The song Violet Hill by Coldplay describes a dark and snowy December with snow falling. The singer remembers watching from the rooftops as people below froze. The chorus expresses a desire to know if the listener loves them. Verse 2 describes how the banks became like churches and priests held guns instead of bibles. The chorus is repeated with a guitar solo in between. The outro expresses taking their love to Violet Hill in the snow and asking again if the listener will let them know if they love them.

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<br />Coldplay<br /> C#mWas a long and dark December<br />From the rooftops I remember<br /> AF#mThere was snow, white snow<br /> C#mClearly I remember from the windows<br /> AThey were watching while we froze...<br /> F#mDown below<br />CHORUS:<br /> AWhen the future's architectured<br /> BC#mBy a carnival of idiots on show<br /> BYou'd better lie low<br /> AG#mEC#mBC#mIf you love me, won't you let me know?<br />VERSE 2:<br /> C#mWas a long and dark December<br />When the banks became cathedrals<br /> AF#mAnd the fog became gone<br /> C#mPriest clutched onto bibles<br />Hollowed out to fit their rifles<br /> AF#mAnd the cross was held aloft.<br />CHORUS:<br /> A Bury me in armor<br /> BWhen I'm dead and hit the ground<br /> C#mBMy love's opposed but unfolds<br /> AG#mEC#mBC#mIf you love me, won't you let me know?<br />GUITAR SOLO:<br />C#m C#m A F#m x2<br />E---------------------| B-5-4---5-------------| G-----6------4---6----| X3 D---------6----6---4--| A---------------------| E---------------------| E---------------------|-------------| B-5-4---5-------------|-------------| G-----6------4--------|-------------| D---------6----6------|-4-3--2--1---| All solo x2 A---------------------|-4-3--2--1---| E---------------------|-------------| <br />CHORUS:<br /> AI don't wanna be a soldier<br /> Bwho the captain of some sinking ship<br /> C#mwould stow<br /> Bfar below...<br /> AG#mEC#mBC#mSo if If you love me, won't you let me know?<br />OUTRO:<br /> EAG#mAI took my love down to Violet Hill <br /> C#mF#mAThere we sat in snow<br /> C#mF#mAG#mAll that time she was silenced still<br /> EAEC#mF#mBC#mF#mSo, if you love me, won't you let me know? <br /> AG#mEC#mBC#mIf you love me, won't you let me know?<br />The Scientist<br />Intro Chords: F/A Bb F Gsus4 <br />Verse 1: Begin verse on F/A <br />Bb F <br />Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry<br /> G/F F/A <br />You don't know how lovely you are...<br /> Bb F <br />I had to find you, tell you I need you<br /> G/F F/A <br />Tell you I set you apart<br /> Bb F <br />Tell me your secrets and ask my your questions<br /> G/F F/A <br />Oh let's go back to the start...<br /> Bb F <br />Running in circles, coming in tails<br /> G/F <br />Heads on a silence apart <br />Chorus: <br />Bb F F/G Bb <br />Nobody said it was easy, it's such a shame for us to part.<br /> Bb F F/G C Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard... <br />C <br />Oh, take me back to the start. <br />Repeat intro chords <br />Verse 2: <br />F/A Bb F <br />I was just guessing, numbers and figures.<br /> F/G F/A <br />Pulling the puzzles apart,<br /> Bb F <br />Questions of science, science and progress,<br /> F/G F/A <br />Do not speak as loud as my heart<br /> Bb F <br />Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me<br /> F/G F/A <br />Oh and I rush to the start.<br /> Bb F <br />Running in circles, chasing our tails,<br /> F/G <br />Coming back as we are. <br />Chorus: <br /> Bb F Bb <br />Nobody said it was easy, oh it's such a shame for us to part<br /> Bb F C <br />Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be so hard.<br /> C <br />I'm goin back to the start. <br />Ooooh ooooh's: <br />A/F Bb F F/G lather rinse repeat <br />Boy With A Coin<br /> HYPERLINK quot;
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<br />Iron and Wine<br />Intro: C Em<br /> C Em <br />Boy with a coin he found in the weeds<br /> C Em <br />with bullets and pages of trade magazines<br /> C Em <br />close to a car THAT flipped on the turn<br /> C Em <br />when God left the ground to circle the world<br /> C Em C Em x2 <br />Hey--- Oh---- <br />Girl with a bird she found in the snow <br />that flew up her gown, and that's how she knows <br />that God made her eyes for crying at birth <br />then left the ground to circle the earth <br />Hey--- Oh---- <br />Boy with a coin he crammed in his jeans <br />then making a wish, and tossed in the sea <br />then walked to a town that all of us burned <br />when God left the ground to circle the world <br />Hey--- Oh---- Hey--- Oh----<br /> <br />Green eyes<br /> HYPERLINK quot;
