chordsurf
Y
GUITAR CHORDS

Yellow

Coldplay
Acoustic favorites Pop essentials 90s & 2000s
KeyB
Capo—
LevelEasy
Transpose B 0
Text
Chord sheet
Chords are positioned above the lyric change point
Coldplay - Yellow
 
Chords
799877
Badd11 799800
F# 244322
E 022100
G#m 466444
 
 

Intro

  / Badd11 / x2
 
Guitar 1: B / F# / E / B x16 each chords
 
Guitar 2:
F#
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 

Verse 1

F#
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you,
E
and everything you do
 
Yeah, they were all yellow
F#
I came along, I wrote a song for you
E
and all the things you do
 
And it was called Yellow
F#
So then I took my turn
E
Oh, what a thing to have done
 
And it was all yellow
 
 
Intro to chorus

B7sus4

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9--|
A|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
E|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
 
 

Chorus

EG#mF#
Your skiiiiiin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
EG#mF#
Turn innnnnnnto, something beautiful
EG#mF#E
You knooooooow, you know I love you so...
 
You know I love you so
 
 

Verse 2

F#
I swam across, I jumped across for you
E
Oh, what a thing to do
 
'Cause you were all yellow
F#
I drew a line, I drew a line for you
E
Oh, what a thing to do
 
And it was all yellow
 
 
Intro to chorus

B7sus4

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8--|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9--|
A|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
E|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
 
 

Chorus

EG#mF#
Your skiiiiiin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
EG#mF#
Turn innnnnnnto something beautiful
EG#mF#E
You knooooooow, for you I'd bleed myself dry
 
For you I'd bleed myself dry
 
 
Outro x2 (Guitar 2 play chords on top)
 
F#
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13---|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-13-13-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
And then this one time
F#E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 

Outro Lyrics

It's true, look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for
 
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine
 
 

Ending

 
Look at the stars
F#m
Look how the shine for you
E
And all the things that you do...
End

How to play Yellow chords

This Chordsurf arrangement of Yellow by Coldplay is presented in the key of B. Use the transpose controls above the sheet to move every chord together while keeping the lyric-change positions aligned.

The page is set up for practice as well as quick reference: adjust the text size, use auto scroll when your hands are busy, or switch to focus mode for a cleaner playing view. The published arrangement uses 6 distinct chord shapes, including Badd11, F#, E, G#m, Outro, F#m. You can also explore related material through Acoustic favorites, Pop essentials, 90s & 2000s.