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CLOCKS (Bassline)

As recorded by Coldplay

(From the 2002 Album A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD)

Transcribed by Aidan Hampson

Words and Music by Coldplay

Arranged by Aidan Hampson

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'

Intro

Moderately Fast Q=132

4/4

Gtr I

Wx8

||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||

||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-o||

Verse

||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

Chorus

1.

|-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|------------------o||

|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||

2.

||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||

||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||

Bridge

Interlude

W +W +W +W

Wx4

Chorus

||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||

||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||

Outro

||o-------------6-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-|-8-8-8-6-6-6-5-5-|-----------------o||

||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||

W W +W W 4x

||o----------|----------|------------|-------o||

||o-6--------|----------|------------|--8----o||

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

/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

- 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 .="">

= BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

</e>

</n>