Chords
Yellow

The song Yellow was inspired as the band was looking at the stars at night. Chris Martin got the inspiration for the melody early in the morning, in a studio in Liverpool, while they were working on their second album. The color yellow symbolized optimism and joy.

difficulty
easy |||||

Key: G

Introduction: G    D    C    G    

G  
Look at the stars
                              D  
Look how they shine for you
                              C  
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.
G  
I came along,
                        D  
I wrote a song for you
                                  C  
And all the things you do,
And it was called "Yellow."
G                      D  
So then I took my turn,
                                     C  
Oh what a thing to have done,
                              G  
And it was all yellow.
 !--Chorus 1-- 
C  
Your skin,
Em          D  
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
C         Em                D  
Turn into something beautiful,
C            Em            D              C  
You know, you know I love you so,
You know I love you so.
G     D     C     G  
 !--Verse 2-- 
G  
I swam across,
                         D  
I jumped across for you,
                             C  
Oh, what a thing to do
' Cause you were all yellow.
G  
I drew a line,
                     D  
I drew a line for you,
                             C  
Oh, what a thing to do
                             G  
And it was all yellow.
 !--Chorus 2-- 
C  
Your skin,
Em          D  
Oh yeah, your skin and bones
C         Em                D  
Turn into something beautiful,
C  
And you know,
Em            D                 C  
For you I bleed myself dry,
For you I bleed myself dry.
G     D     C     G  
 !--Bridge-- 
 G                                              D  
It' s true, look how they shine for you,
                                C  
Look how they shine for you
                                G  
Look how they shine for,
                                D  
Look how they shine for you,
                                C  
Look how they shine for you,
                  C7+  
Look how they shine.
 !--Outro-- 
G  
Look at the stars,
                              Dm7  
Look how they shine for you
                                  C7+  
And all the things that you do.