Chords for Warning Sing Coldplay Guitar Tutorial
Tempo:
86.1 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
G
Gb
Fm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Alright, this is how you play Warning Sign.
I'm gonna try to make this [G] short and sweet.
I tend to talk a lot.
I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore yesterday.
And I wear a lot.
It's a combination of laziness, slob, and efficiency.
So, let's play this [Ab] song.
[Gb]
[Fm]
[Ab] [G] This is the way that he plays it in a really good version online
that you should all [Abm] check out if you haven't seen it.
It's called AOL Sessions America Online.
[C] AOL Sessions, they [Eb] did this little bit for media
[G] when Rush of Blood of the Head first came out.
And the version they do of Warning Sign in this little studio is like,
oh my god, it's good.
[Abm] So, I think Chris Martin looks at Will during the middle of it.
He's like, how about this shit?
Is this good?
And [G] Will Champion looks at him and he's like, yeah.
It's kind of in the middle of the song.
The [Abm] album version is not [N] tuned to concert pitch.
It's not 440.
I don't know why.
Maybe it's the tape speed or [G] something.
But in that version, my guitar is down a half step.
He uses a capo on the second fret.
So, what [Gb] I'm showing you is down a half step [G] from that version online.
[Gbm] [Ab] And actually, probably rather pretty close to the album [G] version
because the album version is slightly lower between notes.
So, they use this chord formation for most of the chords in the song.
The verse, [Eb] all four chords of the verse, it's a C chord
[Ab] with the sixth string [G] played not closed, played with a G on the third fret.
Chris Martin likes his chords to be six strings if possible.
Notice that about [Db] him.
[Ab] Third fret, third [G] fret, [F] pinky, [Ab] middle finger, second fret, open, [Eb] first string.
[Db] Now slide this up to [Ab] the relative to the capo, [Bb]
[Ebm] [Em]
[F] the eighth fret.
[Gb] Back down to the third fret of the C chord.
[Db] Now [Ab] up to the tenth fret, relative to the capo, the double dot fret.
[Ab]
Then down to the fifth fret.
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab] [Eb]
And then for the chorus, go back to that C, [Db] when the truth is.
Down to an E minor.
[Fm] And up to a G with only the fifth and sixth strings fretted.
Very classic G chord.
And an inverted D chord, [Abm] so the bass note is the second fret of the sixth string with your thumb.
And then the second [Ab] fret of the third string, the [G] third fret of the second string
and the high E tuned to a D, open.
[Eb] [Db]
[Fm] [Ab] And the second chorus, he goes,
Play an [Abm] F major 7.
[Gb] [Fm] Then down to an E minor.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] And then,
So that's a double dot chord.
Slide it down two frets to the first chord of the verse.
[Gb] You could just stay here, down to an E minor.
[Fm] [Ab] In the AOL version he goes, [Gb] then he goes down to that F major 7.
[Fm] [Ab]
He slides this to, he goes,
[Gb]
[Fm]
To [C] a beautiful [F] outro.
I'm gonna try to make this [G] short and sweet.
I tend to talk a lot.
I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore yesterday.
And I wear a lot.
It's a combination of laziness, slob, and efficiency.
So, let's play this [Ab] song.
[Gb]
[Fm]
[Ab] [G] This is the way that he plays it in a really good version online
that you should all [Abm] check out if you haven't seen it.
It's called AOL Sessions America Online.
[C] AOL Sessions, they [Eb] did this little bit for media
[G] when Rush of Blood of the Head first came out.
And the version they do of Warning Sign in this little studio is like,
oh my god, it's good.
[Abm] So, I think Chris Martin looks at Will during the middle of it.
He's like, how about this shit?
Is this good?
And [G] Will Champion looks at him and he's like, yeah.
It's kind of in the middle of the song.
The [Abm] album version is not [N] tuned to concert pitch.
It's not 440.
I don't know why.
Maybe it's the tape speed or [G] something.
But in that version, my guitar is down a half step.
He uses a capo on the second fret.
So, what [Gb] I'm showing you is down a half step [G] from that version online.
[Gbm] [Ab] And actually, probably rather pretty close to the album [G] version
because the album version is slightly lower between notes.
So, they use this chord formation for most of the chords in the song.
The verse, [Eb] all four chords of the verse, it's a C chord
[Ab] with the sixth string [G] played not closed, played with a G on the third fret.
Chris Martin likes his chords to be six strings if possible.
Notice that about [Db] him.
[Ab] Third fret, third [G] fret, [F] pinky, [Ab] middle finger, second fret, open, [Eb] first string.
[Db] Now slide this up to [Ab] the relative to the capo, [Bb]
[Ebm] [Em]
[F] the eighth fret.
[Gb] Back down to the third fret of the C chord.
[Db] Now [Ab] up to the tenth fret, relative to the capo, the double dot fret.
[Ab]
Then down to the fifth fret.
[Eb] [Ebm]
[Db] [Ab] [Eb]
And then for the chorus, go back to that C, [Db] when the truth is.
Down to an E minor.
[Fm] And up to a G with only the fifth and sixth strings fretted.
Very classic G chord.
And an inverted D chord, [Abm] so the bass note is the second fret of the sixth string with your thumb.
And then the second [Ab] fret of the third string, the [G] third fret of the second string
and the high E tuned to a D, open.
[Eb] [Db]
[Fm] [Ab] And the second chorus, he goes,
Play an [Abm] F major 7.
[Gb] [Fm] Then down to an E minor.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] And then,
So that's a double dot chord.
Slide it down two frets to the first chord of the verse.
[Gb] You could just stay here, down to an E minor.
[Fm] [Ab] In the AOL version he goes, [Gb] then he goes down to that F major 7.
