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Coldplay-Yellow - NO CAPO - BPM - 89

[Intro - No drums 
just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record]

[A]xxx [A]xxx [A]xx[Asus4] xx[Asus4]x - Repeat

(Full drums in * G move through Gsus4 3x0033 3x0013 **D descend to Dsus2)
[Distorted Riff] CAPO 4
     [A]         [E]       [Bm/D][D] [A]
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]
[A] Look at the stars
Look how they shine for [E] you
And everything you do [Dmaj7]      
Yeah, they were all yellow
[A] I came along
I wrote a song for [E]  you
And all the things you do [Dmaj7]      
And it was called "Yellow"
[A] ...........  So then I took my [E]  turn
Oh, what a thing to have done [Dmaj7]      
And it was all yellow  [A] ([Gsus4] [A])  
 
[Chorus 1]
[Dmaj7] Your skin
[F#m7] Oh yeah, your [E] skin and bones
[Dmaj7] Turn in....  to [F#m7]something [E] beautiful
[Dmaj7] You know,  [F#m7] you know I  
[E] love you so [Dmaj7]  (drums stop)
You know I love you so
 
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there]
[A]    [E]    [D]    ([A]  [Gsus4])
 
[Verse 2]
[A]   I swam across
I jumped across for [E]  you
Oh, what a thing to do [Dmaj7]      
'Cause you were all yellow
[A]  I drew a line
I drew a line for [E] you
Oh, what a thing to do [Dmaj7]      
And it was all yellow  [A]     [Gsus4]      
 
[Chorus 2]
[D] Your skin
[F#m7] Oh yeah, your  [E] skin and bones
[Dmaj7] Turn in.... [F#m7] to something [E] beautiful
[Dmaj7] And you know [F#m7] For you I  
[E] bleed myself  [Dmaj7] dry (drums stop)
For you I bleed myself dry
 
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there]
[A]    [E]    [D]    ([A]  [Gsus4])
 
[Bridge]
It's  
[A] true... oooh, look how they shine for  
[E] you.... oooh
Look how they shine for  [Dmaj7] you.... oooh 
Look how they shine for  [A] 
Look how they shine for  [E] you.... oooh
Look how they shine for  [Dmaj7] you.... oooh
Look how they shine (stop drums)
 
[Outro]
[A]   Look at the stars
Look how they shine for [Dm7]  you
And all the things that you [Dmaj7] do 
[End]

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Meters (The)-Cissy Strut - BPM - 89

 aaaah yeah (flam on yeah count 1 to 4 over all)

[Intro riff]
8 bars - BhHx SxxH xhHx SxSx (swung 16th notes)

[2nd riff] Big open cymbal figure 
BxSx xSxS xBBx HxHx (H=H+B) - and variations on this
8 bars

[Intro riff]
8 bars

[2nd riff] Big open cymbal figure
8 bars

[Vamp - Play very straight - cheeky off beats on hihat]
8 bars - keyboard part - Bxxx SxxS xBBx SxSx

[2nd riff] Big open cymbal figure
8 bars

[Intro riff]
8 bars

[2nd riff] Big open cymbal figure
8 bars

[Intro riff - Fade]
8 bars

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