IneedYou23 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Does anyone know the chords Chris is playing throughout Life In Technicolor??Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roivon Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 F#, D, A Then at the end of the verse E, A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scientist Man Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Dont want to be a party pooper, but: F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 A/C# Esus4 ---2--------2--------0-------0--------0----- ---2--------2--------2-------2--------0----- ---2--------2--------1-------2--------2----- ---4--------0--------2-------2--------2----- ---4--------X--------0-------4--------2----- ---2--------X--------X-------X--------0----- F#m7, Dmaj7, Amaj7 F#m7, Dmaj7, A, A F#m7, Dmaj7, A, A, A/E (which is the same as A, but play the top top E string) Than when it chages at the end: F#m, D, A/C#, A/C# F#m, D, A, A, F#m7, Esus4, Esus4, A, A, end with A Hope it helps. Just ask if you need any help ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crestingwaves Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I think he has an alternative tuning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriam Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I think he has an alternative tuning.. of course he has, he is a kinda lame guitarist to be honest, always uses the same fingering or whatever it is called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 There is no alternative tuning. Its standard and that tab up there is wrong. Chords are F#m, D, A x3 then Esus2 and E Chris plays the chords like this F#m......D.......A......Esus2----E----- ---0------0------0-------0--------0----- ---0------0------0-------0--------0--- ---2-----11-----6-------2--------1----- ---4-----12-----7-------2--------2----- ---4-----12-----7-------2--------2----- ---2-----10-----5-------0--------0----- ^I think Chris sometimes plays those last two at the 12th fret, like in the rough cut video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 There is no alternative tuning. Its standard and that tab up there is wrong. Chords are F#m, D, A x3 then Esus2 and E Chris plays the chords like this F#m......D.......A......Esus2----E----- ---0------0------0-------0--------0----- ---0------0------0-------0--------0--- ---2-----11-----6-------2--------1----- ---4-----12-----7-------2--------2----- ---4-----12-----7-------2--------2----- ---2-----10-----5-------0--------0----- ^I think Chris sometimes plays those last two at the 12th fret, like in the rough cut video. of course he has, he is a kinda lame guitarist to be honest, always uses the same fingering or whatever it is called. For a singer he's actually really good. Check out See You Soon, Careful where you stand, I Bloom Blaum (those three are just Chris playing) and the rythm chords for Shiver, Only Superstition, Bros & Sisters, and Yes NTM the outro to Violet Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryswinger Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 For a singer he's actually really good. Check out See You Soon, Careful where you stand, I Bloom Blaum (those three are just Chris playing) and the rythm chords for Shiver, Only Superstition, Bros & Sisters, and Yes NTM the outro to Violet Hill. yes yes, but the chords are always the same in most of the songs :D anyway he is a genius:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoRocker Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 No you don't get the point of different tunings. It's not for 'playing easy'. No it's 'get the sound you wan't' If you can play notes at the 10th fret and some at the 1st at the same moment.... That's what some tunings in some songs are doing. As you can see, in a few Coldplay songs. the higher strings keeps repeating without changing. AND THAT SOUNDS GREAT! That's soo hard to find when writing songs, the perfect chords and rhythms as exact as you wan't.. Chris can do that and if you can that.. you are an truly guitar hero! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 yes yes, but the chords are always the same in most of the songs :D I disagree. In no two songs on VLV does Chris play the same chords on guitar. Same with X&y (though he hardly played any guitar on that album). The only exceptions I see are an E7 chord in both Shiver and Yellow and a couple similar chord shapes (ignoring the capo) on Green Eyes and AROBTTH. So I'm not sure what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Chris does use the same chord forms a lot. But, they are indeed different chords and different keys. He is a very very good guitar player. By my standards at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crestingwaves Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 No you don't get the point of different tunings. It's not for 'playing easy'. No it's 'get the sound you wan't' If you can play notes at the 10th fret and some at the 1st at the same moment.... That's what some tunings in some songs are doing. As you can see, in a few Coldplay songs. the higher strings keeps repeating without changing. AND THAT SOUNDS GREAT! That's soo hard to find when writing songs, the perfect chords and rhythms as exact as you wan't.. Chris can do that and if you can that.. you are an truly guitar hero! I agree. I think also, that if alternative tunings in this case make it a tad easier for Chris to play the song, then this is probably a good thing. The bloke has about a-bazillion things on his brain even during one song. So if he can minimize what he is playing whilst singing good on him. Although, in this case, with the higher strings being the same and sounding awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crestingwaves Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Also, I think if Chris started playing something like "Neon - John Mayer" on acoustic. It might not go down to well with the whole ...band aspect. What Chris plays compliments the whole band, as do what they all play. Which is why they sound amazing as a unit. Fin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberryswinger Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Chris does use the same chord forms a lot. But, they are indeed different chords and different keys. He is a very very good guitar player. By my standards at least. this is what i meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz o c Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 I've actually figured out the tuning by ear, tune the b string (2nd thinnest) down to A then the chords are: F#m Dmaj Amaj Emaj E ---0--------0--------0--------0----- A ---0--------0--------0--------0----- G ---2--------11-------6-------1------ D ---4--------12-------7-------2----- A ---4--------12-------7--------2----- E --2--------10-------5--------0----- I'm certain this is how it sounds on the cd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplaykb Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 He has to have it tuned different because at the concerts he will play life in thecnicolor and then violet hill right after with the same guitar. So it is tunned different because i have seen a lot of videos of violet hill and the chords are completly different from the standard tuning version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PianoRocker Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 He has to have it tuned different because at the concerts he will play life in thecnicolor and then violet hill right after with the same guitar. So it is tunned different because i have seen a lot of videos of violet hill and the chords are completly different from the standard tuning version. But it realy is in standard tuning live!! He plays the highest strings open and he uses the whole neck for the chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnspieler1012 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 ^yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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