Coldplay - Swallowed In The Sea

coldplay – swallowed in the sea

there are already about four versions of this song on here and no one’s
gotten it quite right yet!!! here’s how it’s played .

tuning :

– D# –
– B –
– G –
– D –
– A –
– E –

standard tuning with high E 1/2 step down . ( same tuning as another
coldplay song , “yellow” )

i’ve tabbed the chord fingerings first . the progression is after .
play the sixth string with your thumb . otherwise it’s much harder
to fret the minor chords .

aside from the thumb fingerings on the sixth string , the major chords
are usually played with the 2nd , 3rd , and 4th fingers . you can play
them with the 1st , 2nd , and 3rd however . minor chords use thumb , 1st , 3rd , and 4th
fingers .

chords : ( remember the high E [ first string ] is tune one half
step down to D# . the other 5 strings are standard tuning )

B : – 0 – F# : – 0 – E : – 0 – G#m : – 0 – C#m : – 0 –
– 0 – – 0 – – 0 – – 0 – – 0 –
– 8 – – 3 – – 1 – – 4 – – 9 –
– 9 – – 4 – – 2 – – 6 – – 11 –
– 9 – – 4 – – 2 – – 6 – – 11 –
– 7 – – 2 – – 0 – – 4 – – 9 –

play around with these chords , then you can start putting together the song . it’s
actually quite easy!!!

first verse on the album version is only vocals and synthesizer , but this is the
progression he plays on the acoustic guitar version .

( quietly )
B F# E B
you cut me down a tree and brought it back to me

F# E E B
and that’s what made me see where i was going wrong

B F# E B
you put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself

F# E E B
i can only blame myself you can only blame me

E B G#m F#
and i could write a song a hundred miles long

E B B F#
well , that’s where i belong and you belong with me

E B G#m F#
and i could write it down or spread it all around

E B B F# B
get lost and then get found or swallowed in the sea . . . . . . . . . . . .

( louder )
B F# E B
you put me on a line and hung me out to dry

F# E E B
and darling that’s when i decided to go to see you

B F# E B
you cut me down to size and opened up my eyes

F# E E B
made me realize what i could not see

E B G#m F#
and i could write a book the one they’ll say that shook

E B B F#
the world , and then it took it took it back from me

E B G#m F#
and i could write it down or spread it all around

E B B F#
get lost and then get found and you’ll come back to me

E B
not swallowed in the sea

bridge : ( C#m E B F# ) x4

* ( the rest of the chords are basically just a repeat of the
earlier progression )

E B G#m F#
and i could write a song a hundred miles long

E B B F#
well , that’s where i belong and you belong with me

E B G#m F#
the streets you’re walking on a thousand houses long

E B B F#
well , that’s where i belong and you belong with me

E B G#m F#
oh what good is it to live with nothing left to give ,

E B B F#
forget but not forgive , not loving all you see?

E B G#m F#
oh the streets you’re walking on a thousand houses long

E B B F#
well that’s where i belong and you belong with me

E B
not swallowed in the sea

G#m F# E B
you belong with me not swallowed in the sea

G#m F# E B
yeah , you belong with me not swallowed in the sea . . . . .

cheers . – brad ( bwlewis385@yahoo . com )