Yellow Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	A
Capo:	2nd fret

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Chords

Asus

Esus

Dmaj7

F#m

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Capo 2
 
[Intro]
A  Asus  E  Esus  D  D2  A  Asus
 
 
[Verse]
A                                          E
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
                   D2
And everything you do, yeah they were all yellow
A                                 E
I came along, I wrote a song for you
                       D2
And all the things you do and it was called yellow
A                      E                             D2
And so then I took my turn, oh what a thing to have done
                      A    Asus    A
and it was all yellow
 
 
[Chorus]
D        Dmaj7 F#m               E             D
And your ski - in, oh yeah your skin and bones
    Dmaj7 F#m             E         D
Turn in - into something beautiful
      Dmaj7  F#m               E        D
And you kno - ow you know I love you so
D2                      A  Asus  E  Esus  D  D2  A  Asus
You know I love you so
 
 
[Verse]
A                                   E
I swam across, I jumped across for you
                    D2
Oh what a thing to do, 'cuz you were all yellow
A                                 E
I drew a line, I drew a line for you
                    D2
Oh what a thing to do
                       A  Asus  A
And it was all yellow
 
 
[Chorus]
D        Dmaj7 F#m               E             D
And your ski - in, oh yeah your skin and bones
    Dmaj7 F#m             E         D
Turn in - into something beautiful
       Dmaj7 F#m              E            D
And you kno - ow for you I'd bleed myself dry
D2                            A  Asus  E  Esus  D  D2  A  Asus
For you I'd bleed myself dry
 
 
[Bridge]
        A        Asus                E    Esus
It's true, look how they shine for you
                         D    D2
Look how they shine for you
                      A Asus
Look how they shine for
                         E Esus
Look how they shine for you
                          D D2
Look how they shine for you
 
Look how they shine
 
 
[Outro]
A                                          Em
  Look at the stars, look how they shine for you
                         D
and all the things that you do
X

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Yellow – Coldplay

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25 comments

I think the D2 is something else. Not sure what the chord is called but it's a D where you don't press the high E string. (still strum it just not pressing so it plays as an open string)

Thanks! I lost this one here as well... this is the only correct version

and D2 is Dsus2