Violet Hill Tab

Tuning: Drop D
 
Acoustic Guitar - Guit. 1 (Chris Martin) (Recording piano, live guitar), (EADGBE)
Lead Guitar - Guit. 2 (Jonny Buckland) (DADGBE)
Rhythm Guitar - Guit. 3 (Recording only) (DADGBE)
 
[Intro]
(Guit. 1)
e|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
B|-5---5---5---5---5---5---4-5-4-5-------|
G|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---------|
D|-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---------|
A|-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
e|-0---0---0---0---2---2---2-2---2-2-----|
B|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-----|
G|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2-2---2-2-----|
D|-2---2---2---2---4---4---4-3---2-1-----|
A|-0---0---0---0---4---4-----------------|
E|-----------------2---2-----------------|
 
(Guit. 2)
 (Fill 1 (occurs at 0:48 and after))
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
A|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
 
(Guit. 3)
(Fill 1 (same time as ^))
e|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
B|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
G|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
(Guit. 2)
[Pre-Chorus]
(Light distortion)
e|-7b9-9-9r7b9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
 
e|-7b9-9-9r7b9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
 
e|-7-9-7-9~--------7-9-7-9~--------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
 
(Guit. 2)
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------------6-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-9-7--6---2--6-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-9-7--6---2--4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-9-7--6---2----------------------|
     ^beat one is here
 
(Guit. 3)
[Chorus]
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-------------4-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-9-7--6---2----------------------|
 
(Guit. 2)
[Verse 2]
(heard in the background)
e|---9--9--9-------9--9--9---------|
B|---9--9--9-------9--9--9---------|
G|---9--9--9-------9--9--9---------|
D|---11-11-11------11-11-11--------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
 
(Guit. 3)
[Verse 2]
(repeat for whole verse)
e|-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
 
(Guit. 2)
[Solo]
(repeat riff as necessary)
e|---------------------|
B|-5p4---5-------------|
G|-----6-----4--6------|
D|---------6---6--4----|
A|------------------4--|
D|---------------------|
 
(Guit. 2)
(Solo Fill)
e|-----------------------|
B|-5-4---5---------------|
G|-----6-----4-----------|
D|---------6---6-43--21--|
A|---------------43--21--|
D|---------------43--21--|
 
(Guit. 3)
(Solo Fill)
e|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
B|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
G|-2-2---2-2-----------------------------|
D|-4-3---2-1-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
(Guit. 1 - Piano Arr. For Guitar Outro (Plays this live)
For this section, the
4:/6:
4:/4: etc.
Represents the time signature. If a bar doesn't have a
time signature, it's the previous bar. Timings were added
to help learn this part.)
e|---------------5---|---4-------------------|
B|---5-----6-----2---|---5---5---4---2~----4-|
G|4:-6-----6-----2---|5:-4---6---4---2~----4-|
D|4:-7-----6-----4---|4:-2---6---4---2~----4-|
A|---4-----4---------|-------4---2---0~----2-|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|
     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
 
e|---------------------------|-----5---4-----------7---|
B|---5-------2-------2---2-4-|-5-----------5---2--0----|
G|6:-6---4---2-------2-------|-6---6---4-----------8---|
D|4:-6---6---2-------2-------|-6---4---2---6---4---6---|
A|---4---6---0-------0---0-2-|-4-----------4---2-------|
E|-------4-------------------|-------------------------|
     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
 
e|---9-----8-----4---|-----------|---------------7---|
B|-------------------|---5---4---|---2~---------0----|
G|4:-9-----8-----4---|2:-6---4---|4:-2~----------8---|
D|4:-7-----6-----2---|4:-6---4---|4:-2~----------6---|
A|-------------------|---4---2---|---0~--------------|
E|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|
     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +     1 + 2 +     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
e|-9-----8-----4---|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-5---4-----------|
G|-9-----8-----4---|-6---4---6~------|
D|-7-----6-----2---|-6---4---6~------|
A|-----------------|-4---2---4~------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
 
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| r  Release
| b  Bend
| ~  Vibrato
| p  Pull-off
 
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