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Band: Coldplay
Song: Ladder To The Sun
Album: Unreleased.
Words & Music: Guy Berrymen, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
From: JaemiH.
E-mail: forkontheright@msn.com
Thanks to Zachary (1st version of the tab) for providing the template... hope he doesn't mind.
Guitar's in standard tuning... a rarity for Coldplay, I must say. Still some
different chords though...I'm giving them semi-standard names because I have no
clue what they are really called.
The Chords:
B B* Ab* Ab*add5 F E
e| 7 7 0 0 2 0
b| 7 7 0 0 2 0
G| 8 7 4 6 3 1
D| 9 8 6 x 4 2
A| 9 9 6 6 4 2
E| 7 7 4 4 2 0
Verse 1:
B B*
From the very start, it
G#* (G#*add5)
Came a-part and,
B* B* Ab*
Broke up into pieces and...
F B B*
There's a chance I could have missed it,
G#* (G#*add5)
It could risked it,
(F) B B* Ab*
But I put myself into your hands,
B
Cos you're not just anyone,
Ab*
You're a ladder to the sun,
B
Oh, You're not just anyone,
Ab*
You're a ladder to the sun.
Verse 2:
B B*
I could run my courses and ah,
G#* (G#*add5)
Opposing forces and ah,
B B* Ab*
Men are just mortals, and...
B B*
Oh If you want me then you can have me,
G#* (G#*add5)
C'mon take me, oh baby grab me,
B B* Ab*
Cos If you want me then you can have me,
B
Cos you're not just anyone,
Ab*
You're a ladder to the sun,
B
Oh You're not just anyone,
Ab*
You're my ladder to the sun.
E
Oh now boy, what you may not turn?
F
You set a course and she couldn't run,
E (slide up to B again.)
Oh now boy what you may not turn...
(1st instrumental -- listen to the song for timing) B B* B B*
Verse 3:
E
I had it all and I risked it,
C#m F
And it could risk it,
E C#m F
I had it all and, and I risked it all,
B
Then I risked it all.
( 2nd instrumental -- listen to the song to get the timing right -- alternates
between B and G#* )
B
And I risked it all,
B*
A ladder to the,
Ab*
A ladder to the sun,
(G#*add5)
A ladder to the,
B
A ladder to the sun,
B*
A ladder to the,
Ab*
A ladder to the sun,
B
I had it all and I risked it all,
B*
A ladder to the,
Ab*
A ladder to the sun,
(G#*add5)
A ladder to the,
B
A ladder to the sun,
B*
A ladder to the,
Ab*
A ladder to the sun,
E B Fmaj [note, to make this transition easier,
use (top to bottom) 024422 as your "B" chord.]
I had it all and I risk it all,
E
And I risked it all,
B F E
Ohh, and I risked it all,
B
I had it all,
F E
and I risked it all,
B F...
Ohh, and I risked it all...
B (strum entire chord slower)
A ladder to the sun.
