So I know it goes between D, A and G but perhaps someone with a bit more experience on guitar could help me out here?

It's such an amazing song :)

Here's the second part.

 

EADGAB tuning

All bar chords with the bottom two strings open as Chris often plays.

 

Verse

D Bm D Bm G

 

Chorus

Em F#m x4

G F#m x4

 

The little riff at the start:

D|-0h2p0-------4-0h2p0------0-|

A|----------0-0-------------0-0---|

is the tuning of the last stings go high or low?

Sorry, that tuning should read EADGAD with the bottom two tuned a tone down.

 

I've also managed to figure out a rough sketch of the first piano part up until the strings kick in.

 

Chords

D | D | G | Em | C#m6 | D

 

Melody

- | F# E D | E F# G | F# G A E| C# C# D E D | F#

 

 

Split into bars to help sort out the melody part:

 

Birds they sang| Break of day| Start again| I hear them say | (Its so) hard to just walk a |way...

 

Like I said its just a rough idea of what to play, by no means perfect. If I feel like transcribing it instead of playing it anytime soon, I'll put the proper effort in and make it more intelligible. Any help with the middle string part would be great.

I love playing this song, it sounds lovely

Are the chords in the same form as usual or are they different? I know Chris uses weird tunings and chords.

I tried some chords and sounds good for me, please help me.

Well, the tuning is right but the chordsare like this i guess:

 

D 0

A 0

G 11

D 12

A 12

E 10

 

D 0

A 0

G 10

D 12

A 12

E 10

 

D 0

A 0

G 7

D 9

A 9

E 7

 

D 0

A 0

G 6

D 7

A 7

E 5

 

D 0

A 0

G 4

D 5

A 5

E 3

If you'd like the chords I play in this cover on guitar let me know. They're different than anything i've come across on the internet. I love the song tool

 

https://soundcloud.com/cedmo013/up-with-the-birds

The Mylo Xyloto book says that a Capo is used in the 7th Fret.

 

 

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my ears say the Mylo Xyloto book is wrong, at least for the portion with acoustic guitar towards the end of the song when he sings, "might have to go.." I have the book as well. It's no help on this song imho. :)

my ears say the Mylo Xyloto book is wrong, at least for the portion with acoustic guitar towards the end of the song when he sings, "might have to go.." I have the book as well. It's no help on this song imho. :)

Alright, I listened to your cover of Up with the birds. First things first:

AMAZING performance mate, that cover was very very good. The guitar is spot on and genuinely makes me believe that the book got a couple of things wrong (the aforementioned song being one of them).

 

If I may ask, how do you play this song? I'm incredibly curious to find out, please share the secret :)

Alright, I listened to your cover of Up with the birds. First things first:

AMAZING performance mate, that cover was very very good. The guitar is spot on and genuinely makes me believe that the book got a couple of things wrong (the aforementioned song being one of them).

 

If I may ask, how do you play this song? I'm incredibly curious to find out, please share the secret :)

 

 

Hey man. I don't remember how I played the electric guitar part (part B of the song if you will), but starting with "might have to to go," I recall playing a standard D chord and then a Bminor chord with the high e string open (x-2-4-4-3-0), and after those two chords alternate, i play a variety of Gmaj7 chords, with the best sounding version of the chord being (3-x-0-4-3-2) (using the thumb to fret the 3rd fret on the sixth string. thanks for the kind words. cheers

Hey man. I don't remember how I played the electric guitar part (part B of the song if you will), but starting with "might have to to go," I recall playing a standard D chord and then a Bminor chord with the high e string open (x-2-4-4-3-0), and after those two chords alternate, i play a variety of Gmaj7 chords, with the best sounding version of the chord being (3-x-0-4-3-2) (using the thumb to fret the 3rd fret on the sixth string. thanks for the kind words. cheers

 

Thanks for the reply!! The guitar does sound "deeper" with your chords. Just one last question: is the tuning standard? Or is there a magical tuning going on here? :)

 

 

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Thanks for the reply!! The guitar does sound "deeper" with your chords. Just one last question: is the tuning standard? Or is there a magical tuning going on here? :)

 

 

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I ust listened to the album version and i can clearly hear that the D chord is in the traditional voicing (x-x-0-2-3-2) so i imagine the "deeper" as opposed to higher sonic's of the guitar are the way it was EQ'd. I used standard tuning for my cover. A rarity with coldplay songs, but not unheard of. :)