White shadows ukulele

White shadows

• Eb

  	 
Coldplay 
White Shadows 
X&Y 

Hope this is correct, figured it out on my acoustic. Kinda hard with all the synths  
on in the background but i think i got it.

Rhythm Acoustic Guitar - Capo 2 - Tuning: Standard 
Electric Guitar - No capo - Tuning: Eb A D G B e (tune down low E a half step, this was  
only way i could find it possible to do the second verse) 

Key: 
b=bend 

Chords Used (relative to Acoustic w/capo on 2nd fret, chords in parentheses are actual  
chords) 
F#m (G#m) - 244222 
A (B) - x02220 
Bm (C#m) - x24432 
E (F#) - 022100 
C#m (D#m)- x46654 
D (E) - x00232 


INTRO/RIFF 1 - Main Elec. Guitar Part w/ lots of delay and reverb (chords above played  
acoustic guitar w capo 2) 

  F#m                                         C#m 

                     F#m                                  C#m 



VERSE 1 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar 

F#m          A           C#m      Bm 
When I was a young boy I tried to listen 

F#m         A         C#m 
And I wanna feel like that 

F#m          A       C#m       Bm 
Little white shadows blink and miss them 

F#m       A       C#m 
Part of a system, I am 

REPEAT INTRO/RIFF 1 1x 

VERSE 2&3 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar plays same chords as above with Elec. Guitar playing  


VERSE 2 

(With RIFF 2) 
If you ever feel like something's missing 
Things you'll never understand 

{INTRO/RIFF 1 reappears here (an octave lower than in the intro)} 
Little white shadows 
Sparkle and glisten 
Part of a system, a plan 

VERSE 3 

(with RIFF 2) 
When I was a young boy I tried to listen 
Don't you wanna feel like that? 

{INTRO/RIFF 1 an octave lower again} 
You're part of the human race 
All of the stars and the outer space 
Part of the system, a plan 


PREChorus 1&2 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar 

D               Bm 
All this noise, I'm waking up 

D               Bm 
All this space, I'm taking up 

D             Bm 
I cannot hear you're breaking up 

D       E 
Ohhhhhhhh 

PREChorus 1&2 - Elec. Guitar RIFF 3 (above chords are once again rhythm acoustic guitar  
capo 2) 

  D                   Bm                  D 

  Bm                  D                   Bm 

  D                   E 
B-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x2--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-x2--| 


Chorus 1&2 - Rhythm Acoustic Guitar 

F#m                       D 
Maybe you'll get what you wanted 

A                         C#m 
maybe you'll stumble upon it 

F#m                 D 
Everything you ever wanted 

A              C#m 
In a permanent state 

(Same chords as above) 
Maybe you'll know when you see it 
Maybe if you say it, you'll mean it 
And when you find it you'll keep it 
In a permanent state, a permanent state 

Chorus 1&2 - Elec. Guitar RIFF 4 play throughout whole Chorus 

  F#m                    D                      A 
e-16-16-16-14--14-16-14--16-16-16-14--14-16-14--16-16-16-14--14-16-14--| 

  C#m 


OUTRO - Organ transcribed for Rhythm Acoustic Guitar 

F#m 
Swam on a sea of faces 

D 
A tide of the human races 

A                           C#m 
Oh, an answer now is what I need 

(same chords as above) 
See it in a new sun rising 
See it break on your horizon 
Oh, come on love, stay with me 


Phew...thats it. Pretty easy song, but complex arrangement and its hard to hear all the  
intricacies that the guitarist is employing under all those organs. anyways...good luck!  

x

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