[Fm] [Ab]
He slides this to, he goes,
[Gb]
[Fm]
To [C] a beautiful [F] outro.
Key:
Ab
G
Gb
Fm
Eb
Ab
G
Gb
Alright, this is how you play Warning Sign.
I'm gonna try to make this [G] short and sweet.
I tend to talk a lot.
I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore yesterday.
And I wear a lot.
_ It's a combination of laziness, slob, and efficiency.
_ So, let's play this [Ab] song.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ This is the way that he plays it in a really good version online
that you should all [Abm] check out if you haven't seen it.
It's called AOL Sessions America Online.
[C] AOL Sessions, they [Eb] did this little bit for media
[G] when Rush of Blood of the Head first came out.
And the version they do of Warning Sign in this little studio is like,
oh my god, it's good.
[Abm] So, I think Chris Martin looks at Will during the middle of it.
He's like, how about this shit?
Is this good?
And [G] Will Champion looks at him and he's like, yeah.
It's kind of in the middle of the song.
The [Abm] album version is not [N] tuned to concert pitch.
It's not 440.
I don't know why.
Maybe it's the tape speed or [G] something.
But in that version, my guitar is down a half step.
He uses a capo on the second fret.
So, what [Gb] I'm showing you is down a half step [G] from that version online.
[Gbm] _ [Ab] And actually, probably rather pretty close to the album [G] version
because the album version is slightly lower _ between notes.
So, they use this chord formation for most of the chords in the song.
The verse, [Eb] all four chords of the verse, it's a C chord
[Ab] with the sixth string [G] played not closed, played with a G on the third _ _ fret.
Chris Martin likes his chords to be six strings if possible.
_ Notice that about [Db] him.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Third fret, third [G] fret, [F] pinky, _ [Ab] middle finger, second fret, open, [Eb] first string.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ Now slide this up to [Ab] the relative to the capo, [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Em]
[F] the eighth fret.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ Back down to the third fret of the C chord.
_ [Db] _ _ Now [Ab] up to the tenth fret, relative to the capo, the double dot fret.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ Then down to the fifth fret.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
And then for the chorus, go back to that C, [Db] when the truth is.
Down to an E minor.
[Fm] _ _ And up to a G with only the fifth and sixth strings fretted.
Very classic G chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And an inverted D chord, [Abm] so the bass note is the second fret of the sixth string with your thumb.
And then the second [Ab] fret of the third string, the [G] third fret of the second string
and the high E tuned to a D, open.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ And _ the second chorus, he goes,
_ Play an [Abm] F major 7.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] Then down to an E minor.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] And then,
So that's a double dot chord.
_ Slide it down two frets to the first chord of the verse.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ You could just stay here, _ _ down to an E minor.
[Fm] _ [Ab] In the AOL version he goes, _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ then he goes down to that F major 7.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ He slides this to, he goes,
[Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ To _ [C] _ a beautiful [F] outro.
I'm gonna try to make this [G] short and sweet.
I tend to talk a lot.
I'm wearing the same clothes that I wore yesterday.
And I wear a lot.
_ It's a combination of laziness, slob, and efficiency.
_ So, let's play this [Ab] song.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ This is the way that he plays it in a really good version online
that you should all [Abm] check out if you haven't seen it.
It's called AOL Sessions America Online.
[C] AOL Sessions, they [Eb] did this little bit for media
[G] when Rush of Blood of the Head first came out.
And the version they do of Warning Sign in this little studio is like,
oh my god, it's good.
[Abm] So, I think Chris Martin looks at Will during the middle of it.
He's like, how about this shit?
Is this good?
And [G] Will Champion looks at him and he's like, yeah.
It's kind of in the middle of the song.
The [Abm] album version is not [N] tuned to concert pitch.
It's not 440.
I don't know why.
Maybe it's the tape speed or [G] something.
But in that version, my guitar is down a half step.
He uses a capo on the second fret.
So, what [Gb] I'm showing you is down a half step [G] from that version online.
[Gbm] _ [Ab] And actually, probably rather pretty close to the album [G] version
because the album version is slightly lower _ between notes.
So, they use this chord formation for most of the chords in the song.
The verse, [Eb] all four chords of the verse, it's a C chord
[Ab] with the sixth string [G] played not closed, played with a G on the third _ _ fret.
Chris Martin likes his chords to be six strings if possible.
_ Notice that about [Db] him.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ Third fret, third [G] fret, [F] pinky, _ [Ab] middle finger, second fret, open, [Eb] first string.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ Now slide this up to [Ab] the relative to the capo, [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Em]
[F] the eighth fret.
[Gb] _ _ _ _ Back down to the third fret of the C chord.
_ [Db] _ _ Now [Ab] up to the tenth fret, relative to the capo, the double dot fret.
[Ab] _ _ _
_ Then down to the fifth fret.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
And then for the chorus, go back to that C, [Db] when the truth is.
Down to an E minor.
[Fm] _ _ And up to a G with only the fifth and sixth strings fretted.
Very classic G chord. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And an inverted D chord, [Abm] so the bass note is the second fret of the sixth string with your thumb.
And then the second [Ab] fret of the third string, the [G] third fret of the second string
and the high E tuned to a D, open.
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ And _ the second chorus, he goes,
_ Play an [Abm] F major 7.
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] Then down to an E minor.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] And then,
So that's a double dot chord.
_ Slide it down two frets to the first chord of the verse.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ You could just stay here, _ _ down to an E minor.
[Fm] _ [Ab] In the AOL version he goes, _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ then he goes down to that F major 7.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ He slides this to, he goes,
[Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ To _ [C] _ a beautiful [F] outro.