{"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":672006,"song":"Violet Hill","artist":"Coldplay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11579455-violet-hill-chords-by-coldplay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/672006?type=chord","rating":4.59448,"votes":406,"content":"Coldplay's official website.\r\n\r\nStandard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[Chords]:\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]            x24432\r\n[ch]Bsus2[/ch]         x24422\r\n[ch]G[/ch]             3x0003\r\n[ch]Gma7[/ch]          3x0023\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]            022000\r\n[tab][ch]Em6[/ch]           022020\r\nEm(2)         079987[/tab]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]             x02220\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           244222\r\nD             xx0232  or 200232[/tab]\r\nF# (note)     2xxxxx\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWas a long and dark December[/tab]\r\n\r\nFrom the rooftops I remember\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was snow, white snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nClearly I remember from the windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey were watching while we froze[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown below[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the future's architectured[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBy a carnival of idiots on show[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'd better lie low[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you love me, won’t you let me know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWas a long and dark December[/tab]\r\n\r\nWhen the banks became cathedrals\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd a fox became God[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPriests clutched onto bibles[/tab]\r\n\r\nHollowed out to fit their rifles\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the cross was held aloft[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBury me an armour[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I’m dead and hit the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy nerves are poles that unfroze[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you love me, won’t you let me know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3\r\na 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)\r\n\r\n[tab](3x)                        (1x)\r\ne|--------------------------|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------|  (2x)\r\nG|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|\r\nD|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|\r\nA|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|\r\nE|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first\r\ntime, you just return to beginning of the solo...)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don’t want to be a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho the captain of some sinking ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWould stow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFar below[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo, if you love me, why’d you let me go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took my love down to Violet Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere we sat    in the    snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll that time she was silent still[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid if you love me, won’t you let  me   know?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you love me, won’t you let me know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWas a long and dark December[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nFrom the rooftops I remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gma7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\nThere was snow ,           white snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nClearly I remember from the windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bsus2[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Gma7[/ch]\r\nThey were watching while we froze[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\nDown below[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the future's architectured[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBy a carnival of idiots on show[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'd better lie low[/tab]\r\n[tab]F#(note) [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you  love me, won’t you let me know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWas a long and dark December[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nWhen the banks became cathedrals[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gma7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\nAnd a fox                 became God[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nPriests clutched onto bibles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bsus2[/ch]\r\nHollowed out to fit their rifles[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gma7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Em6[/ch]\r\nAnd the cross              was held aloft[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBury me an armour[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I’m dead and hit the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy nerves are poles that unfroze[/tab]\r\n[tab]F#(note) [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you  love me, won’t you let me know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3\r\na 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)\r\n\r\n[tab](3x)                        (1x)\r\ne|--------------------------|-----------------------------|\r\nB|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------|  (2x)\r\nG|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|\r\nD|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|\r\nA|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|\r\nE|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first\r\ntime, you just return to beginning of the solo...)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don’t want to be a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho the captain of some sinking ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWould stow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFar below[/tab]\r\n[tab]F#(note)   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo, if you love me, why’d you let me go?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI took my love down to Violet Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere we sat    in the  snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   Em(2)    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll that time she was silent still[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, if you love me, won’t you let  me   know?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you love me, won’t you let me know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nSo it's pretty much all there. \r\nFor the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead of\r\nplaying the Em (and Em6 for the complex one)),\r\nyou can play the last 4 chords written in the \"guitar solo\"...","plain_text":"Coldplay's official website.\n\nStandard Tuning with Capo on 2nd fret\n\n[Chords]:\n\nBm            x24432\nBsus2         x24422\nG             3x0003\nGma7          3x0023\nEm            022000\n\nA             x02220\n\nF# (note)     2xxxxx\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nFrom the rooftops I remember\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nWhen the banks became cathedrals\n\n\n\nHollowed out to fit their rifles\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\nBm Bm G Em  x2\n\n(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3\na 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)\n\n\n\n(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first\ntime, you just return to beginning of the solo...)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\nBm Bm G Em  x2\n\n(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3\na 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)\n\n\n\n(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first\ntime, you just return to beginning of the solo...)\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSo it's pretty much all there. \nFor the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead of\nplaying the Em (and Em6 for the complex one)),\nyou can play the last 4 chords written in the \"guitar solo\"...","chords":["Bm","Bsus2","G","Gma7","Em","Em6","A","F#m","D","F","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}