SPEED OF SOUND
As recorded by Coldplay
(From the 2005 Album X&Y)
Words and Music by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 1(clean)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 2(dist) w/ slide'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Piano arr. for Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4(slight dist)'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr 5(dist) w/ slide'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=124
Asus4 Em7
4/4
Gtr I
| Q H +Q W Wx7 H +Q. E
|----------------||----------|------------|---------------|
|------7----(7)s=||=5--------|------------|------------0--|
|----------------||----------|------------|-2----(2)---0--|
|----------------||----------|------------|-2----(2)---2--|
|----------------||----------|------------|---------------|
|----------------||----------|------------|---------------|
Em7 D A Em
Gtr III
+H +Q. E +H +Q. E +H +E Q. H +Q. E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(0)----(0)---3-|-(3)----(3)-----|-----------------|------------0--|
|-(0)----(0)---0-|-(0)----(0)---2-|-(2)----(2)-2----|-2----(2)---0--|
|-(2)----(2)---2-|-(2)----(2)---4-|-(4)----(4)-4----|-2----(2)---2--|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Em7 D
Gtr I
| Q H +Q W Wx7
|----------------||----------|--------|
|------7----(7)s=||=5--------|--------|
|----------------||----------|--------|
|-(4)------------||----------|--------|
|----------------||----------|--------|
|----------------||----------|--------|
| +W
|
|
| +Q Q E Q E Q H +Q W W W
|----------0--------|----------------||----------|----------|------|
|-------------3-----|------7----(7)s=||=5--------|----------|------|
|-(0)---0-----------|----------------||----------|----------|------|
|-----------------4-|-(4)------------||----------|----------|------|
|-----2------(2)----|----------------||----------|----------|------|
|--0----------------|----------------||----------|----------|------|
| E H +Q. +W
|
| Gtr IV
| - 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
