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Coldplay-Yellow - BPM - 129

[Intro - Capo 4 - No drums - Keep capo for live so - 
just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record]

[G]xxx [G]xxx [G]xx[Gsus4] xx[Gsus4]x - Repeat

(Full drums in * G move through Gsus4 3x0033 3x0013 **D descend to Dsus2)
[Distorted Riff]
     [G]         [D]        [C]           [G]
E ---------------2--*2p0---0-----0---------------
B ---s3--*3p1----3-----3---1-----1----3--*3p1---
G ----0----------2-----2---2--*2p0----0-------
D ----0--------------------x-----2----0------
A ----x--------------------3-----3----x-----
E ---s3-------------------------------3-------
 
[Verse 1 - Light drums - Pluck chords on first note then chug their bass note to simulate record]
[G] Look at the stars
Look how they shine for [D] you
And everything you do [Cmaj7]      
Yeah, they were all yellow
[G] I came along
I wrote a song for [D]  you
And all the things you do [Cmaj7]      
And it was called "Yellow"
[G] ...........  So then I took my [D]  turn
Oh, what a thing to have done [Cmaj7]      
And it was all yellow  [G] ([Gsus4] [G])  
 
[Chorus 1]
[Cmaj7] Your skin
[Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones
[Cmaj7] Turn in....  to [Em7]something [D] beautiful
[Cmaj7] You know,  [Em7] you know I  
[D] love you so [Cmaj7]  (drums stop)
You know I love you so
 
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there]
[G]    [D]    [C]    ([G]  [Gsus4])
 
[Verse 2]
[G]   I swam across
I jumped across for [D]  you
Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7]      
'Cause you were all yellow
[G]  I drew a line
I drew a line for [D] you
Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7]      
And it was all yellow  [G]     [Gsus4]      
 
[Chorus 2]
[C] Your skin
[Em7] Oh yeah, your  [D] skin and bones
[Cmaj7] Turn in.... [Em7] to something [D] beautiful
[Cmaj7] And you know [Em7] For you I  
[D] bleed myself  [Cmaj7] dry (drums stop)
For you I bleed myself dry
 
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there]
[G]    [D]    [C]    ([G]  [Gsus4])
 
[Bridge]
It's  
[G] true... oooh, look how they shine for  
[D] you.... oooh
Look how they shine for  [Cmaj7] you.... oooh 
Look how they shine for  [G] 
Look how they shine for  [D] you.... oooh
Look how they shine for  [Cmaj7] you.... oooh
Look how they shine (stop drums)
 
[Outro]
[G]   Look at the stars
Look how they shine for [Dm7]  you
And all the things that you [Cmaj7] do 
[End]

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Billy Joel-Uptown Girl - BPM - 129

[BPM - 129]
[Intro]
"uh oh .." etc - 
[E] [F#m] [G#m] ([A] [B])

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl ......... [F#m] She's been living in her
[G#m] uptown world [A] I bet she [B] never had a 
[E] back street guy [F#m] I bet her mama never 
[G#m] told her [A] why I'm gonna [B] try for an
[E] Uptown girl [F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Chorus]
[C] And when she [Am] knows what
She [Dm] wants from her [G] time
[C] And when she [Am] wakes up
And [Dm] makes up her [G] mind
[A] She'll see I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse] 
[E] Uptown girl ... [F#m] You know I've seen her in her 
[G#m] uptown world [A] She's getting [B] tired of her
[E] high class toys [F#m] And all her presents from her 
[G#m] uptown boys [A] She's got a [B] choice

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E] Uptown girl .....  [F#m] You know I can't afford to 
[G#m] buy her pearls [A] But maybe [B] someday when my  
[E] ship comes in [F#m] She'll understand what kind of 
[G#m] guy I've been [A] And then I'll [B] win

[Chorus]
[C] And when she's [Am] walking
She's [Dm] looking so [G] fine
[C] And when she's [Am] talking
She'll [Dm] say that she's [G] mine
[A] She'll say I'm [F#m] not so tough
[D] Just because
[B] I'm in love with an

[Verse - Drum fills section - snare only really on 4]
(just play bass drum and chords on 1 and put fills in on snare when appropriate)
[E] Uptown girl ......[F#m] She's been living in her 
[G#m] white bread world [A] As long as [B] anyone with 
[E] hot blood can [F#m] And now she's looking for a 
[G#m] downtown man [A] That's what I [B] am

[Interlude]
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [Bm] ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-oah
[G] Whoo-ooo-ooo- [A] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- 
[F#] ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-ooo- [B] ooo-oah

[Verse]
[E]Uptown girl [F#m]  
She's my uptown [G#m] girl .. You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] uptown girl [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ....... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love with an 
[E] Uptown girl .... [F#m] My uptown 
[G#m] girl ......... You 
[A] know I'm in [B] love (end on E)            

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