Oasis - Don't look back in Anger Guitar Chords, Lyrics, Tabs, Song meanings & Facts

Looks like I have nothing to do today, so here's my second post for the day. Don't look back in anger by Oasis, from their hit second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? The song was written by Noel Gallagher, Oasis's guitarist and main songwriter.

Well, about the meaning of the song, there's lots said and discussed about this song, some say that this song is about not thinking about the past, some say it's to forget the past, but like always, I believe what the songwriter himself has to say about the song.

Noel Gallagher said of the song, "[It] reminds me of a cross between "All the Young Dudes" and [something] The Beatles might have done." Of the character "Sally" referred to in the song he commented, "I don't actually know anybody called Sally. It's just a word that fit, y'know, might as well throw a girl's name in there. It's gotta guarantee somebody a shag off a bird called Sally, hasn't it?"

Noel also accepts that some part of the lyrics are lifted from John lennon, and the opening riff is also similar to John Lennon's Imagine. Noel Gallagher commented on the intro's similarity to "Imagine" saying, "In the case of Don't Look Back in Anger - I mean, the opening piano riff's Imagine. 50% of it's put in there to wind people up, and the other 50% is saying 'look, this is how songs like Don't Look Back in Anger come about - because they're inspired by songs like Imagine'. And no matter what people might think, there will be some 13 year old kid out there who'll read an interview and think 'Imagine? I've never heard that song' and he might go and buy the album, you know what I mean?" Gallagher also admits that he was under the influence of illegal substances when he wrote the song and to this day he claims he does not know what it means.

Alright, so that was about the background of the song, and here are the guitar chords now, very simple and basic chords. I am sure that you would not face any difficulty playing this one.


Oasis - Don't look back in Anger Guitar Chords, Lyrics, Tabs, Song meanings & Facts

C     G     Am     E     F    G    C   (Am-G)

C               G           Am              E              F

Slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find

G                  C     Am-G

A better place to play

C               G          Am                E                  F

You said that you'd never been, but all the things that you've seen

G               C

Are gonna fade away   ( slowly fade away )

Pre-chorus

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F               Fm              C

So I start a revolution from my bed

F                 Fm                      C

Cos you said the brains I have went to my head

F                   Fm            C

Step outside, the summertime's in bloom

Dm                              E

Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face

Am                   G              F           G

Cos you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

Chorus

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C   G         Am        E             F                    G          C   Am-G

So Sally can wait, she knows its too late as we're (she's) walking on by

     C     G     Am  E                F            G             C

Her soul slides away, but Don't Look Back in Anger, I heard you say

C               G              Am        E         F

Take me to the place where you go where nobody knows

G                  C     Am-G

If it's night or day

C               G              Am        E         F

Please don't put your life in the hands of a rock'n'roll band

G                  C     Am-G

Who'll throw it all away

F               Fm              C

So I start a revolution from my bed

F                 Fm                      C

Cos you said the brains I have went to my head

F                   Fm            C

Step outside, the summertime's in bloom

Dm                              E

Stand up beside the fireplace, take that look from off your face

Am                   G              F           G

Cos you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

Chorus

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C   G         Am        E             F                    G          C   Am-G

So Sally can wait, she knows its too late as we're (she's) walking on by

     C     G     Am  E                F            G             C

Her soul slides away, but Don't Look Back in Anger, I heard you say

Coldplay - Yellow Guitar Chords, Lyrics, Tabs, Song meanings & Facts

Hello Fellas, Writing on a Sunday evening from Mumbai, India. And today we have the beautiful love song by Coldplay, Yellow. The song is from Coldplay's debut album Parachutes released in 2000.

Well, as mentioned on Wikipedia, "Yellow" was written in a Rockfield studio in Wales. One night after finishing recording "Shiver", the lead single of the album, the band took a break and went out of the studio. Outside, there were few lights on and the stars in the sky were visible and "just amazing", according to the song's co-producer, Ken Nelson. He told the band to look at the stars, which they did. Vocalist Chris Martin was inspired by the sight and the song's main melody, consisting of a chord pattern, popped into his head. At first, Martin did not take it seriously "as he relayed the tune to the rest of the band in his worst Neil Young impersonation voice". Martin has said, "The song had the word 'stars' and that seemed like a word you should sing in a Neil Young voice. The melody "started off a lot slower", according to drummer Will Champion, and it sounded like a Neil Young song. Not long after, despite not taking the song seriously, Martin's idea worked out when he had developed the tempo of the verse. When guitarist Jonny Buckland started playing it and supplemented it with his ideas, they had created the riff, "and it sort of got a bit heavier".

While composing the song's lyrics, however, Martin could not find the right words. He was thinking of a specific word, which he deemed a missing key word in the lyrics, to fit the song's concept. He looked around the studio and found the telephone directory Yellow Pages, which happened to be situated nearest to him. Martin later titled the song "Yellow" as a reference to the directory. The lyrics progressed from there with the band collaborating. Bassist Guy Berryman came up with the opening line "Look at the stars". That night, having quickly composed the song, the band recorded it. What a story behinfd this great song.

Well, the chords aren't pretty much an easy progression, you might find the chord shifting difficult if you are a beginner, but man don't give up and practice for a while and you will master. Do leave your comments, feedbacks, or any personal experiences that you would like to share about this song.

Coldplay - Yellow Guitar Chords, Lyrics, Tabs, Song meanings & Facts

B F#

Look at the stars, look how they shine for you

E B

And everything you do, yeah they were all yellow

F#

I came along, i wrote a song for you

E B

And all the things you do and it was called yellow

F# E

And so i took my turn, oh what a thing to have done

                     B  Bsus4  B

And it was all yellow

CHORUS 1:

E G#m F#

And your ski-in, oh yeah your skin and bo-ones

E G#m F#

Turn innnnn to something beautifu-ul

E G#m F#

And you kno-ow you know i love you so-o

 E                [nc]          B   F#   E   B

you know i love you so-o

VERSE 2:

B F#

I swam across, i jumped across for you

E B

Oh what a thing to do, cos you were all yellow

F#

I drew a line, I drew a line for you

E

Oh what a thing to do

                     B  Bsus4 B

And it was all yellow

CHORUS 2:

E G#m F#

And your ski-in, oh yeah your skin and bo-ones

E G#m F#

Turn innnnn to something beautifu-ul

E G#m F#

 And you kno-ow for you I'd bleed myself dry

 E                [nc]          B   F#   E   B

 For you I'd bleed myself dry...

OUTRO:

B                                  F#

It's true, look how they shine for you

E

look how they shine for you

B

look how they shine for

F#

look how they shine for you

E

look how they shine for you

B

look how they shine

B                                  F#

look at the stars, look how they shine for you

E

and all the things you do

Chords:

B     799877 / x24442

Bsus4 799977 / x24452

F#    244322 / x98676

E     022100 / x79997

G#m   466444

A     x02220