Green Eyes on Guitar

[amor_optimista]

I used to play the guitar, but recently decided to pick it up and play Green Eyes, well attempt too lol.
Can any of you guys play any cold play stuff? Did it take long to learn them? :D

[Manders]

green eyes on guiatr is hard...my freind who taught me how to play guitar said hell attempt it one day because i was playing it a while back :/

[mburn]

i thought it was relitivly easy, just A (*honey you are a rock) F (Upon which i fall) B ( and i came here to talk) ...... and so on

[About A Girl]

yeah I'm with mburn, I thought green eyes was easy....which was the BIGGEST reason I played that at my churches talent show!!!

[amor_optimista]

Britt, how'd you do in the talet show? :D and my bf said it was easy, but I sorta suck at guitar at the moment so I donno lol

[Octakon]

(I think this sounds right)

A E Bm
Honey you are a rock
A E Bm
Upon which I stand
A E Bm
And I come here to talk
A E Bm
I hope you understand

Bm
The green eyes
D
Yeah the spotlight
A E
Shines upon you
Bm
And how could
D
Anybody
A E
Deny you

Bm D
I came here with a load
A G
And it feels so much lighhhh..ter
D
Now I met you

Bm D
Honey you should know
A G
That I could never go .... on
D
Without you
Bm
Green eyes

A E Bm
Honey you are the sea
A E Bm
Upon which I float
A E Bm
And I came here to talk
A E Bm
I think you should know

Bm
That green eyes
D A E
You're the one that I wanted to fi.......nd
Bm D
And anyone who tried to deny you,
A E
Must be out of their mi......nd

Bm D
Because I came here with a load
A G
And it feels so much lighhhh..ter
D
since I met you

Bm D
And Honey you should know
A G
That I could never go .... on
D
Without you

Bm A E Bm
Green eyes, green eyes, ohohoh...


A E Bm
Honey you are a rock
A E Bm
Upon which I stand.

(Wouldn't say that's hard) :rolleyes:

[About A Girl]

Britt, how'd you do in the talet show? :D and my bf said it was easy, but I sorta suck at guitar at the moment so I donno lolguess I did well!! like i said, it was easy for my, so it went off without a hitch!! haha you suck at guitar?? Im sorry i dunno what to tell you :( :confused: :/ :lol: :embarrased:

[About A Girl]

ok octakon!!!! some ppl think its hard some dont......lets not get our panties in a twist eh!?

[904uio]

(I think this sounds right)

A E Bm
Honey you are a rock
A E Bm
Upon which I stand
A E Bm
And I come here to talk
A E Bm
I hope you understand
:
but it's not perfect!!

[904uio]

(I think this sounds right)

A E Bm
Honey you are a rock
A E Bm
Upon which I stand
A E Bm
And I come here to talk
A E Bm
I hope you understand
:
but it's not perfect!!

[busybeeburns]

try Capo on the 2nd fret

Chords used: EADGBe

G: 320033
F#*: 2x0033
C: 032010
Am: 002210
F: 133211

VERSE:
G F#* Am G F#* Am
Honey you are a rock, upon which I stand

G F#* Am G F#* Am
Well I come here to talk, I hope you understand

CHORUS:
Am C G F#*
Green eyes, yeah the spotlight, shines upon you

Am C G F#*
And how could, anybody, deny you

Am C G F C
I came here with a load, and it feels so much ligh - ter now I met you

Am C G F C
And honey you should know, that I could never go - on without you

Am
Green eyes

*Repeat same chords for the rest of the song*

VERSE:
Honey you are the sea, upon which I float
And I came here to talk, I think you should know

CHORUS:
Green eyes, you're the one that I wanted to find
And anyone who, tried to deny you, must be out of their mind
Cuz I came here with a load, and it feels so much lighter since I met you
And honey you should know, that I could never go on without you
Green eyes, green eyes
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

G F#* Am G F#* Am
Honey you are a rock, upon which I stand

[amor_optimista]

(I think this sounds right)

A E Bm
Honey you are a rock
A E Bm
Upon which I stand
A E Bm
And I come here to talk
A E Bm
I hope you understand

Bm
The green eyes
D
Yeah the spotlight
A E
Shines upon you
Bm
And how could
D
Anybody
A E
Deny you

Bm D
I came here with a load
A G
And it feels so much lighhhh..ter
D
Now I met you

Bm D
Honey you should know
A G
That I could never go .... on
D
Without you
Bm
Green eyes

A E Bm
Honey you are the sea
A E Bm
Upon which I float
A E Bm
And I came here to talk
A E Bm
I think you should know

Bm
That green eyes
D A E
You're the one that I wanted to fi.......nd
Bm D
And anyone who tried to deny you,
A E
Must be out of their mi......nd

Bm D
Because I came here with a load
A G
And it feels so much lighhhh..ter
D
since I met you

Bm D
And Honey you should know
A G
That I could never go .... on
D
Without you

Bm A E Bm
Green eyes, green eyes, ohohoh...


