clearly I remember from the windows
[Bsus2] [G] [Gma7]
They were watching while we froze
[Em] [Em6]
Down below
Chorus
[G]
When the future's architectured
[A] [Bm]
By a carnival of idiots on show
[A]
You'd better lie low
F#(note) [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
Verse 2
[Bm]
Was a long and dark December
[Bsus2]
When the banks became cathedrals
[G] [Gma7] [Em] [Em6]
And a fox became God
[Bm]
Priests clutched onto bibles
[Bsus2]
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
[G] [Gma7] [Em] [Em6]
And the cross was held aloft
Chorus
[G]
Bury me an armour
[A]
When I’m dead and hit the ground
[Bm] [A]
My nerves are poles that unfroze
F#(note) [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
Solo
[Bm] [Bm] [G] [Em] x2
(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3
a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)
(3x) (1x)
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first
time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)
Chorus
[G]
I don’t want to be a soldier
[A]
Who the captain of some sinking ship
[Bm]
Would stow
[A]
Far below
F#(note) [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?
Outro
[D] [G] [D] [Bm] [A] [G]
I took my love down to Violet Hill
[A] [Bm] [F#m] [G]
There we sat in the snow
[G] [A] [Bm] Em(2) [D] [Bm] [A]
All that time she was silent still
[F#m] [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [G]
So, if you love me, won’t you let me know?
[F#m] [G] [F#m] [D] [Bm] [A] [Bm]
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
So it's pretty much all there.
For the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead of
playing the Em (and Em6 for the complex one)),
you can play the last 4 chords written in the "guitar solo"...
