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Thank you everyone. Here are the tabs http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/c/coldplay/ghost_story_ver2_crd.htm. play around with the chords to get that melody/riff when he sings " maybe I'm just a..." This may be my favorite track off of the new album, unforuntately... it wasn't on the regular Ghost Stories. This is straight from the X&Y era. I love every song they have ever made, but there something special when there is just an acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass and drums in their songs and no fancy effects (I'm a total hypocrite because Mylo was epic). Thanks for enjoying. I will be covering every single song off the new album and posting in the next few days.

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Hello everyone! I'm completely in love with Ghost Story (The Target Bonus track). I know the chords are D, C, G in standard tuning EADGBe. But...I have a feeling that Chris is playing his chords in a different tuning. Can anybody pinpoint the tuning and how to play the chords?

Can someone PM me The three bonus tracks? or at least this song? I heard he youtube posting of it, but it sounds like it's a key higher :(

THEY WERE PERFECT. I was there both nights a wrote blog posts for both PLEASE CHECK IT OUT! July 5th http://ilivephillysports.blogspot.com/2012/07/coldplay-mx-tour-july-5th-2012.html July 6th http://ilivephillysports.blogspot.com/2012/07/second-concert-in-two-nights-coldplay.html

Okay so I got these tickets at 7:30. An hour and a half before they went on. I had tickets for Friday but was upset I was not going last night. So I said what the heck let me look online and see if I can find some nice tickets. I found two tickets right in from on the X stage in the middle of the arena. Best concert I have seen. They were amazing from start to end and didn't mess up at all except food durin clocks when it looked like Johnny's pants were falling down and Chris was laughing at him, I pick up on small things like that. This was my 7th time seeing them in Philadelphia and it was by far the best. We even have pit tickets at Camden and hear we're better especially after just getting them after the show started at 7. I bought the set list was great but wish they could have added politik or lost. Maybe they will change it up tonight. After the show we met Phil Harvey, I shook his hand and introduced my girlfriend and I and he kindly handed us a set list, we tried to meet the back but no luck :(. Maybe he'll see us again tomorrow and we can live our dream of having the priveledge to meet the guys who make music that is at the foundation of my life and my relationship with my future wife. Best night of my life... Actually it'll be two nights!!!

1) Hurts Like Heaven 2) Charlie Brown 3) Every Teardrop is a Waterfall 4) Lovers in Japan 5) Square One 6) Violet Hill 7) Lost! 8) Talk 9) Major Minus 10) Strawberry Swing

this is ridiculous, i can understand joe satriani's case but this is a ridiculous. The ONLY thing that sounds remotely similar is that vocal hook in the chorus and they aren't even that similar. The chords are completely different along with the arrangement. the instruments are obviously different. and as for the beats and mood being similar? that a bit hilarious to me POC is a huge song with crashing drums and a heavy mood. this so called "diva" doesn't have anything on Coldplay sorry.

im gonna have to agree 100% with howyouseetheworld. I live in America and it seems like NME always has something against Coldplay and that they are only interesting in promoting the next oasis which they believe is Kasabian. Kasabian is an okay band an I used to be a big fan but Ive always followed coldplay and have grown as a fan since. I follow any direction that they take and appreciate any music they make. To say one of their albums is better than the other I have to say now is unfair because clearly they reinvent themselves each time and sound great on every record whether it is acoustically like parachutes or this booming atmosphere of sound we hear in MX. I love all of their songs and love this new upbeat and colorful direction. Sorry NME and over here in America NY times.... your bashing the wrong group of musicians. if anything they should be given praise for their hard work ethic and aility to push their musical talents.

