A Message Tab

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                             A Message - Coldplay
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Tabbed by: igorrilave
E-mail: igor.rilave@hotmail.com
 
My first tab :)
 
Based on this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE84dNTzeiM
 
Tuning: Standart EADGBE
 
 
 No Electric Guitar until about 1:13
 
 
  D#m
     And I'm not gonna...
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------11-11-------------------11-11------------------------------------|
D|-13-13-13-------13-13-13-13-13-13-------13-13-13---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  C#                       G#
  Take...               It back
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------10-10------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-11-11-11-------13-11-13-13-13-13-13-13-15-15-15---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
         F#      Fm      G#
  And I get that message home
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------|
D|-------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Verse:
 
Riff 1:
  C#           Fm  G# (Just keep repeating this riff)
   My song is love
e|----8-9--------8-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------9---------9-(There isn't that last note in Album version)----------|
G|-10-------10-8-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Riff 2:
             F#            Fm                     G#
  You don't have...     to be...                alone
e|----9--------9-----9--------9--------9-----9------8----8-----8-9--------8--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------9---------|
G|-11----11-11----11----11-10----10-10----10---10-8---8-----10-------10-8----|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
             F#            Fm                     G#
  You don't have...     to be...                on your own
e|----9--------9-----9--------9--------9-----9------8----8---8-----8-----8--8|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11----11-11----11----11-10----10-10----10---10-8---8-8--8---8-8---8-8--8--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 Solo:
 
e|---------9-9----------------9-9---------------8-8--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11----------11-11-11-11--------10-10-10-10-------8-8-8-8-----/11-11-------| 2x
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(2nd time without that slide)
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Last Chorus:
D#m                   C#       G#
  And I'm not gonna stand and wait
e|-9-9------------------9-9------------------9-9-----------------8-8---------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----11-11-11---11--------11-11-11---11--------10-10-10---10-------8-8-8--8|3x
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Pre-Ending: Riff 2 (finish by picking the following G# chord: xxx8x8)
 
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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
 
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