{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1132345,"song":"Violet Hill","artist":"Coldplay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1132345-violet-hill-chords-by-coldplay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1132345?type=chord","rating":4.85947,"votes":44,"content":"This is the definitive version of Chris Martin's Violet Hill chords that I made 10 years ago, based on a \r\nforensic analysis of how he plays the song in this live performance: \r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKEGW93qXOI\r\n\r\nEnjoy \r\n-- Altoidsjedi / Ali Zaidi, February 2022\r\n\r\n\r\nTuning: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch] [ch]C#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\ne|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|---0-----|-----0----|-----0----|-----0--|\r\nB|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|----0-----|---0-----|-----0----|-----0----|-----0--|\r\nG|----9-----|----8-----|----6-----|----2-----|----2-----|---1-----|-----8----|-----4----|----13--|\r\nD|---11-----|---11-----|----7-----|----4-----|----3-----|---2-----|-----9----|-----6----|----14--|\r\nA|---11-----|---11-----|----7-----|----4-----|----3-----|---2-----|-----9----|-----6----|----14--|\r\nE|----9-----|----9-----|----5-----|----2-----|----1-----|---0-----|-----7----|-----4----|----12--|[/tab]\r\n   \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                                              [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]\r\nWas a long and dark December from the rooftops I remember [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was snow, white snow [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]                                          [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]\r\nClearly I remember from the windows they were watching [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhile we froze down below [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]C#m[/ch]    \r\nWhen the future's architectured by a carnival of idiots on show [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B[/ch]            \r\nYou'd better lie low [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]    \r\nIf you love me won’t you let me know? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]                                           [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]\r\nWas a long and dark December when the banks became cathedrals [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Fm[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the fog, became God [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]    \r\nPriests clutched onto bibles [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]\r\nHollowed out to fit their rifles [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Fm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the cross  held aloft [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBury me in armour when I'm dead and hit the ground [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMy nerves are poles that unfroze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]    \r\nIf you love me won’t you let me know? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]C#m7/B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]Fm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI don't want to be a soldier who the captain of some sinking ship [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]     \r\nWould stow, far below [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]    \r\nSo if you love me  Why'd you let me go? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] \r\n  I took my love down to violet hill [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere we sat in the snow [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch] \r\nAll that time she was silent still [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSo If you love me  won’t you let me know? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]    \r\nIf you love me, Won't you let me know[/tab]","plain_text":"This is the definitive version of Chris Martin's Violet Hill chords that I made 10 years ago, based on a \nforensic analysis of how he plays the song in this live performance: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKEGW93qXOI\n\nEnjoy \n-- Altoidsjedi / Ali Zaidi, February 2022\n\n\nTuning: E A D G C# C#\n\n\n   \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Solo]\nC#m      C#m7/B   A          F#            Fm             Em  \nC#m      C#m7/B   A          F#            Fm             Em  \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","A","D","G","C#","C#m","C#m7/B","F#m","Fm","Em","B","G#m","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}