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It's definitely a C :). Do all the chords sound bad, or just those high up the neck? If so, it could be because of bad intonation. Oh, and the C/G in the tab is supposed to be 0 8 9 10 10 8 Welcome to the forum, by the way!

Tune the 1st string down to C (you can easily do this by turning the knob until it sounds like the 1st fret on the 2nd string), and you'll have the correct tuning. You could try playing AROBTTH with this tuning too, it sounds awesome. And I'd add to that tab, that Chris uses his thumb on the 6th string (placed on the same fret as the index finger).

Hello and welcome! I bet you'll have a fantastic birthday this year! No offence, but I had to smile when I saw how you ended you sentences ..!! Or maybe I'm just not familiar with the Irish grammar :cool:.

Hi and welcome! I don't think instrumentals of the VLV album have been made (please correct me if I'm wrong). You can download all the instrumentals from X&Y here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23296 They're 128 kbps mp3s, and they all contain the drummer shouting "1, 2, ..." etc. in the beginning. If you want a higher quality rip of Fix You (and perhaps another file format than mp3) and want the drummer's voice removed, let me know.

I wasn't thinking about transportation costs, but feel free to add it as a side note if you want to. Oh, and this was the most fitting section in my opinion, but just move it if it's in the wrong place.

It would be fun (scary?) to see how much money the people at Coldplaying have spent on Coldplay over the years. I'm mainly thinking of things you have bought that the band itself gets money from; Albums/singles/DVDs, concert tickets, tab/chord books, clothes and other Coldplay merchandise. When summed up, I think this could be a quite large amount. So make an estimate, and post the amount in $/£/€. You can easily convert between currencies here: Personally, I haven't bought that much stuff, and haven't been to concerts. But I guess CDs plus some tab books add up to about $110. So, if you dare, post your spendings! (Oh, and don't feel bad if you've spent a lot - I bet in most cases it's been worth the money!)

Haha, it wasn't the most revealing picture out there, I know. But hey, it's a starter. Maybe I'll post some others in the future.

Me a couple of years ago (the only pic I found of myself on this PC):

When I was little, I thought babies

That tab didn't seem 100% correct. I think this should be close to perfection: Tuning: EADGBE or EADGBD# (preferred) Chords: B F# E G#m C#m E* |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--| |--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--|--0--| |--8--|--3--|--1--|--4--|--9--|--13-| |--9--|--4--|--2--|--6--|--11-|--14-| |--9--|--4--|--2--|--6--|--11-|--14-| |--7--|--2--|--0--|--4--|--9--|--12-| Thumb on low E (though Chris uses index finger when playing E*) Verse: B F# E B F# E E B Chorus: E B G#m F# E B B F# Between chorus and bridge: E B Bridge: C#m E* B F# C#m E* B F# Between last verse and outro: E B Outro: G#m F# E B G#m F# E B

Glad I could help. And I learned a funky Coldplay riff too. :santa2:

I just tried out that tab (the intro), and I think it's pretty good. I made some minor adjustments to the part in question (might not be correct, but I think it sounds better), and did a quick sound recording. E|---------------------------------------------------------- B|-----1p0---------------/3-3----3p0------------0----------- G|----------2p0-----0--2-/4-4--------4p0----0h2---------0--- D|---3------------2-----------------------2---------0h2----- A|---------------------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------------------- B|-----1p0---------------/3-3----3p0------------------------ G|----------2p0-----0--2-/4-4----------4p0---0h2-----0------ D|---3------------2------------------------------0h2-------- A|---------------------------------------------------------- E|---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.sendspace.com/file/bvapry (the guitar was just plugged into the PC, so no nice effects like in the original). To sum it up: I think the tab is decent and doesn't seem to lack any major part in the intro. Maybe you just got to work on the timing?

Hehe, well, I must admit I needed a couple of minutes to remember how it was. But I think it's correct. Here it's done with the product rule: http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8153/deriv3pi2.gif I bet there are ten more ways to do it :P.

Yep, check out post #17.

Well, you treat the x like a constant. Check out the pic.

Starlight - you did a little mistake there. You got to multiply sqrt(x) with x before differentiating. http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/321/deriv2iz7.gif

Is this what you're looking for? http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8795/derivsm4.gif

I'm not 100% sure, 'cause those tunings sound pretty much the same. But I think CACGBC has a nicer clang. That would be right. You could also use this online guitar tuner: http://www.chordbook.com/guitartuner.php

I just heard (the brand new?) Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground for the first time 10 minutes ago. It's evident that the guitar in that song is not in standard tuning. I happened to have my acoustic guitar in CACGBC tuning (used in Til Kingdom Come), and thought I heard similar chords. So I picked up the guitar and found out that CACGBC is most likely the tuning used in NMFWTTG. I haven't had the time to put together a complete chord pattern, but here are some chords you could try (I used the same chord names as the X&Y tab book used). They are probably in the order of "appearance" :P: .......C5..Csus2...C*....C...Gsus4... C|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----- B|-----1-----3-----5-----5-----8----- G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----- C|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----- A|-----3-----5-----7-----3-----10---- C|-----0-----x-----x-----0-----x----- I'm pretty busy at the moment, so if anyone wants to match the chords with the lyrics - feel free!

Something like E|-------13-16-13----------13-16-13---------| B|-13-14----------14-13-14----------14-16s4-|

I think it looks like a Takamine EN40: http://www.takamine.com/?fa=detail&mid=127&sid=352#

(I Just) Died in Your Arms by Cutting Crew. :D I like that song.

You're welcome, and I agree that arcade365's version is very good too :). Thanks for correcting me - I don't think the 6th string is played in the F#m bar chord, so I'd go for x|9|11|11|10|9.

Lucky dutchmen! What's up with Chris' "Buh-buh-bury me in armour"? He's done that in all three live versions of VH that I've seen :wacko:. Will's VLV drumming is really cool - it's a good workout indeed.

I guess he plays in standard tuning. He uses his thumb on the E-string throughout the song, but in the outro he also plays some regular bar chords (marked with a star (*)). I'm not 100% sure about the outro, since the camera isn't filming his guitar all the time. There are some rapid chord changes there - maybe someone can correct me? C#m A F# B G# E e|---0----0----0----0----0-----0- B|---9----5----2----7----4----12- G|---9----6----3----8----4----13- D|--11----7----4----9----6----14- A|--11----7----4----9----6----14- E|---9----5----2----7----4----12- C#m Was a long and dark December From the rooftops i remember A There was snow F# White snow Clearly I remember From the windows they were watching While we froze down below A When the future's architectured B C#m By a carnival of idiots on show B You'd better lie low A G# If you love me E C#m B C#m Won't you let me know? Was a long and dark December When the banks became cathedrals And the fog Became God Priests clutched onto bibles Hollowed out to fit their rifles And the cross Was held aloft Bury me in armor When I'm dead and hit the ground My love's opposed But unfolds If you love me Won't you let me know? *Guitar Solo* [verse chords] I don't want to be a soldier That a captain of some sinking ship Would stow, far below So if you love me Why'd you let me go? A C#m F# E* C#m B* A I took my love down to Vio-let Hill B* C#m B* A And there we sat in snow B* F# E C#m B And all that time she was sil-ent still G# A* G# So if you love me E C#m B A Won't you let me know? A G# If you love me, E C#m B C#m Won't you let me know?