Violet Hillv8

Artist: Coldplay

Song: Violet Hill

Album: Viva La Vida...

Made by Maxime Legault (insomniak40@hotmail.com)

Hi everyone! So I made up this ACOUSTIC VERSION to help people who would like to play

coldplay song,

so it's not the album version (since it's a lot of piano...), but feel free for any

or suggestions !!!

So enjoy!!!

EDIT AUGUST 11th 2010: Changed the lyrics, they are now accurate, they are from

Coldplay's official website.

Standard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret

Chords:

Bm ========== x24432

Bsus2 ======= x24422

G =========== 3x0003

Dmaj7sus4/G = 3x0023

Em ========== 022000

Em6 ========= 022020

Em(2) ======= 079987

A =========== x02220

F#m ========= 244222

D =========== xx0232 or 200232

F# (note) === 2xxxxx

EASY VERSION:

VERSE 1:

Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow, white snow

Clearly I remember from the windows

They were watching while we froze

Down below

CHORUS:

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

If you love me, won’t you let me know?

VERSE 2:

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And a fox became God

Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

CHORUS:

Bury me an armour

When I’m dead and hit the ground

My nerves are poles that unfroze

If you love me, won’t you let me know?

GUITAR SOLO:

(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3

a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)

(3x) (1x)

(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first

time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)

CHORUS:

I don’t want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow

Far below

So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?

OUTRO:

I took my love down to Violet Hill

There we sat in the snow

All that time she was silent still

Said if you love me, won’t you let me know?

If you love me, won’t you let me know?

MORE COMPLEX VERSION:

VERSE 1:

Was a long and dark December

From the rooftops I remember

There was snow , white snow

Clearly I remember from the windows

They were watching while we froze

Down below

CHORUS:

When the future's architectured

By a carnival of idiots on show

You'd better lie low

F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm

If you love me, won’t you let me know?

VERSE 2:

Was a long and dark December

When the banks became cathedrals

And a fox became God

Priests clutched onto bibles

Hollowed out to fit their rifles

And the cross was held aloft

CHORUS:

Bury me an armour

When I’m dead and hit the ground

My nerves are poles that unfroze

F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm

If you love me, won’t you let me know?

GUITAR SOLO:

(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3

a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)

(3x) (1x)

(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first

time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)

CHORUS:

I don’t want to be a soldier

Who the captain of some sinking ship

Would stow

Far below

F#(note) G F#m D Bm A Bm

So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?

OUTRO:

I took my love down to Violet Hill

There we sat in the snow

All that time she was silent still

So, if you love me, won’t you let me know?

If you love me, won’t you let me know?

So it's pretty much all there. For the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead

playing the Em (and Em6 for the complex one)),

you can play the last 4 chords written in the "guitar solo"...

So enjoy !!! (and feel free for any suggestions)

(BTW, it's pretty fun to play around a fire with friends and beer!!)