Hey guys. I've been working out Green Eyes for sometime and I think I've finally gotten everything one needs to know about the tabs and stuff. I don't know if yall have already figured this out haha, so this might look silly, but ill post a tab up, and yall can tell me what you think? Ok? Great!:D

 

I guarentee your looking at this like WTF why DO U WRITE SO MUCH? Haha i feel you. But trust me, im telling you pretty much everything you need to know. If you read this through and practice, i ASSURE YOU you will pick it up in no time. Took me a month or two to learn the basic chords, and quite a few more months to figure this out. Have fun!

 

Alrighty so, basics first.

Tuning: EADGBd

Album record: capo 2nd fret

Live record: no capo

If you capo 2nd fret, play relative to capo

Ill post the chords, and if anyone wants to ill post a video tutorial with the rythm and everything, itll only take 5 minutes or so to whip one up.

 

Some chords, you will have to use thumb *gasp*

But this is coldplay, so you should know that already:laugh3:

 

Also, a little of my lingo. > denotes a transition (a bunch of fast changing chords)

I put X's where you would usually play like a 0 or a 2 because that kinda fights with the bass note, and i dont like it. On the G shape chords feel free to add it, but i dont like the sound.

 

With the big spaces (--------) Your playing the same chord as mentioned before the dashes. so 2---------- means you play 2 all the way there. I tried to make the dashes as long as the chord is playing for you guys.

 

Honey you.. (little transition there)

d--0------0------0------------0--0...

B--0------3------1------------1--0...

G--0------2------2------------0--0...

D--0------0------2------------2--0...Repeat as necessary

A--X------0------0------------0--X...

E--3------2------X------------X--3...

 

Green eyes..

d--0-----------0-----------0-----------0...

B--1-----------1-----------0-----------3...

G--2-----------0-----------0-----------2...

D--2-----------2-----------0-----------0...Repeat as necessary

A--0-----------3-----------X-----------0...

E--X-----------3-----------3-----------2...

 

TRANSITION: (between Deny you.... and I come here)

d--0->0->0

B--1->0->1

G--0->0->2

D--2->2->2

A--3->2->0

E--3->0->X

 

I come here... (begins with the last chord of that transition)

 

d--0------------0------------0----0----0------->0-->0...

B--1------------1------------0----1----1------->0-->1...

G--2------------0------------0----2----0------->0-->2...

D--2------------2------------0----3----2------->2-->2...Repeat until next verse

A--0------------3------------X----3----3------->2-->0...

E--X------------3------------3----1----3------->0-->X...

 

Right before the honey you are the sea thing, hes whispering green eyes... green eyes... and playing one chord with a hammer. Thats this right here:

 

d--0----0>0...

B--1----1>1...

G--2----0>2...

D--2----2>2...

A--0----0>0...

E--X----X>X...

 

Alrighty well, thats pretty much the song. Just rearrange those chords a bit for the ending where he goes oh wu uh oh. But yeah for the second half of the song just repeat that pattern, it repeats exactly like that.

 

If you want a tutorial or whatever, just post!

Enjoy, hope i can helpp :)

i really don't mean to come off as rude.. but green eyes is most definitely played in standard tuning (one of the very few that actually is) and there's no capo, live or studio

 

also, check out kapone's tab thread (it's the second post in the thread)

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17813

Kapone's tabs sounds good but the correct version is with this tuning: EADGBd and with a capo 2nd fret and without capo for live version like in this post.

I'm gonna check the chords later.

If you listen to this live version, it's very easy to tell it's in standard.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xRkwQ61s1A]YouTube - coldplay-green eyes-live-[HD]-live@ Sydney 2009[/ame]

 

But the album version is best played as Papps and Zergio put it - EADGBd.

oo thanks then, i've always played along to the record in standard tuning.. i will admit that i don't always have the best ear for this kind of stuff :)