Yellow by Coldplay 
Copyright 2000 EMI Records Ltd. 
Excellent song with a wicked guitar thingy 
Tabbed by Dan Aldridge (check out my band's webpage at 
www.geocities.com/rockband_2000) 

Intro 

B Bsus4 B Bsus4 

   B   F# 
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I 
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I 
G|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-I 
D|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-I 
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I 
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I 

     E  
e|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I 
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-I 
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-I 
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-I 
A|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I 
E|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-I 

  B  
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| 
B|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|| 
G|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|| 
D|-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|| 
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|| 
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-|| 

VERSE 1 

B 
Look at the stars 
F# 
Look how they shine for you 
   E  
And everything you do 

Yeah and they are all yellow 

VERSE 2 

B 
I came along 
   F#  
I wrote a song for you 
E  
And all the things you do 

And it was called yellow 

VERSE 3 
  F# 

So then I took my time 
      E  
Oh what a thing to've done 
  
And it was all yellow 


CHORUS 1 
E 
Your skin 
B 
Oh yeh I still impose 
E 
Turnin to something beautiful 
B 
And you know 
E 
You know I love you so 
B 
You know I love you so 


Repeat Intro 


VERSE 4 
B 
I jumped across 
  F# 
I swam across for you 
   E 
Oh what a thing to do 

And it was all yellow 

VERSE 5 
B 
I drew a line 
  F# 
I drew a line for you 
    E  
Oh what a thing you do 

And it was all yellow 

CHORUS 2 
E 
Your skin 
B 
Oh yeh I still impose 
E B 
Turnin to something beatiful 
E 
You know 
B 
For you I plead myself tryin 
E 
For you I plead myself tryin 

REPEAT INTRO 

(Repeat intro over this X2) 

It's true look how they shine for you 
look how they shine for you 
look how they shine for you 
look how they shine for you 
look how they shine for you 
look how they shine for you 
look how they shine 

B 
Look at the stars 
F# 
Look how they shine for you 
    E 
And all things you do 



That's it, simple now you know how. 

Chords 
    E  A  D  G  B  e  
B - 7  9  9  8  7  7 
F#- X  9 11 11 11  9 
E - X  7  9  9  9  7