SONG: Spies
BAND: Coldplay
ALBUM: Parachutes
TABBED BY: Yalın "Spinky" Kaya

Spies is really a lesson for beginners about how bass can be used to give 
harmony&melody to a song. These chords are on my bass, you should transpose 
it, if your bass has the classic (B)EADG chords.


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vocabulary: h= hammer on
            *= stop the sound, hold the string
            /= slide
           //= slide slowly
          ->/= keep the note and slide after
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Rest until "'cos they're all spies"

CHORUS:
F | ----------------------------  |      |    
C | ----------------------------  |      |
G | --6-6*--9-8h9---------------  > x3   |
D | --------------9-9*--6-6*----  |      |
A | ----------------------------  |      |
                                         > x2
F | ----------------------------         |
C | ----------------------------         |
G | ----------4------4*-4-------         |
D | --4-4*--4---4*--------6-6*--         |
A | ----------------------------         |


"I awake to see that no one is free"

VERSE-1:
F | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G | --6---6*-6--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D | -------------6---6*-6---7---7*-7---6---6*-6---4---4*-4---6---6*-6---7---7*-7---6---6*-6---
A | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


"but the spies came out of the water"

VERSE-2
F | ------------------------------------------------------
C | --------------------------------------------9-->/11---
G | --6-------------6-------------6-----------------------
D | ---------6------------4/6------------6----------------
A | ------------------------------------------------------


Play CHORUS-1 again with "'cos they're all spies"


Start together with the lyrics -->"And if we don't buy here"

BRIDGE:
F | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C | -------8--------------------------------------------11\8-8--8-----------------
G | --6-------6-------6----------6---7/8\7-6--------------------------------------
D | ---------------6------6-5--3----------------4///9---------------9-6---5---6---
A | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
end with "they're gonna find us"

then play CHORUS-1 again

VERSE-2
F | ------------------------------------------------------
C | ------------------------------------------------------
G | --6-------------6-------------6-----------------------
D | ---------6-------------4-----------9\6------7------9--
A | ------------------------------------------------------

OUTRO:
F | ------------------------------ |
C | ------------------------------ |
G | --6--------------------------- > play till the end, finish with C#
D | ---------7------9------9------ |
A | ------------------------------ |


If you find it boring to play the same thing till the end, you can play 
this to give a good background effect.
OUTRO(optional):
F | --20-----20-----22-----22----- |  
C | --20-----21-----23-----23----- |
G | ------------------------------ > play till the end; if you can vibrate 
D | ------------------------------ | the notes it gives a better sound.
A | ------------------------------ |


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