Violet Hill
Coldplay
Version
published by
rafah
[Capo on 2]
chords used:
Bm x24432
Bsus2 x24422
G 3x0003
Gma7 3x0023
Em 022000
Em6 022020
Em(2) 079987
A x02220
F#m 244222
D xx0232 or 200232
F# (note) 2xxxxx
[Verse]BmWas a long and dark DecemberBsus2From the rooftops I rememberG Gma7 Em Em6There was snow , white snowBmClearly I remember from the windowsBsus2 G Gma7They were watching while we frozeEm Em6Down below[Chorus]GWhen the future's architecturedA BmBy a carnival of idiots on showAYou'd better lie lowF#(note) G F#m D Bm A BmIf you love me, won’t you let me know?[Verse]BmWas a long and dark DecemberBsus2When the banks became cathedralsG Gma7 Em Em6And a fox became GodBmPriests clutched onto biblesBsus2Hollowed out to fit their riflesG Gma7 Em Em6And the cross was held aloft[Chorus]GBury me an armourAWhen I’m dead and hit the groundBm AMy nerves are poles that unfrozeF#(note) G F#m D Bm A BmIf you love me, won’t you let me know?[Solo]Bm Bm G Em x2(3x) (1x)e|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-3------------------|--3p2p0-3--------------------| (2x)
G|------------2-----4-------|-------------2---------------|
D|---------4-----4-----2----|----------4-----4--9-8--7-(6)|
A|-----------------------2--|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
E|--------------------------|-------------------7-6--5-(4)|
(the last chord is played the second time only, and the first
time, you just return to beginning of the solo...)
[Chorus]GI don’t want to be a soldierAWho the captain of some sinking shipBmWould stowAFar belowF#(note) G F#m D Bm A BmSo, if you love me, why’d you let me go?[Outro]D G D Bm A GI took my love down to Violet HillA Bm F#m GThere we sat in the snowG A Bm Em(2) D Bm AAll that time she was silent stillF#m G F#m D Bm A GSo, if you love me, won’t you let me know?F#m G F#m D Bm A BmIf you love me, won’t you let me know?