Coldplay Mylo Xyloto Album Review October 18, 2011 Coldplay now one of the biggest bands in the world if not the biggest, is on the verge of releasing their fifth album titled Mylo Xyloto. This release comes three years after the mega hit album Viva La Vida or Death and All of His Friends which reached number one on charts around the world and had breathed fresh air into a band that couldn’t get any bigger but instead become better. Many loyal fans of the bad may be driven away from this album because of its style and context, but Coldplay believes it is just another avenue for them to take and to expand their repertoire. Mylo Xyloto, or simply MX is a reflection of the band’s attitude at this point in their career and a culmination of their musical inspirations. Chris Martin, Johnny Buckland, Will Champion and Guy Berryman have decided to do an album that caters to their liking and although it may sound selfish, not to their fans. But what is heard in MX is arguably some of their best work to date with instant classics like Hurts Like Heaven, dance inducing Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, of the heartbreaking Up in Flames. This album reflects the band’s hip-hop and pop influences, but it without a doubt has Coldplay’s footprint throughout. Their edgy riffs and heart pounding melodies are scattered throughout the story-esq album making it another record that many listeners of music will come to know them for generations to come. 1) Mylo Xyloto- a short xylophone driven instrumental scattered with Chris pounding away at his piano and a tremolo picking guitar riff. If fades seamlessly into the first hit. 2) Hurts Like Heaven- a very upbeat song, reminiscent of Arcade Fire and their song “Keep the Car Running”. Johnny’s guitar riffs soar high and the vocal effects on Martin’s voice quickly show off the bands new style. “When you use your heart as a weapon, it hurts like heaven.” 3) Paradise- When listening to this song one may feel as if it could take them to paradise. However there lies beneath all the layers of synths and violins a haunting tone similar to Cemeteries of London. When the fuzz bass drops in the beginning, it is clear that Coldplay have taken a turn not necessarily for the worse but for a brighter and more interesting pop style. 4) Charlie Brown- probably the most Coldplayish sounding tune on the record. It has a bouncy sound with a liquidy guitar lick that is as smooth as the piano riff on Clocks. An instant classic and will be a staple in their live performances for many tours to come. 5) Us Against the World- Probably the most romantic song on the album, it instantly makes me think of my girlfriend and all of the great times we’ve had together, but also reminds me of the bad times and how we survive them together as one and become even stronger. Chris plays quietly on his acoustic and is later joined by each member of the band reflecting on the meaning of the song that they are all if this together no matter what happens. Epically romantic tune. 6) M.M.I.X. – a Brian Eno sounds cape that is a musical interlude to Teardrop 7) Every Teardrop is a Waterfall- This is of heaver hitters in the albums lineup. The club-like synth in the beginning gives way to another tasty guitar melody from Buckland which is kind of like the evil cousin of the riff in Strawberry Swing. The song’s steady beat then turns into a dance inducing tune. The theme of the album is most prevalent in the rebel-like lyrics of the song. The stop-start drum pattern makes the listener want to bang away on some makeshift drums just so they can feel part of the music. 8) Major Minus- a haunting song which is probably the evil related step brother to God Put a Smile Upon Your Face. Johnny’s guitar riffs are was again the centerpiece and are extremely edgy and loud. 9) U.F.O.- a short acoustically driven song. Martin finger picks his strings in a beautiful arrangement of chords and lyrics which echo the main musical theme of the album which is present in all of the musical interludes. 10) Princess of China- back to the heavy pop songs. The guitar takes a back seat on this one for a very heavy layer of synths and bass which is driven by Chris Martin’s lower registering vocals and Rhianna’s signature voice. Both come together and form a very solid song lyrically. It may sound shocking at first but it quickly becomes a catchy hit like Paradise and Teardrop. 11) Up in Flames- one of the simplest of the songs. Based around a slow machine like repetitive drum loop, Chris’s piano and lyrics take listeners back to what it was like when they first heard Fix You. It is so simple of a song but is the most likely to be caught in your head for hours after hearing it. 12) A Hopeful Transmission- the final interlude which is just an alteration of Mylo Xyloto. 13) Don’t Let it Break Your Heart- another upbeat song, probably related to Teardrop. It sounds like a Killers song. Fast guitar and piano riffs surround the duration of the song and raise your spirits to make you happy. There’s even a Kung Fu Panda 2 reference in the song. 14) Up With the Birds- Starts with Chris and his piano with chord structures similar to Christmas Lights and Wedding Bells. But them the second half of the song is driven by guitars strumming classic Coldplay-styled chords. Drums and bass join in with lyrics of optimism continuing throughout the song. The piano exterlude is so gorgeous it makes listeners beg for more. With the album ending on a promising note it is clear that Coldplay is far from finished writing albums regardless of what they say. The different styles of each of these songs represent where Coldplay has been before, where they are now and where they will be. Each album is known for a key element. Parachutes was an acoustic album, A Rush of Blood To the Head was a edgy piano driven album, X&Y was a electronically engineered era, Viva La Vida was an uplifting record based around beats and violin’s and now Mylo Xyloto is a culmination of all of these and new pop influences. It is a brave and bold new direction for the guys but once again they have reinvented themselves and have created another masterpiece of an album which will echo though time as a well crafted piece of music.

All of these new songs sound great. Johnny really stands out. Waiting for this album is killing me!!!