Clocks Chords

by Coldplay
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
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4 contributors total, last edit on Apr 26, 2024
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Chords

D
Am
Em
Fmaj7
C
G
F

Strumming

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Piano Riff x2
 
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Guitar Riff
   D                         Am
e|-10-------10-------10----|-8------8------8----|
B|----10-------10-------10-|---10-----10-----10-|
G|-------11-------11-------|------9------9------|
D|-0-----------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------------------|-0------------------|
E|-------------------------|--------------------|
 
   Am                   Em
e|-8------8------8----|-7-----7-----7---|
B|---10-----10-----10-|---8-----8-----8-|
G|------9------9------|-----9-----9-----|
D|--------------------|-----------------|
A|-0------------------|-7---------------|
E|--------------------|-----------------|
 
 
[Intro]
(w/Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
/ D       / Am       / Am       / Em       / (x2)
 
 
[Verse]
 
D                    Am(2)                                 Em
Lights go out and I can't be saved, tides that I tried to swim against
D                 Am (2)                Em
Brought me down upon my knees, oh I beg I beg and plead -singing
D               Am (2)                       Em
Come out of the things unsaid, shoot an apple off my head - and a
D              Am (2)                       Em
trouble that can't be named, tigers waiting to be tamed - singing
 
 
[Chorus]
(w/Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
D      Am (2)           Em       D      Am (2)           Em
  ye hooooooooh    aahh       ye hooooooooh    aahh
 
 
[Instrumental]
(w/Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
/ D       / Am       / Am       / Em       / (x2)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  D       Am (2)                         Em
Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks - gonna
D             Am (2)                              Em
come back and take you home, I could not stop the tune now known - singing
D             Am (2)                     Em
Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities - am I
D       Am (2)                        Em
a part of the cure, or am I a part of the disease? - singing
 
 
[Chorus]
(w/Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
D      Am (2)           Em       D      Am (2)           Em
  ye hooooooooh    aahh       ye hooooooooh    aahh
 
 
[Instrumental]
(w/High Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
/ D       / Am       / Am       / Em       / (x2)
 
 
[Chorus]
(w/High Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
D      Am (2)           Em       D      Am (2)           Em
  ye hooooooooh    aahh       ye hooooooooh    aahh
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Fmaj7 (2)                     C       G
  and nothing else compares
Fmaj7 (2)                   C       G
  oh nothing else compares
Fmaj7 (2)                     C       G     F (4)
  and nothing else compares
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
(Piano Riff or Guitar Riff x2)
 
(w/High Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
/ D       / Am       / Am       / Em       / (x2)
 
 
[Chorus]
(w/High Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
D      Am (2)           Em       D      Am (2)           Em
  ye hooooooooh    aahh       ye hooooooooh    aahh
 
 
[Outro]
(w/High Piano Riff or Guitar Riff)
 
D          Am (2)              Em
Home, home, where I wanted to go
D          Am (2)              Em
Home, home, where I wanted to go
D          Am (2)              Em
Home, home, where I wanted to go
D          Am (2)              Em
Home, home, where I wanted to go
 
 
[Instrumental]
(High Piano Riff or Guitar Riff x2)
 
 
[Ending]
 
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Clocks – Coldplay
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6 comments
jmponty
[tab] e|10--------10------10------|---8---------8------8-----| B|---10--------10-------10--|-----10--------10----10---| G|-----11--------11---------|--------9--------9--------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------| e|---8-------8--------8----|--7--------7--------7------| B|----10------10-------10--|----8---------8--------8---| G|------9-------9----------|------9----------9---------| D|-------------------------|---------------------------| A|-------------------------|---------------------------| E|-------------------------|---------------------------| [/tab]
+4
piotrka_konto
"you are, you are"* it isn't "yeah hooh [...]" :)
+2
aidan.bath
if following the tabs is too difficult, you can use the same picking with the actual chords and it's the same notes.
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