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A Whisper

Coldplay
Bass Tab
★4.5(4)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

OR

E|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-6-6-5-|

_____________________________

/ (Play this on the 1st verse only)

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|----h3/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|----h3/15~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|

Verse

Intro/Chorus X2

Then...

Bridge:

Dm Bb6 C5

G|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Dm Bb6 C5

G|-------------|-------------|-------------------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|-------------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------------|

Dm Bb6 C5

G|-------------|-------------|--------------------|-------|-------|
D|-----------7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-------|-------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8---|-------------|----------(10-10-10)|-------|-------|
E|-------------|-------------|----------(8--8--8-)|-3~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Bridge Lyrics:

Night turns to day when I still had these questions.

Who could just blame, shall I go forwards or backwards?

And not since today and I still get no answers.

Rest 2 Bars

Intro/Chorus X2

Verse X2

Intro/Chorus X2

Then...

Outro

Bb6 C5 G5 Bb6 C5 G5

G|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D|-------|-------|-------|-------| Repeat to fade...
A|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E|-6-/8--|-15~~~\|-6-/8--|-15~~~\|

I usually play around with octaves here, just to keep things interesting:

Bb6 C5 G5 Bb6

G|--------------|-------------|   |--------------|------------------|
D|---8-----10---|---5-----5---| O |---8-----10---|----17------------|
A|--------------|-------------| R |--------------|------------------|
E|-6---6/8----8-|-3---3-3---3-|   |-6---6/8----8-|-15----15-15-15---|

Alright, that's it. If'n you spot any mistakes, feel free to email me or make

Have a good one.

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