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Coldplay – Higher Power Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA#C F

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[Intro]
Three, two, one.
A# C
C A#

[Verse 1]
C
Sometimes I just can't take it
C
Sometimes I just can't take it
C
And it isn't alright
A#
I'm not going to make it
A#
And I think my shoe is untied (Oh)
C
I'm like a broken record
C
I'm like a broken record
C
And I'm not playing right
A#
Just wanna go up higher, can we?
A#
Till you tell me I'm a heavenly photo

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[Pre-Chorus]
C
Hold tight (hold tight)
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
    A#
Woah
Come on (come on)
Come on (come on)
Don't let go
C
Hold tight (hold tight)
Hold tight (hold tight)
Woah
A#
It's alright, it's alright
You said
Woah
It's alright, it's alright
You said
I've got my hands up,
shaking just to let you know

[Chorus]
     C      F            C
That you've got a higher power
                     C A#
Got me singing every second
              C A#
Dancing every hour
Oh, yeah
C      F            C
You'vе got a higher power
                  C   A#
And you're rеally someone
          F   A#
I want to know
Oh

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[Verse 2]
     C
This boy is electric (ooh)
     C
This boy is electric and
you're sparkling like
    A#
The universe connected
And I'm buzzing
A#
Night after night after night
     C
This joy is electric
     C
This joy is electric and
you're circuiting through
A#
I'm so happy that I'm alive
A#
Happy I'm alive at the same time as you

[Chorus]
       C      F            F C
'Cause you've got a higher power
                     C A#
Got me singing every second
              C A#
Dancing every hour
Oh, yeah
C      F            F C
You've got a higher power
                  C   A#
And you're really someone
          F   A#
I want to know
Oh!
         F   A#
(I wanna know, oh!)

[Bridge]
C
You've got
C
Yeah you've got a higher
C
You've got
C
Yeah you've got a higher
A#
You've got
A#
Yeah you've got a higher
A#
You've got
A#
Oh
C
You've got
C
Oh you've got a higher
C
You've got
C
Yeah you've got a higher
A#
You've got
A#
Oh you've got a higher
My hands up, shaking just
to let you know that

[Chorus]
C      F            F C
You've got a higher power
                     C A#
Got me singing every second
              C A#
Dancing every hour
Oh, yeah
C      F            F C
You've got a higher power

[Outro]
          C   A#
Once in a lifetime
                    C            A#
I'm going a million miles an hour
        C  F
And for so long
          C
I've been down on my knees
        C    A#
To your love song
          C        F
Floats me over and over
    C  F
For so long
          C
I've been down on my knees
        C    A#
To your love song
          F  A#
Floats me oh
F  A#      C
Oh   (Oh)

How to play Higher Power: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Higher Power by Coldplay on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Higher Power by Coldplay is written in F major (one flat: B♭) and moves through 3 chords: A#, C and F.

The backbone of the song is C – A# – C – F (V – IV – V – I in F major). In solfa, that is soh – fah – soh – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes G, A, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.