Yellow

Artist: Coldplay

Album: Parachutes (2000)

Music and lyrics by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion

Added on Thursday, 22 May 2025

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Yellow

0:00 / 4:26

Lyrics and Chords

Intro: 0:00
G | G Gadd11 | G | G Gadd11
0:11
G | G Gadd11 | D6 | D6
Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | G | Gadd11

Verse 1: 0:33
G
  Look at the stars,
G                         D6
  Look how they shine for    you.
                    Cmaj7
And everything you do.
Cmaj7
  Yeah, they were all yellow.
0:49
G
  I came along.
G                    D6
  I wrote a song for    you,
                        Cmaj7
And all the things you do.
Cmaj7
  And it was called yellow.
1:06
Gadd11              D6
  So then I took my    turn,
                        Cmaj7
Oh, what a thing to've done.
Cmaj7                  | G | Gadd11 G
  And it was all yellow.

Chorus 1: 1:28
Cmaj7
  Your skin,
Em6         D6
  Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Cmaj7
  Turn in-
Em         D6
- to something beautiful.
1:39
Cmaj7
  And you know,
Em         D6            Cmaj7!
  You know I love you so.
Cadd9
  You know I love you so.

Instrumental: 1:50
G | Gadd11 | D6 | D6
Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | G | Gadd11

Verse 2: 2:12
G
  I swam across,
G                     D6
  I jumped across for    you,
                     Cmaj7
Oh, what a thing to do
Cmaj7
  'Cause you were all yellow.
2:29
G
  I drew a line,
G                   D6
  I drew a line for    you,
                     Cmaj7
Oh, what a thing to do.
Cmaj7                  | G Gadd11 | G
  And it was all yellow.

Chorus 2: 2:51
Cmaj7
  Your skin,
Em6         D6
  Oh yeah, your skin and bones
Cmaj7
  Turn in-
Em         D6
- to something beautiful.
3:02
Cmaj7
  And you know,
Em              D6           Cmaj7!
  For you I'd bleed myself dry,
Cadd9                         G ->
  For you I'd bleed my self dry.

Instrumental: 3:13
G | Gadd11 | D6 | D6
Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | G | Gadd11

Bridge: 3:35
       G
It's true,
Gadd11                     D6
  Look how they shine for you.
                         Cmaj7
Look how they shine for you.
                       | G
Look how they shine for.
3:55
Gadd11                     D6
  Look how they shine for you,
                         Cmaj7
Look how they shine for you.
Cmaj7
  Look how they shine.

Coda: 4:09
G!!
  Look at the stars,
G                         Dm11
  Look how they shine for      you
Dm11
  And all the things
         Cmaj7!!!
That you       do.