A E Bm
Honey you are a rock
A E Bm
Upon which I stand.

(Wouldn't say that's hard) :rolleyes:



Thanks Octakon! That's like the version that I'm (attempting) to play lol
And I HATE that stupid Bm, btw, it's such an annoying chord. I can never switch to it fast enough.

How long have you guy's that play guitar been playing?

[amor_optimista]

Britt, how'd you do in the talet show? :D and my bf said it was easy, but I sorta suck at guitar at the moment so I donno lolguess I did well!! like i said, it was easy for my, so it went off without a hitch!! haha you suck at guitar?? Im sorry i dunno what to tell you :( :confused: :/ :lol: :embarrased:

I'm glad you did good :) I used to MC a lot of talent shows, and not nearly enough people did anything on the guitar, I think that sad. All the cute guitar players are famous and don't know I exist :cry: --well, except one that is ;)

[Octakon]

hmm.. Bm isn't that hard really. Play it as a barré like this: 224432 (with your "pointing-finger" covering all of the strings in the second fret) :)

[About A Girl]

dear mr octakon,

I realize you are some sort of "guitar playing extraordinare" but some are not. SOME people cannot play bm....so if someone says, "I can't play bm, I cant get there fast enough," your response should not be "Bm isn't that hard really" Thank you for listening...and have a wonderful day

Yours Truly,
Britt! :smug:

[Octakon]

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see the "I can't get there fast enough" :/ By the way, I'm not some "guitar playing extraordinare", and I'm just trying to help.. :confused:

[About A Girl]

ok ok ok!! all is well with the world....it just sounds condescending.......

BUT HEY LONG LIVE GREEN EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! come everyone sing along "honey you are the sea..." or in french "cherie tu es la mer....sur laquelle je flotte...et je suis venu ici parler....

[busybeeburns]

I've never seen him play a Barre during Green Eyes and I've got it live on DVD :confused:

[busybeeburns]

Maybe Chris can't get there fast enough either :lol:

[faceless]

hi guys! i have my brother here,he plays on guitar too,he can play ;scientist,in my place,politik,clocks,trouble.....maybe others,but not green eyes i guess,anyway,i'm a new member here,from egypt,my name is sara,PLZ WELCOME ME! :sneaky:

[amor_optimista]

hi guys! i have my brother here,he plays on guitar too,he can play ;scientist,in my place,politik,clocks,trouble.....maybe others,but not green eyes i guess,anyway,i'm a new member here,from egypt,my name is sara,PLZ WELCOME ME! :sneaky:

Hiya Sara, I love your name - it's mine too :D Welcome to the board, your gonna love it here. It's very addicting! And it's cool that you're from Egypt, I've always wanted to go there and check out Cairo and the Valley of the Dead...ah someday...
I look forward to reading your posts :D ~sarah

[busybeeburns]

welcome to the board faceless :cool: :D

[artemetus]

The thing with Coldplay is they use lots of open string chords. Playing Green Eyes in the regular A, Bm, and E chords is fine but I've tabbed Green Eyes which makes it sound really good. And if you listen to the acoustics in the song real closely, my tab matches it.

OK first you need to place a capo on the 2nd fret. Next tune the high 'e' string to the 5th fret on the guitar and in this case, it's the 3rd fret from where you've placed the capo. OK here's the chords (:

G Bm Am Am* C Fmaj7 Asus2 Cmaj7
e---0------0------0------0------0-----0----------0--------0
B---3------3------1------1------1-----1----------0--------0
G---4------4------2------0------0-----2----------2--------0
D---5------4------2------2------2-----3----------2--------2
A---5------X------0------0------3-----3----------0--------3
E---6------2-------0------0------0-----1----------0-------0

With a lot of the chords in this song, you have to use your thumb to hold down on the low 'e' which may be hard for beginners. Also you'll have to figure out all the timing on which chords to use, but these are the chords.

