hi, due to the release of violet hill earlier that day i tried to start making some decent chords for the song. here is my try:

[A]was a long and cold december, from the rooftops i remember there was [c#m] snow

 

i think theres a change after "rooftops" but i cant figure that out.

ok that was wrong, but after playing along im quite sure that this is totally right:

[C#m]was a long and cold december, from the rooftops i remember there was [A] snow white snow

[C#m]Clearly i remember From the windows they were watching While we [A] froze down below

 

 

thanks for the lyrics nmsv, alyssa, jc90, Silverspira, lumberjack2 and many others!

Hi,

 

Here are the chords to play on the piano. I have tried to indicate where the chords change exactly using the | symbol:

 

VIOLET HILL - COLDPLAY
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NB: Guitar Riff Notes At *: F#->F->E->Eb


Was a long and dark December
     |C#m
From the rooftops i remember
C#m                   |C#m9|
There was snow
|C#m9/B   |A|Amaj7|
White    snow
|Amaj7/G#|F#m| *

Clearly i remember
|C#m
From the windows they were watching
C#m                        |C#m9|
While we froze
|C#m9/B  |A   |Amaj7|
down    below
|Amaj7/G# |F#m *

When the future's architectured
        |A            |Amaj7
By a carnival of idiots on show
    |B          |B6       |C#m7
You'd better lie     low
            |C#m7/B |B

If you love me
      |A   |E/G#|
Won't you let me know?
|E        |F#m|E |C#m


Was a long and dark December
C#m
When the banks became cathedrals
C#m                     |C#m9|
And the fog
|C#m9/B |A|Amaj7|
Became   God
|Amaj7/G#|F#m *

Priests clutched onto bibles
|C#m
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
C#m                       |C#m9|
And the cross
|C#m9/B |A  |Amaj7
was held      aloft
   |Amaj7/G# |F#m| *

Bury me in armour
|A         |Amaj7
When i'm dead and hit the ground
        |B               |B6
My love's opposed but un------folds
           |C#m7     |C#m7/B |B

And If you love me
          |A   |E/G#
Won't you let me know?
|E        |F#m|E |C#m|


<<8 Bar Guitar Solo: |C#m|C#m9|C#m9/B|A|Amaj7|Amaj7/G#|F#m|* (x2)>>


I don't want to be a soldier
       |A           |Amaj7
Who the captain of some sinking ship
       |B              |B6
would stow, far     below
     |C#m7 |C#m7/B  |B

So if you love me
         |A   |E/G#
Why'd you let me go?
|E        |F#m|E |C#m|


I took my    love down to vio---let hill
|A     |E/G# |C#m |F#m7   |E6   |C#m|G#m/B|Amaj7
There we sat in the snow
     |B |C#m|G#m   |A| |A|
All that time she  was silent still
   |B   |C#m |F#m7    |E|C#m7|G#m|

So if you love me
|G#m/B    |A   |E/G#
Won't you let me    know?
|E        |C#m|G#m/B|Amaj7|

If you love me,
|E     |A   |E/G#|
Won't you let me    know?
|E        |C#m|G#m/B|C#m

Just made some slight changes to the chords!