Nov252019

Coldplay – Guns Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Guns by Coldplay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F

[Verse 1]
F
Take it from the playgrounds and take it from the bums
Take it from the hospitals and squeeze it from the slums
All the kids make pistols with their fingers and their thumbs
Advertise a revolution, arm it when it comes
We’re cooking up the zeros, we’ve been doing all the sums
The judgment of this court is we need more guns

[Pre-Chorus]
F
Stop

[Chorus]
Bb F
Everything’s gone so crazy
Bb F
Everything tangled in blue
Gm Bb F
Everyone’s gone fucking crazy
Eb Bb F
Maybe Im crazy too

[Verse 2]
F
Meltdown all the trumpets, all the trombones and the drums
Bb F
Who needs education or A Thousand Splendid Suns?
Bb F
Poor is good for business, cut the forests, they’re so dumb
Bb F
Only save your look-alikes and fck the other ones
It’s the opinion of this board that we need more guns

[Pre-Chorus]
F
Stop

[Chorus]
Bb F
Everything’s gone so crazy
Bb F
Everybody but you
Bb F
Everything’s gone fcking crazy
Eb Bb F
Maybe I’m crazy too

[Outro]
F

How to play Guns: key, chords and progression

Guns by Coldplay is built around B♭ major (two flats: B♭, E♭), with 4 chords in all: F, Bb, Gm and Eb.

Listen for Bb – F – Eb – Bb (I – V – IV – I in B♭ major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.