G Bm Am Am*
honey you are a rock
G Bm Am Am*
upon which i stand
G Bm Am Am*
and i come here to talk
G Bm Am Am*
i hope you understand

Am
that green eyes
C G Bm
yeah the spotlight shines upon you
Am C G Bm Am/Am*
and how could anybody deny you

Am C
i came here with a load
G Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
and it feels so much lighter now i met you
Am C
and honey you should know
G Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
that i could never go on without you

Am
green eyes

G Bm Am Am*
honey you are the sea
G Bm Am Am*
upon which i float
G Bm Am Am*
and i came here to talk
G Bm Am Am*
i think you should know

Am
that green eyes
C G Bm
you're the one that i wanted to find
Am C G Bm Am/Am*
and anyone who tried to deny you must be out of their mind

Am C
cause i came here with a load
G Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
and it feels so much lighter since i met you
Am C
and honey you should know
G Fmaj7 C Cmaj7
that i could never go on without you

Am
green eyes
Am
green eyes
G
oh, oh, oh, oh
Am
oh, oh, oh oh,

G Bm Am Am*
honey you are the rock
G Bm Am
upon which i stand

Hope you learn it and enjoy it!

[faceless]

thx guys..thx sara,i'm very happy i knew u guys,u r soooooooooooo smart and gentle! :blush: i hope sara u see egypt someday!...u'll be my guest there :D .i love u all! :)

[904uio]

hey u................ :wink3:

[904uio]

hey u................ :wink3:

[About A Girl]

ok this thread is all of the sudden, WEIRD! :lol:

[::Hayley::]

My b/f can play Green Eyes real well on the guitar :D


i must start taking lessons :stunned:

[amsterdam528]

I found chords, but those just don't sound right. The guitar guru version looks good, but I can only get a small piece. Anyone have a complete Green Eyes tab?

[josno]

This is one of my favourite songs to play - I got both the songbooks for the albums, the chordbook with some of their b-sides on and I've ordered the X&Y songbook. This is from the AROBTTH songbook. Hope it's ok. If you have any questions, just PM me.

[ksg_tarheelfan]

The chords are right in most places, but there are some pulls and hammers in there...plus the top (high pitch) e String is played Open for the whole song.

[kliff0rd]

Please, for the love of all that is holy on this earth, could someone PLEASE put the CORRECT version of the Green Eyes chords please. I have looked at tons of different tab sites and they all seem to be a little wrong. I'm pretty sure that Kapone will know this one because he seems to be the Coldplay tab master.

Thanks in advance to anyone that will help :) :cool:

[Kapone]

Oh, thanks a lot - and yes I do. I'll write them up later on. Acoustic yeah?

[kliff0rd]

Yes, acoustic please. Thanks Kapone! :D

[Kapone]

OK, I've just worked out the chords and the little hammer ons and offs. Here they are: Standard Tuning

Verse 1
0---0---0---0
2---5---3---3
2---4---4---2
2---2---4---4
0---X---2---2
X---3---X---X

Green Eyes...

0---0---0---0
3---3---2---5
4---2---2---4
4---0---2---2
2---X---0---X
X---X---X---3

This is that chord change into 'I came here with...'
0---0---0
5---5---5
4---4---6
2---0---6
X---X---4
3---3---X

I came here with...
0---0---0---0---0---0---0
3---3---2---2---0---3---5
4---4---3---2---0---2---6
4---4---0---2---0---0---6
2---X---X---0---2---X---4
X---2---X---X---3---2---X
The first two chords above are repeated. You'll know what I mean when you play it...

When repeats green eyes, that single chord is:
and he hammers that 3rd string from the second fret
0
3
4
4
2
X

Well, that pretty much covers the song. This song is quite technical so it may not seem clear at first but overall, I'm pleased with it. Its 100% accurate

[kliff0rd]

sweet thanks for making a new thread :)

[samdevos]

Hey can someone find the guitar part of jon during the live shows.I have the AROBTTH tabbooke but there its to diffucult and live he plays it lots of simpeler like just F D G chords dunno . but please help me out.

thx

[NilsA]

Maybe you could check guitar pages at the internet... have you been trying that?

www.911tabs.com

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

[scott.tet]

hello fellow guitar players.... me and my friend have always played green eyes together but now i have discovered a different version of the song.... it is the one where right after he does the dutch song.....I am asking if someone could listen to this and be able to make a tab of the electric guitar part that kicks in half way through the song... it would be awsome!!!! its the Green Eyes and Mooie Elle (Live) song from the Clocks 3CD Dutch EP... if any one can figure this out id be thrilled

scott

[improvisation]

ask Kapone hes awesome.

[Petra_coldplay]

Oeh, mooie ellebogen rules :D I love Chris his Dutch accent :D He's so cute when he talks (or sings) Dutch !! :D

[samdevos]

hello fellow guitar players.... me and my friend have always played green eyes together but now i have discovered a different version of the song.... it is the one where right after he does the dutch song.....I am asking if someone could listen to this and be able to make a tab of the electric guitar part that kicks in half way through the song... it would be awsome!!!! its the Green Eyes and Mooie Elle (Live) song from the Clocks 3CD Dutch EP... if any one can figure this out id be thrilled

scott


yeah i know how its played . I can't say now .don't have guitar with me . But he plays someting like
E 7 5
B 8 6
G 7 5

I've looking also for this tab ut the best way is to find it by yourself .