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<br />Coldplay<br /> AEBmAEBm Honey you are a rock, upon which I stand,<br /> AEBmAEBm And I come here to talk, I hope you understand,<br /> BmDAE The green eyes, yeah the spotlight, shines upon you.<br />Bm D A E (A E)?<br />And how could anybody deny you.<br /> BmDAGBmABm I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter now I met you.<br /> BmDAGBmABm And honey you should know that I could never go on without you.<br /> BmD Green Eyes.......<br /> AEBmAEBm Honey you are the sea, upon which I float.<br /> AEBmAEBmABm And I came here to talk, I think you should know. BmDAE The green eyes you're the one that I wanted to find.<br /> BmDAE And anyone who tried to deny you must be out of their mind.<br /> BmDAGBmABm coz I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter now I met you.<br /> BmDAGBmABm And honey you should know that I could never go on without you.<br /> BmABm Green Eyes...green eyes uh oh oh oh, uh oh oh oh..........<br /> AEBmAEBm Honey you are a rock, upon which I stand.<br />How To Save A Life<br /> HYPERLINK quot;
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<br />Fray<br /> BbFStep one you say we need to talk<br /> GmFF/CBbHe walks you say sit down it's just a talk<br /> FGmHe smiles politely back at you<br /> FF/CBbYou stare politely right on through<br /> FGmSome sort of window to your right<br /> FF/CBbAs he goes left and you stay right<br /> FGmBetween the lines of fear and blame<br /> FF/CAnd you begin to wonder why you came<br />ref:<br /> EbFGmWhere did I go wrong, I lost a friend<br /> FF/CSomewhere along in the bitterness<br /> EbFGmAnd I would have stayed up with you all night<br /> FF/CBbHad I known how to save a life <br />Let him know that you know best<br />Cause after all you do know best<br />Try to slip past his defense<br />Without granting innocence<br />Lay down a list of what is wrong<br />The things you've told him all alongAnd pray to God he hears you<br />ref:<br />Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend<br />Somewhere along in the bitterness<br />And I would have stayed up with you all night<br />Had I known how to save a life<br />As he begins to raise his voice<br />You lower yours and grant him one last choice<br />Drive until you lose the road<br />Or break with the ones you've followed<br />He will do one of two things<br />He will admit to everything<br />Or he'll say he's just not the same<br />And you'll begin to wonder why you came<br />ref:<br />Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend<br />Somewhere along in the bitterness<br />And I would have stayed up with you all night<br />Had I known how to save a life<br />Clock<br /> HYPERLINK quot;
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<br />Coldplay<br />Capo on 1st fret<br />Piano Riff x2 w/Piano Riff: <br />/ D - - - / Am - - - / Am - - - / Em - - - / (x2) <br />D Am(2) Em <br />Lights go out and I can't be saved, tides that I tried to swim against <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Brought me down upon my knees, oh I beg I beg and plead -singing <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Come out of the things unsaid, shoot an apple off my head - and a <br />D Am (2) Em <br />trouble that can't be named, tigers waiting to be tamed – singing<br />w/Piano Riff: <br />D Am (2) Em D Am (2) Em <br /> ye hooooooooh aahh ye hooooooooh aahh <br />w/Piano Riff: / D - - - / Am - - - / Am - - - / Em - - - / (x2) <br /> D Am (2) Em <br />Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks - gonna <br />D Am (2) Em <br />come back and take you home, I could not stop the tune now known singing <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities - am I <br />D Am (2) Em <br />a part of the cure, or am I a part of the disease? - singing <br />w/Piano Riff: <br />D Am (2) Em D Am (2) Em <br />ye hooooooooh aahh ye hooooooooh aahh <br />w/High Piano Riff: / D - - - / Am - - - / Am - - - / Em - - - / (x2) <br />w/High Piano Riff: <br />D Am (2) Em D Am (2) Em <br />ye hooooooooh aahh ye hooooooooh aahh <br />Bridge: <br />Fmaj7 (2) C G <br />and nothing else compares <br />Fmaj7 (2) C G <br />oh nothing else compares <br />Fmaj7 (2) C G F (4) <br /> and nothing else compares <br />Piano Riff x2 w/High Piano Riff: <br />/ D - - - / Am - - - / Am - - - / Em - - - / (x2) <br />w/High Piano Riff: <br />D Am (2) Em D Am (2) Em <br />ye hooooooooh aahh ye hooooooooh aahh <br /> w/High Piano Riff: <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Home, home, where I wanted to go <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Home, home, where I wanted to go <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Home, home, where I wanted to go <br />D Am (2) Em <br />Home, home, where I wanted to go <br />High Piano Riff x2 <br />End on D <br />Mad World<br />Verses: Em G D A <br />Chorus: Em A <br />Verse 1: <br />All around me are familiar faces.