Trouble Bass

TROUBLE (Bassline)
                             As recorded by Coldplay
                        (From the 2000 Album PARACHUTES)
 
Words and Music by Guy Berryman , Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
Transcribed by BvS
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'FingrdBass'
 
         Intro
  Q=70
                          G          Em7
 4/4
                          Gtr I
   W      Wx4             Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S
|------||-------------||------------------------|
|------||-------------||------------------------|
|------||-------------||-------5--6--7----------|
|------||-------------||--3---------------5--6--|
 
 
  Bm      G          Em7          Bm
  W       Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S    W
|------|------------------------|------||
|------|------------------------|------||
|------|-------5--6--7----------|------||
|-7----|--3---------------5--6--|-7----||
 
 
 Verse 1
  G   Em7  Bm    F  Am    G Em7  Bm    FAm   G
   W        W       W       W     W     W     W
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
|-------|------|--------|------|-----|-----|------|
 
 
  Q.   S S Q.   S S   W          Q.   S S Q.   S S   W
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|------5-6-7--------|----------|------5-6-7--------|------||
|-3-------------5-6-|-7--------|-3-------------5-6-|-7----||
 
 
 Verse 2
  H    H      W          H    H
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-3----0----|-7--------|-1----5----|
 
 
  H    Q..   S   W          H    H      W
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|-3----0-----0-|-7--------|-1----5----|-3----||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   S S   Q  Q    Q.   S  S  Q  Q    Q.   S S   Q  Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------7-9--11-----|------------------|------7-9--11-----|
|-0-------------9--|-7----7--9-10--7--|-0-------------9--|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
 
 
  Q.    S   S   Q   Q    Q.   S S   Q  Q    Q.   S  S   Q  Q    H.      Q    W
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------|----|
|------12--11--12------|------7-9--11-----|-------------------|------------|----|
|-7----------------10--|-0-------------9--|-7----7--9--10--7--|-0-------9--|-7--|
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------|----|
 
 
  Q.   S S Q.   S S   W          Q.   S S Q.   S S   W
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|-------------------|----------|-------------------|------||
|------5-6-7--------|----------|------5-6-7--------|------||
|-3-------------5-6-|-7--------|-3-------------5-6-|-7----||
 
 
 Verse
  H    H      W          H    H
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-3----0----|-7--------|-1----5----|
 
 
  H    Q..   S   W          H    H      W
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|--------------|----------|-----------|------||
|-3----0-----0-|-7--------|-1----5----|-3----||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q.   S  S   Q  Q    Q.   S  S   Q  Q    Q.   S  S   Q  Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------7--9--11-----|-------------------|------7--9--11-----|
|-0--------------9--|-7----7--9--10--7--|-0--------------9--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  Q.    S   S   Q   Q    Q.   S S   Q  Q    Q.   S  S   Q  Q    H.   Q     W
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|----|
|------12--11--12------|------7-9--11-----|-------------------|---------|----|
|-7----------------10--|-0-------------9--|-7----7--9--10--7--|-0----9--|--7-|
|----------------------|------------------|-------------------|---------|----|
 
 
  Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S     W      Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S     W
|----------------------|--------|----------------------|-------|
|----------------------|--------|----------------------|-------|
|------5--6--7---------|--------|------5--6--7---------|-------|
|-3---------------5--6-|---7----|-3---------------5--6-|---7---|
 
 
  Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S     W     Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S    W
|----------------------|-------|----------------------|------||
|----------------------|-------|----------------------|------||
|------5--6--7---------|-------|------5--6--7---------|------||
|-3---------------5--6-|---7---|-3---------------5--6-|--7---||
 
 
 Bridge
  Em F#m G  F#m Em F#m G  F#m Em F#mGF#m  Em
   W      W      W      W      W     W     W     W
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|-----||
 
 
   Outro
                                   1.
    Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S    W       Q.   S  S  Q.   S  S
||-----------------------|--------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|--------|----------------------|
||o------5--6--7---------|--------|------5--6--7---------|
||--3---------------5--6-|--7-----|-3---------------5--6-|
 
 
            2.
   W          H     H         W          +W
|---------||--------------|----------|----------*|
|--------o||--------------|----------|----------*|
|--------o||--------7-----|----------|----------*|
|--7------||--3-----------|---7------|---(7)----*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X