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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 00:26:40 EDT
From: Djembe6677@aol.com
Subject: c/coldplay/warning_sign.crd



Warning Sign

by Coldplay
from the album "A Rush of Blood to the Head"


transcribed by Tom Whelan

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This song is pretty simple. Here is my version as close as I can get it
to the recording. Unless I've given the chords, everything else is standard
textbook fingerings.

Intro:

Hold D and then go into

G D A E

which is the rest of the intro and the verse as well.

You repeat the above chords for the entire verse, and at the end
hold the E for a few extra measures.


Chorus:

This is how it goes.

D/G F#m A G#m7

The first chord is my own way to play it. Sometimes a D sounds better and
then five minutes later G sounds right to me. So I said to hell with them both
and just I fudge this chord, but with the vocals over it blends in nicely
and doesn't sound like you can't make up your mind. Here is the D/G, along with
the F#m and the G#m7 for old times' sake.

D/G F#m G#m7
e--o----2----4
b--3----2----4
g--2----2----4
d--o----4----4
a--o----4----6
e--3----2----4

After this, you repeat the verse and chorus structures again, hold on the the
G#m7, which leads us to the...


Outro:

Which is built like this:

A G/A G F#m

For the G/A chord, I yet again fudge it because the orignal song is played on piano
and sometimes stringent accuracy is not as important as ease, so I play the second
chord like this:

e--x--
b--2--
g--2--
d--2--
a--o--
e--3--

This progession goes all the way to the end of the tune, which ends on E from the F#m
with the last repetition of lyrics.


Maybe you want to take the time to decipher the few chords I fudge from the piano
part of the original song, but this version will allow you to play this song and not
worry too much about it because it's pretty close. I tried to transcribe it so
the simplicity isn't confounded.

Have fun, and may this tab help you make some girl cry at an open mic somewhere.

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