<br />Worn out places. Worn out faces. <br />Bright and early for their daily races. <br />Going nowhere. Going nowhere. <br />And their tears are filling up their glasses. <br />No expression. No expression. <br />Hide my head; I want to drown my sorrow. <br />No tomorrow. No tomorrow. <br />Chorus: <br />And I find it kinda funny. <br />I find it kinda sad. <br />The dreams in which I'm dying <br />Are the best I've ever had. <br />I find it hard to tell you <br />Cuz I find it hard to take. <br />When people run in circles it's a very, very <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Verse 2: <br />Children waiting for the day they feel good. <br />Happy birthday. Happy birthday. <br />Made to feel the way that every child should. <br />Sit and listen. Sit and listen. <br />Went to school and I was very nervous. <br />No one knew me. No one knew me. <br />Hello, teacher tell me what's my lesson? <br />Look right through me. Look right through me. <br />Chorus <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />Em G A <br /> Mad world. <br />.........And it goes on ad lib for a bit.<br />In my place<br />VERSE 1: <br />A A <br />In my place, in my place were lines that I couldn't <br />A E <br />change, I was lost, oh yeah <br />A A <br />I was lost, I was lost, crossed lines I shouldn't have <br />A E <br />crossed, I was lost, oh yeah <br />CHORUS: <br />D A E D <br />Yeah, how long must you wait for it <br /> E <br />For it... <br />VERSE 2: <br />A A A <br />I was scared, I was scared, tired and underprepared <br /> E <br />But I wait for you <br />A A A <br />If you go, if you go and Leave me down here on my own E Then I wait for you <br />CHORUS <br />BRIDGE: <br />A A <br />Saying please, please, please<br /> E A <br />Come back and sing to me <br /> A <br />To me, me<br /> E A A <br />Come on and sing it out, now, now<br /> E A A <br />Come on and sing it out, to me, me<br /> E <br />Come back and sing it<br /> A A <br />In my place, in my place were lines that I couldn't <br />A E <br />change, I was lost, oh yeah <br />E A <br />Oh, yeah... <br />CHORDS: <br />A: 002220 A: 002120 E: 022100 D: 000232 <br />Roulette<br />Intro: Bm D A C G A 2 times <br />Bm D A C <br />I have a problem that I cannot explain<br /> G A Bm <br />I have no reason why it should have been so plain<br /> D A C <br />Have no questions but I sure have excuse<br /> G A Bm <br />I lack the reason why I should be so confused<br /> F# A G A Bm <br />I know, how I feel when I'm around you<br /> F# A G A Bm <br />I don't know, how I feel when I'm around you<br /> Bm D A C G A <br /> Around you, <br />Left a message but it ain't a bit of use, <br />I have some pictures, the wild might be the deuce, <br />Today you saw, you saw me, you explained, <br />Playing the show and running down the plane, <br />I know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />I don't know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />I, I know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />I don't know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />Around you <br />solo (chords as same as in verse) <br />I know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />I don't know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />I, I know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />I don't know, how I feel when I'm around you, <br />Around you, around you, around you, around you<br />The hardest part<br />chords: <br />Em - 022000 <br />C - x32010 <br />G - 320033 <br />D/F# - 200233 <br />Em/D - 020000 <br />C/B - 020010 <br />Am7 - 002010 <br />Am - 002210 <br />Into: C, Em/D, Am7 C, Em/D, D/F# <br />Verse 1: <br />Em C <br />And the hardest part<br /> G D/F# <br />Was letting go, not taking part<br />Em C G D/F# <br />Was the hardest pa - rt <br />Em C <br />And the strangest thing <br /> G D/F# <br />Was waiting for that bell to ring <br />Em C G D/F# <br />It was the strangest start <br />Chorus: <br />C G D/F# <br />I could feel it go down <br />C G D/F# <br />It is sweet, I could taste in my mouth <br />C G D/F# <br />Silver lining the cloud <br /> Em Em/D C C/B Am <br />Oh and I....................I... <br />I wish that I could work it out <br />Bridge: <br />Em, C, G, D/F# X 2 <br />Verse 2: <br />Em C <br />And the hardest part <br /> G D/F# <br />Was letting go, not taking part <br />Em C G D/F# <br />You really broke my heart <br />Em C <br />And I tried to sing <br /> G D/F# <br />But I couldn't think of anything <br />Em C G D/F# <br />And that was the hardest part <br />Chorus: <br />C G D/F# <br />I could feel it go down <br />C G D/F# <br />You left the sweetest taste in my mouth <br />C G D/F# <br />You're silver lining the clouds <br /> Em Em/D C C/B Am <br />Oh and I....................I... <br /> Em Em/D C C/B D/F# <br />Oh and I....................I... <br />I wonder what it's all about <br />C, Em/D, Am7 X2 <br />I wonder what it's all about <br />Outtro: <br />C, Em/D, Am7 <br />C, Em/D, D/F# <br /> C Em/D Am7 <br />Everything I know is wrong <br /> C Em/D Am7 <br />Everything I do, it's just comes undone <br /> C Em/D Am7 <br />And everything is torn apart <br /> C <br />Oh and it's the hardest part <br /> D/F# <br />That's the hardest part <br /> C <br />Yeah that's the hardest part <br /> D/F# <br />That's the hardest part <br />C, Em/D, Am7 ( repeat till fade out) <br />Fix you<br />chords: <br />C - x32010 <br />Cmaj7 - x32000 <br />Am - 002210 <br />C/G - 320013 <br />F - 133211 <br />Intro: C, Cmaj7, Am, C/G <br />Verse 1: <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When you try your best, but you don't succeed <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When you get what you want, but not what you need <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep <br /> <br /> C, Cmaj7 ,Am, C/G <br />Stuck in re - ver - se. <br />Verse 2: <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When the tears come streaming down your face <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When you lose something you can't replace <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When you love someone, but it goes to waste <br /> C, Cmaj7 ,Am, C/G <br />Could it be wo - rse? <br />Chorus: <br />F G <br />Lights will gu - ide you home <br />F G <br />And ig - nite your bones <br />F G <br />And I will try to fix you <br />Instrumental: <br />C, Cmaj7 ,Am, C/G x 2 ( can be picked to mimic piano) <br />Verse 3: <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />And high up above or down below <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />When you're too in love to let it go <br />C Cmaj7 Am C/G <br />If you never try, then you'll never know <br /> C,Cmaj7,Am, C/G <br />Just what you're wor - th <br />Chorus: <br />F G <br />Lights will gu - ide you home <br />F G <br />And ig - nite your bones <br />F G <br />And I will try to fix you <br />Bridge: <br />Chords used for bridge only !!! <br />(Hammer Pinky where you think appropriate) <br />C - x32013 ( notice pinky at fret 3) <br />C/G - 320013 <br />G* - 320003 <br />Instrumental - C, C/G , C , C/G , G* x4 <br />C C/G <br />Tears stream, down your face <br />C C/G G* <br />When you lose something you cannot replace <br />C C/G <br />Tears stream down your face <br />C C/G G* <br />And I......... <br />C C/G <br />Tears stream, down your face <br />C C/G G* <br />I promise you that I'll learn from my mistakes <br />C C/G <br />Tears stream down your face <br />C C/G G* <br />And I......... <br />Final Chorus: (quite slow, sung 1 octave lower) <br />F G <br />Lights will gu - ide you home <br />F G <br />And ig - nite your bones <br />F G C <br />And I will try to fix you <br />Jezebel<br />Bm D <br />who's seen jezebel? <br />AG A Bm <br />she was born to be the woman i would know <br />D <br />and hold like the breeze <br />A G <br />half as tight as both our eyes closed <br /> <br />Bm D <br />who's seen jezebel? <br />A G A Bm <br />she went walking where the cedars line the road <br />D <br />her blouse on the ground <br />A G A <br />where the dogs were hungry, roaming, saying, <br />Bm D <br />quot;
wait, <br />A G A Bm D <br />we swear we'll love you more <br />A G A Bm D <br />and wholly jezebel, <br />A G A Bm D <br />it's we, we that you are for <br />A G <br />onlyquot;
<br />Bm D <br />who's seen jezebel? <br />A G A Bm <br />she was born to be the woman we could blame <br />D A <br />make me a beast half as brave <br />G <br />i'd be the same <br />Bm D <br />who's seen jezebel? <br />A G A Bm <br />she was gone before i ever got to say <br />D <br />quot;
lay here my love <br />A G A Bm <br />you're the only shape i'll pray to, jezebelquot;
