hello fellow coldplayers, i've noticed there has been quite a small influx of "accurate" Paradise tabs around the interwebs so i've decided to tab it out myself by ear and just watching Jonny play it live.

sooo give it a shot and tell me what you think yeah? i'm sure alot of you have heard the song many times by now to be able to piece the different parts together in order :P

and dont worry im pretty sure this is at least 99.99% accurate :lol:

 

Intro part 1 (Distortion + Reverb)

 

e|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|3x

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

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

E|---3[8x]--8[8x]--10[8x]--13[4x]--8[4x]---|

 

Then

 

e|---------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------|

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

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

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

E|---6[8x]--13[8x]--8[16x]---|

 

 

Intro part 2 (Reverb + Delay)

 

e|---15------------13-------------|

B|----------[8x]----------[4x]----|

G|------12------------10----------|5x

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

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

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

 

 

 

No guitar during verse

 

 

 

"Every time she closed her eyes..." (Reverb + Delay)

 

e|---15---| (Tremolo pick this note)

B|--------|

G|--------|

D|--------|

A|--------|

E|--------|

 

End on "But it flew away from her reach..."

 

 

Chorus 1 (Reverb + Delay)

 

e|---15------------13-------------|

B|----------[8x]----------[4x]----|

G|------12------------10----------|5x

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

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

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

 

 

Bridge (Distortion + Reverb)

 

e|--------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------|3x

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

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

E|---3[8x]--8[8x]--10[8x]--13[4x]--8[4x]---|

 

Then

 

e|---------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------|

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

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

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

E|---6[8x]--13[8x]--8[16x]---|

 

 

Chorus 2 (Reverb + Delay)

 

e|---15------------13-------------|

B|----------[8x]----------[4x]----|

G|------12------------10---------|5x

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

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

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

 

 

Solo (Distortion + Delay)

 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---3/15--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--14--14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--12--12-5---|

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

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

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

 

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--14--14/19--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--12--12-3---|

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

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

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

 

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------15-------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-----14--14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12--12-5---|

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

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

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

 

e|-------------------------------------17---------------------------------------------------------------|

B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----14--14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-12--12-12----|

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

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

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

 

so that'll be it, go ahead and play along to the live or album version and i dare you to tell me this is wrong :D

I have on little thing to add to this, if you watch him play this live you can see during the chorus that he plays:

e|--15

B|--11

G|--12

 

e|--13

B|--10

G|--10

 

e|--15

B|--13

G|--12

 

Which are the chords; Gm, F, and C