Violet Hill Coldplay backing track and tabs

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Coldplay – Violet Hill - LYRICS CHORDS TAB
Tabbed by Gerry Strother
Lyrics transcribed by Colin Jennison

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Guitar (low to high) Db Gb Cb Fb Ab Db

Verse:

Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow

Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down Below

d-------------------|
a-------------------|
f-------------------|
c-------------------|
g--7-6--5-4---------|
d--5-4--3-2---------|

Pre-Chorus:

When the futures architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You better lie low

d----------------|
a--5-------------|
f---7b9----------|
c----------------|
g----------------|
d----------------|

Chorus Riff:

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

d-----------------------------|
a-----------------------------|
f-9--7--14--9--7--9--9--------|
c-9--7--14--9--7--9--9--------|
g-7--5--12--7--5--7--7--------|
d-------------------0--0------|

Verse:

Was a long and dark december
When the banks became Cathedrals
And the fog
Became God

Priests clutched onto bibles
And went out to fit thier rifles
And the cross
Was held aloft

d-----------------|
a--5--------------|
f---7b9-----------|
c-----------------|
g-----------------|
d-----------------|

d-------------------|
a-------------------|
f-------------------|
c-------------------|
g--7-6--5-4---------|
d--5-4--3-2---------|

Pre- Chorus:

Bury me in honor
When I'm dead and hit the ground
A love like home, it unfolds

d------------------|
a--17--------------|
f--19b21-----------|
c------------------|
g------------------|
d------------------|

Chorus:

If you love me
Won't you let me know?

Solo:

Riff: x3
e---------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------|
g-----11----12--------------------------|
d-14----14--------12----14--------------|
a---------------14----14------10--------|
e-----------------------------------12--|

Whoa, whoa

e--------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------|
g------11----12------------------------------|
d-14----14----------12-----------------------|
a------------------14----14--7-6-5-4---------|
e------------------------------5-4-3-2-------|

Pre-Chorus:

I don't want to be a soldier
That the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow
Far below

d----------------|
a--17------------|
f—19b21----------|
c----------------|
g----------------|
d----------------|

Chorus:

If you love me,
Why'd you let me go?

d-----------------------------|
a-----------------------------|
f-9--7--14--9--7--9--9--------|
c-9--7--14--9--7--9--9--------|
g-7--5--12--7--5--7--7--------|
d-------------------0--0------|

Outro:

I took my love down to Violet Hill
There we sat in snow

All that time she was silent still
So, if you love me, won't you let me know?

If you love me, won't you let me know?

Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)

Tuning: Drop D

Acoustic Guitar - Guit. 1 (Chris Martin) (Recording piano, live guitar), (EADGBE)
Lead Guitar - Guit. 2 (Jonny Buckland) (DADGBE)
Rhythm Guitar - Guit. 3 (Recording only) (DADGBE)

[Intro]
(Guit. 1)
e|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
B|-5---5---5---5---5---5---4-5-4-5-------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---------|
D|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---------|
A|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
E|---------------------------------------|

e|-0---0---0---0---2---2---2-2---2-2-----|
B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-----|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-----|
D|-2---2---2---2---4---4---4-3---2-1-----|
A|-0---0---0---0---4---4-----------------|
E|-----------------2---2-----------------|

(Guit. 2)
(Fill 1 (occurs at 0:48 and after))
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
A|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|

(Guit. 3)
(Fill 1 (same time as ^))
e|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
B|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
G|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

(Guit. 2)
[Pre-Chorus]
(Light distortion)
e|-7b9-9-9r7b9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

e|-7b9-9-9r7b9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

e|-7-9-7-9~--------7-9-7-9~--------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

(Guit. 2)
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------------6-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-9-7--6---2--6-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-9-7--6---2--4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-9-7--6---2----------------------|
^beat one is here

(Guit. 3)
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-9-7--6---2----------------------|

(Guit. 2)
[Verse 2]
(heard in the background)
e|---9--9--9-------9--9--9---------|
B|---9--9--9-------9--9--9---------|
G|---9--9--9-------9--9--9---------|
D|---11-11-11------11-11-11--------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

(Guit. 3)
[Verse 2]
(repeat for whole verse)
e|-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|

(Guit. 2)
[Solo]
(repeat riff as necessary)
e|---------------------|
B|-5p4---5-------------|
G|-----6-----4--6------|
D|---------6---6--4----|
A|------------------4--|
D|---------------------|

