Yellow
by Coldplay
🎤 Pop
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆
Tuning
Standard
Capo
None
The shimmering acoustic intro from Coldplay's 2000 breakthrough hit. Jonny Buckland's arpeggiated pattern in B uses open strings ringing against fretted notes to create the song's signature sparkle.
e|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|
G|--8-------8---6-------6---4-------4---4-------4-|
D|--9-------9---6-------6---4-------4---4-------4-|
A|--x-------x---x-------x---x-------x---2-------2-|
E|--7-------7---4-------4---2-------2---x-------x-|
e|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|
G|--8-------8---6-------6---4-------4---4-------4-|
D|--9-------9---6-------6---4-------4---4-------4-|
A|--x-------x---x-------x---x-------x---2-------2-|
E|--7-------7---4-------4---2-------2---x-------x-|