Song Guitar Chords, Song Lyrics, Song Tabs & Song meanings

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