(Guit. 2)
(Solo Fill)
e|-----------------------|
B|-5-4---5---------------|
G|-----6-----4-----------|
D|---------6---6-43--21--|
A|---------------43--21--|
D|---------------43--21--|

(Guit. 3)
(Solo Fill)
e|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
B|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
G|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

(Guit. 1 - Piano Arr. For Guitar Outro (Plays this live)
For this section, the
4:/6:
4:/4: etc.
Represents the time signature. If a bar doesn't have a
time signature, it's the previous bar. Timings were added
to help learn this part.)
e|---------------5---|---4-------------------|
B|---5-----6-----2---|---5---5---4---2~----4-|
G|4:-6-----6-----2---|5:-4---6---4---2~----4-|
D|4:-7-----6-----4---|4:-2---6---4---2~----4-|
A|---4-----4---------|-------4---2---0~----2-|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +

e|---------------------------|-----5---4-----------7---|
B|---5-------2-------2---2-4-|-5-----------5---2--0----|
G|6:-6---4---2-------2-------|-6---6---4-----------8---|
D|4:-6---6---2-------2-------|-6---4---2---6---4---6---|
A|---4---6---0-------0---0-2-|-4-----------4---2-------|
E|-------4-------------------|-------------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +

e|---9-----8-----4---|-----------|---------------7---|
B|-------------------|---5---4---|---2~---------0----|
G|4:-9-----8-----4---|2:-6---4---|4:-2~----------8---|
D|4:-7-----6-----2---|4:-6---4---|4:-2~----------6---|
A|-------------------|---4---2---|---0~--------------|
E|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|-9-----8-----4---|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-5---4-----------|
G|-9-----8-----4---|-6---4---6~------|
D|-7-----6-----2---|-6---4---6~------|
A|-----------------|-4---2---4~------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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| r Release
| b Bend
| ~ Vibrato
| p Pull-off

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Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Well, I just realized how to play the original version of Violet Hill loke Jonny plays.
This tab was made mostly watching Jonny playing, then some parts are made by ear and
checked watching Jonny and there's one part that I learned from other tab. This is for
electric guitar and if you have the option play it with a Les Paul Model, I play this
with a
Strat and it sounds like the real song.

Hope you enjoy it!

Tunning: D A D G B E

The guitar starts with something like this:

"...there was snow, white snow..."
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|
A|--5-4--3-2------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|

"...While we froze, down below"
E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|
A|--5-4--3-2------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|

Then while it says "When the future's architectured" it comes with this

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|--16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------|
----14-14-14-|
-16----------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

And the chorus is:

Ab5 A5 Ab5 E5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
D|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
A|--11--12--11----7--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|------------------------------------------------|

Now in this verse in the places where is this mark (*) it comes with this

E|--9--9--9--|
B|--9--9--9--|
G|--9--9--9--|
D|--11-11-11-|
A|-----------|
D|-----------|

Was a long and dark Decem*ber
When the banks became ca*thedrals
And a fox *became God

E|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|
A|--5-4--3-2------------|
D|--5-4--3-2------------|

Priests clutched onto bi*bles
Hollowed out to fit their *rifles
And a cross *held aloft

Then it comes with "Bury me in armour..." with the same riff as before:

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|--16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------|
----14-14-14-|
-16----------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

Chorus:

Ab5 A5 Ab5 E5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
D|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
A|--11--12--11----7--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|------------------------------------------------|

Solo:

E|-----------------------|----------------------|
B|-----------------------|----------------------|
G|--9-8-6-9-------6------|--9-8-6-9-------6-----|
D|----------6-9-6--------|----------6-9-6-------|
A|------------------9-9--|------------------9-9-|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|
X2
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|--9-8-6-9-------6------|--9-8-6-9--------------------|
|----------6-9-6--------|----------6-9-6-----5-4--3-2-|
|------------------9-9--|--------------------5-4--3-2-|
|-----------------------|--------------------5-4--3-2-|

Then when it says "I don't want to be a soldier..." it comes AGAIN with the same riff as before

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14----14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|--16----------------------16----------------------16----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------|
----14-14-14-|
-16----------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

Final Chorus:

Chorus:

Ab5 A5 Ab5 E5 C#5 B5 C#5
E|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
D|--13--14--13----9--6--4--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
A|--11--12--11----7--4--2--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|
D|------------------------------------------------|

This is all. Hope you like it and if you have any doubt you can e-mail me to gastypm@gmail.com.