Coldplay

Coldplay - Things I Dont Understand guitar tab

C/G: 332010 | / slide up

Em: 022000 | slide down

Am: x02210 | b Bend

Am7: x02010

Fmaj7: 133210

Dm: xx0231

Intro:

Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7 x2

Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7

Lead Guitar:

e|15--------1712--------12-----------------|

B|----------------------------------12b13---|

G|------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|

e|12----------------------------------------|

B|----------10--12b13-----------------------|

G|------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|

Verse:

C/G Em Am7 Em

How tides control the sea, And what becomes of me

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

How little things can slip out of your hand

C/G Em Am7 Em

How often people change, No two remain the same

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

Why things don't always turn out as you planned

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

These are things that I don't understand

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

Yeah these are things that I don't understand

Chorus 1:

Dm Em

I can't (and I can't) decide

Am Fmaj7

Wrong (oh my wrong) from right

Dm Em

Day (oh my day) from night

Am Fmaj7

Dark (oh my dark) from light

Dm Em Am7 Em

I love (but I love) this life

Lead Guitar:

1/16 Notes

____

Dm Em

e|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7| |

B|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8| |

G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9| |

D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |

A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |

E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |

Am |

e|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12| |

B|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13| |

G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14| |

D|-----------------------------------------------| | x2

A|-----------------------------------------------| |

E|-----------------------------------------------| |

FMaj7 |

e|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------| |

B|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13------------| |

G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--9b10-97--| |

D|-----------------------------------------------| |

A|-----------------------------------------------| |

E|-----------------------------------------------| ____/

Dm Em

e|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|

B|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|

G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|

D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Am

e|0-------------|

B|1-------------|

G|2-------------|

D|--------------|

A|--------------|

E|--------------|

Interlude:

Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7

Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7

Verse:

C/G Em Am7 Em

How infinite is space, And who decides your fate

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

Why everything will dissolve into sand

C/G Em Am7 Em

How to avoid defeat, Where truth and fiction meet

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

Why nothing ever turns out as you planned

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

These are things that I don't understand

Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7

Yeah these are things that I don't understand

Chorus 2:

Dm Em

I can't (and I can't) decide

Am Fmaj7

Wrong (oh my wrong) from right

Dm Em

Day (oh my day) from night

Am Fmaj7

Dark (oh my dark) from light

Dm Em Am7

I love (but I love) this life

(Lead guitar same as chorus 1)

Outro:

Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7 x2

Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7

Lead Guitar:

e|15--------1712--------12-----------------|

B|----------------------------------12b13---|

G|------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------| x2

A|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|

e|12----------------------------------------|

B|----------10--12b13-----------------------|

G|------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------|

**The intro bass riff repeats for a few bars to end the song

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