<br />D A G A Bm X3 <br />D A G A <br />Bm D <br />who's seen jezebel? <br />A G A Bm <br />will the mountain last as long as i can wait <br />D <br />wait like the dawn <br />A G <br />how it aches to meet the day <br />Bm D <br />who's seen jezebel? <br />A G A Bm <br />she was certainly the spark for all i've done <br />D <br />the window was wide <br />A G A <br />she could see the dogs come running, saying <br />Bm D <br />quot;
wait, <br />A G A Bm D <br />we swear we'll love you more <br />A G A Bm D <br />and wholly jezebel, <br />A G A Bm D <br />it's we, we that you are for <br />A G <br />onlyquot;
<br />Speed of sound<br />Verse 1 <br />A G F#/D <br />how long before i get in, before it starts before i begin <br />A G F#/D <br />how long before you decide before i know what it feels like <br />A G F#/D <br />where to where do i go if you never tried then you'll never know <br />A G F#/D <br />how long do i have to climb, climb up on the side of this mountain of mine <br />A, G, F#/ D <br />Verse 2 <br />the cloud i look up at night planets are moving at the speed of light. climb up, up in the tress every chance that you get is a chance you sieze how long am i gonna stand with my head stuck under the the sand i'll start before i can stop, before i see things the right way up <br /> <br />Chorus <br />G A Bm7 <br />all that noise, and all that sound <br />G A Bm7 <br />all those places i have found <br />G Bm7 F#/D G <br />and birds go flying at the speed of sound to show you how it all began <br />G Bm7 F#/D <br />birds came flying from beyond the ground if you could see it than you'd G understand. <br />Verse 3 <br />ideas that you'll never find all the inventors can never design <br />the buildings that you put up or what you and time have all made up <br />a sign that i couldn't read or a light that i couldn't see <br />some things you have to believe but other are puzzles puzzeling me <br />Chorus <br />all that noise, and all that sound <br />all those places i have found <br />and birds go flying at the speed of sound <br />to show you how it all began <br />birds keep flying from beyond the ground <br />if you could see it than you'd understand. <br />F#/D G <br />when you see it than you'll understand <br />Solo no chords <br />G A Bm7 <br />all those signs I knew what they meant <br /> A <br />somethings you can invent <br />G A Bm7 <br />some get made and some get sent <br />A <br />OOO <br /> G Bm7 <br />and birds go flying at the speed of sound <br /> F#/D G <br />to show you how it all began <br />G Bm7 <br />birds keep flying from beyond the ground <br /> F#/D G <br />if you could see it than you'd understand. <br /> F#/D G <br />when you see it than you'll understand <br />G Til End <br />Trouble<br /> F <br />I'm in trouble <br />I'm an addict <br />I'm addicted to this girl <br /> C <br />She's got my heart tied in a knot <br />And my stomach in a whirl <br /> F But even worst <br />I can't stop calling her <br />Shes all I want and more <br /> F <br />I mean Damnn <br /> C <br />Whats not to adore <br /> F <br />I've been playing to much keys <br />I've been listening to jazz <br /> C <br />I called so many times <br />I sware she's going mad <br /> F <br />And that cellular-er <br />Will be the death of us <br /> F C <br />I sware, I sware <br /> F <br />And oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh <br />C <br />oooh, oooh, oooh <br /> F <br />I'm running my mouth just like i got her <br /> Cadd9 C <br />But I surely don't <br /> F <br />Because she's so-o-o-o-o-o-o <br />C <br />ROCK AND ROLL <br /> F <br />And out of my league <br /> Cadd9 <br />Is she out of my league? <br /> C F <br />Let's hope not <br /> F <br />I'm in trouble <br />I'm so cliche <br />See that word just wares me out <br /> C <br />Makes me feel just like another boy <br />To laugh and joke about <br /> F <br />But even worse I can't stop calling her <br />I love to hear that voice <br /> F C <br />And honestly, I'm left with no choice <br /> F I've been playing to much keys <br />I've been listening to jazz <br /> C <br />I called so many times <br />I sware she's going mad <br /> F <br />And that cellular-er <br />Will be the death of us <br /> F C <br />I sware I sware <br /> F <br />And oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh <br />C <br />oooh, oooh, oooh <br /> F <br />I'm running my mouth just like i got her <br /> Cadd9 C <br />But I surely don't F <br />Because she's so-o-o-o-o-o-o <br />C <br />ROCK AND ROLL <br /> F <br />And out of my league <br /> Cadd9 I<br />s she out of my league? <br /> C <br />Let's hope not <br />And oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ,oh ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh <br />