
Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
Coldplay
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Tom:
Dsus2 A
[Intro]
Verse:
Dsus2
I turn the music up, I got my records on
A
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Dsus2
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
A
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
Dsus2
And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
A
Until Monday morning feels another life
F#m
I turn the music up
F#m
I'm on a roll this time
D
And heaven is in sight
Fill:
A Dsus2
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0-2--0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|--------------------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A Dsus2
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0-2--0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|--------------------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A Dsus2
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0----0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|----------2---------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A Dsus2
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0-2--0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|--------------------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
Verse:
Dsus2
I turn the music up, I got my records on
A
From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
Dsus2
Don't want to see another generation drop
A
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
Dsus2
Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees
A
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
F#m
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
D
Cathedrals in my heart
Chorus:
Dsus2 A F#m
And we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into
D
To tell me it's alright
Dsus2 A F#m
As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony
D
And every tear's a waterfall
Fill:
A
Is a waterfall
3
E
S E E S Q E |-----|
Dsus2
Oh
3
S E E S E |-----| E E E
A
Is a waterfall
3
E
S E E S Q E |-----|
Dsus2
Oh oh oh
3
S E E S E |-----| E E E
A
Is a is a waterfall
3
E
S E E S Q E |-----|
Dsus2
Every tear
3
S E E S E |-----| E E E
A
Is a waterfall
3
E
S E E S Q E |-----|
Dsus2
Oh oh oh
3
S E E S E |-----| E E E
Bridge:
E Dsus2
So you can hurt, hurt me bad
F#m Dsus2 A
But still I'll raise the flag
Fill:
A
3
E
S E E S Q E |-----|
Dsus2
Oh
3
S E E S E |-----| E E E
A Dsus2
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0-2--0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|--------------------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A Dsus2 A
wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0----0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|----------2---------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A Dsus2
3 3
E S E E S E |-----| E E E
S E E S Q E |-----|
E|---5-0-0-0---0--0-2-0-------|--5-0-0-0-2--0-2-0----0-2-----|
B|-----------2------------2---|--------------------2---------|
G|----------------------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|------------------------------|
Outro:
Dsus2
A (2x)
Dsus2 A
Every tear, Every tear, Every teardrop is a waterfall (2x)
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