[coldplaykb]

Does anyone know the chords for Green Eyes? Thanks!

[pickle]

I have the chords as according to a piano sheet music book thing. :\ :lol: The thing is they're not as exact as they could be...

[coldplaykb]

Yeah, thats true! I have the book too.

[pickle]

:lol: Okay. :nice:

[PianoRocker]

Capo 2:

G - D/F# - Am - Am7/G for the intro.. have to check for the rest tho.

[coldplaykb]

Ok Great!!! Thanks! :D

[PianoRocker]

I have the book right here. I'll get the chords tomorrow from it! :)

[acade365]

here you go:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/c/coldplay/green_eyes_acoustic_crd.htm

[Jin256]

So I've been playing most of Kapone's Tabs recently, and they're all damn good. But the only one I'm having trouble playing is Green Eyes. Does anyone have an accurate video to show me how to get these chords right?

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

@Jin - I wish I could make a video but I suck at that kind of thing so I'll just tell you what I know about the acoustic part, which is what I'm guessing you're looking for. :embarrassed:

When Coldplay plays Green Eyes live, they actually play it a whole step down (so an A becomes a G, a D becomes a C and so forth) and it's nothing like some of the more difficult tabs that show up in this thread an on the net. However, to get it to sound like the album version, you can put a capo on 2nd fret and it's the same.

The following might have already showed up in the thread but now it's all in one place, and I know it's definitely correct from watching live videos (just look up Green Eyes live on youtube).

Verse:
G (1 bar) - D/F# (1 bar) - Am (2 bars), hammer the Am to and from Amsus2 (x02200)
Prechorus:
Am (2 bars) - C (2 bars) - G (2 bars) - D (2 bars), hammer the D to and from Dsus4 (xx0233)
Chorus:
Am (2 bars) - C (2 bars) - G (1 bar) - Fmaj7 (1 bar)(133210) - C (1.5 bars)- C/B (x20010)(1/2 bar)
The "Green eyes, ohoho green eyes" is just an Am the 1st time and Am-G the 2nd time; the number of times you do this depends on version and personal taste.

For strum pattern and rhythm, I suggest listening to the song a whole load more. But you can get it to sound 90% correct if you just strum it like this the whole way:

1.......2......|......3.......4.....|.....
Down, down-up, Down, down-up

[Jin256]

Moses you are the greatest man! One other question, I've also been messing around with tunings, would it be a bad idea to tune the B string up to a C? I've been wanting to try out "A Message", but since it's a new guitar, I don't want to mess it up so soon

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

Cheers. BUT. I just realized I made a mistake with the timing in the chorus; it's Am - 2 bars, C - 2 bars, G - 1 bar, F - 1 bar, C - 1 bar...will update my post. >_>

For A Message, that's..actually exactly right. The highest I've taken the B string is to a C# for Violet Hill and Life in Technicolor, so don't worry about your guitar exploding or anything. :) I believe Chris tunes the little e string to C as well, but the song actually sounds alright in EADGCe in my opinion.

Random guitar tip: you can lubricate the nut with a pencil - next time you change your strings, draw in the little indents on the slot between the tuners and the neck with a pencil to deposit a little bit of the graphite. Then, you can tune smoother and it doesn't make that horrid creaky noise (which actually is usually not a bad thing...besides it scaring the wits out of me). :)

[jisu]

This is how I play it (mind the voice, I have a bit of a flu):

http://vimeo.com/18165893

[Black Dog]

dear mr octakon,

I realize you are some sort of "guitar playing extraordinare" but some are not. SOME people cannot play bm....so if someone says, "I can't play bm, I cant get there fast enough," your response should not be "Bm isn't that hard really" Thank you for listening...and have a wonderful day

Yours Truly,
Britt! :smug:
this made my day :lol: so funny!

[Jin256]

Hey Bach, when you say a full step down for Green Eyes, do you mean a full step down from Capo 2, or from Standard Tuning?

[MosesTheMarshmallow]

I mean a full step down from capo 2 or the album version. So don't detune your guitar. Sorry if my phrasing was confusing.

The way I have it in my post:
YouTube - coldplay-green eyes-live-[HD]-live@ Sydney 2009

Then, to get it sound like the album version, put a capo on 2.

That said, I'm pretty sure the album version is played differently, like some of the earlier posts or the version in Kapone's thread; as in, A - E - Bm...if you're interested, I have my own version of that more difficult version which I can post (well I have to make it first).