Things I Dont Understand Tab - Coldplay






This is the first song I tabbed...I'm 99% sure its correct, there might be a few 
on how to play the chords, but it sounds pretty much like
the album version. please give me feedback! have fun.

C/G: 332010           |  / slide up
Em: 022000            |   slide down
Am: x02210            |  b Bend
Am7: x02010
Fmaj7: 133210
Dm: xx0231


Intro:


Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7 x2
        Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7


Lead Guitar:

e|15--------1712--------12-----------------|
B|----------------------------------12b13---|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|12----------------------------------------|
B|----------10--12b13-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|


Verse:


    C/G               Em       Am7             Em
How tides control the sea, And what becomes of me

    Fmaj7             Dm               Am7         Am7
How little things can slip out of your hand

    C/G          Em         Am7            Em
How often people change, No two remain the same

    Fmaj7               Dm              Am7        Am7
Why things don't always turn out as you planned

Fmaj7                 Dm           Am7        Am7
These are things that I don't understand

     Fmaj7                 Dm           Am7      Am7
Yeah these are things that I don't understand


Chorus 1:


  Dm                  Em
I can't (and I can't) decide

Am                       Fmaj7
Wrong (oh my wrong) from right

Dm                   Em
Day (oh my day) from night

Am                     Fmaj7
Dark (oh my dark) from light

  Dm                     Em      Am7         Em
I love (but I love) this life


Lead Guitar:

1/16 Notes
                                                                ____
  Dm                              Em                                
e|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|   |
B|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|   |
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|   |
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|   |
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|   |
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|   |
  Am                                                                 |
e|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|                   |
B|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13|                   |
G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14|                   |
D|-----------------------------------------------|                   | x2
A|-----------------------------------------------|                   |
E|-----------------------------------------------|                   |
  FMaj7                                                              |
e|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12------------|  |
B|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13------------|  |
G|14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--9b10-97--|  |
D|-----------------------------------------------|  |
A|-----------------------------------------------|  |
E|------------------------------------------------- |              ____/


  Dm                              Em
e|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
B|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|
D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

  Am
e|0-------------|
B|1-------------|
G|2-------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|


Interlude:


Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7
        Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7

Verse:

    C/G         Em         Am7              Em
How infinite is space, And who decides your fate

    Fmaj7           Dm            Am7        Am7
Why everything will dissolve into sand

    C/G      Em            Am7               Em
How to avoid defeat, Where truth and fiction meet

    Fmaj7        Dm               Am7        Am7
Why nothing ever turns out as you planned

Fmaj7                 Dm           Am7       Am7
These are things that I don't understand

     Fmaj7                 Dm           Am7       Am7
Yeah these are things that I don't understand


Chorus 2:

  Dm                  Em
I can't (and I can't) decide

Am                       Fmaj7
Wrong (oh my wrong) from right

Dm                   Em
Day (oh my day) from night

Am                     Fmaj7
Dark (oh my dark) from light

  Dm                     Em      Am7
I love (but I love) this life


(Lead guitar same as chorus 1)

Outro:

Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7 x2
        Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7


Lead Guitar:

e|15--------1712--------12-----------------|
B|----------------------------------12b13---|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------| x2
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|12----------------------------------------|
B|----------10--12b13-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

**The intro bass riff repeats for a few bars to end the song