This is one of my favorite songs to sing and play on the acoustic.
It's the Coldplay bside Help Is Round The Corner!
Normally this song is in open C# tuning just like God Put A Smile Upon Your Face,
but I figured out a way to get almost the exact same results with a capo and
tuning your E down to C#.
Ok so first tune your low E to C#.
Now grab your capo and put it on reverse,
so that the first five EBGDA strings are capo'd on the first fret.
Make sure you have the low C# uncapo'd and that everything rings out clearly without buzzing.
Notes are NOT tabbed relative to the capo!
So 1's on the first 5 strings are opens on the capo.
Now here are the chords!
E|--1--------1--------1--------1--------1-------x--------|
B|--2--------2--------2--------2--------2-------6--------|
G|--1--------3--------1--------3--------3-------6--------|
D|--3--------3--------3--------4--------1-------6--------|
A|--4--------4--------4--------x--------1-------8--------|
C#|--0--------0--------4--------5--------2-------7--------|
Stuck here, in the middle of nowhere
With a headache, and a heavy heart
Well, nothing was going quite right here
And I'm tired, I can't play my part
Oh, come on, come on
Oh, what a state I'm in
Oh, come on, come on
Why won't it just sink in?
That help is just around the corner for us
Oh, my head won't stop aching
And I'm sat here, licking my wounds
And I'm shattered, but it really doesn't matter
Cause my rescue is gonna be here soon
Oh, come on, come on
Oh, what a state I'm in
Oh, come on, come on
Why won't it just sink in?
That help is just around the corner for us
That help is just around the corner for us
That help is just around the corner for us
I'd say it's pretty accurate, although I had to compromise a bit with the C#/G# chord,
because the actual chord in this tuning would be impossible to play. :(
Enjoy! =D