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Author/Artist: Coldplay
Title: Yellow 
Album: Parachutes
Transcribed by: Brian Beglin
Email: [email protected]

How great is this song?  I'm 99% sure this tab is right.
I tabbed this out for two guitar parts.  The first is the rhythm, which just plays the chords.
The second we'll call Guitar 2, and plays the solos and harmony parts over the chords.

***TUNE DOWN 1/2 STEP***

Chords Used:

 C  C/F G6 Fmaj9 F  Am Gm7 G
-0--1---0--0-----1--0--1---3--
-1--1---3--1-----1--1--1---3--
-0--0---0--2-----2--2--3---0--
-2--2---0--3-----3--2--0---0--
-3--3---2--3-----3--0--x---2--
-x--x---3--x-----1--x--3---3--
                                                  

This is the riff that Guitar 2 plays over the chorus:

Riff 1:
 
e|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--
B|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--
G|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--
D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5--5--5--
A|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--5--5--5--
E|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--3--3--3--
                                                                              

This is the solo that starts out the song and is also played in the interlude and the bridge.

Solo:

e|---------------------------------------------------
B|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--86--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-
G|---------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------


-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-
-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--1210--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-
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-----------------------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-
-6/8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--86--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-
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INTRO:
C   C   C  Csus2  x  2

SOLO:
(Guitar 2 plays Solo)
C   G6   Fmaj9   C  

VERSE 1:
C 
Look at the stars,
                        G6
Look how they shine for you,
                   Fmaj9
And everything you do.
Yeah, they were all yellow.

VERSE 2:
C
I came along,
                   G6
I wrote a song for you,
                       Fmaj9
And all the things you do.
And it was called yellow.

VERSE 3:
C                 G6
So then I took my turn,
                        Fmaj9
Oh, what a thing to've done.
                      C   Csus2 C
And it was all yellow.

CHORUS 1:
(Riff 1)
F           Am         G   
You're skin, oh yeah, you're skin and bones
(Riff 1)
F     Am      G
Turn into something beautiful.
(Riff 1)
F             Am       G              Fmaj9
And you know, you know I love you so...
You know I love you so.

INTERLUDE:
(Solo)
C   G6   Fmaj9   C

VERSE 4:
C
I swam across,
                    G6
I jumped across for you.
                    Fmaj9
Oh, what a thing to do.
'Cause you were all yellow.

VERSE 5:
C
I drew a line,
                  G6
I drew a line for you.
                    Fmaj9
Oh, what a thing to do.
                      C   Csus2 C
And it was all yellow.

CHORUS 2:
(Riff 1)
F          Am      G
Your skin, oh yeah your skin and bones
(Riff 1)
F     Am       G
Turn into something beautiful.
(Riff 1)
F             Am      G                Fmaj9
And you know, for you I'd bleed myself dry.
For you I bleed myself dry.

SOLO:
(Solo)
C   G6   Fmaj9   C

BRIDGE:
(Solo)
C
It's true.
                        G6
Look how they shine for you.
                        Fmaj9
Look how they shine for you.
                         (Solo)
                         C
Look how they shine for...
                        G6
Look how they shine for you.
                        Fmaj9
Look how they shine for you.
Look how they shine.

OUTRO:
C        
Look at the stars,
                       Gm7
Look how they shine for you,
                          Fmaj9
And all the things that you do.


That's it.  Have fun and let me know if it works.