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Yellow (Coldplay) – Intermediate Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

Coldplay

SONG DETAILS

DIFFICULTY:

4

TUNING:

C G D G B E

CAPO:

4th fret

TIME SIGNATURE:

4/4

This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for Yellow by Coldplay.

Yellow was written by Coldplay and released as a single in June 2000. The song reached the number 4 spot in the UK Singles Chart and ultimately became the song that broke Coldplay internationally.

This arrangement is great fun to play and best suited to the intermediate player. Having said that, I encourage you to have a go if you’re an accomplished beginner or if you’re advanced and just like the song.

Alright, let’s start learning how to play Yellow!

Learn To Play Yellow

Yellow (Performance)

As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Yellow, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.

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Yellow Guitar Lesson

In this first lesson you’ll learn how to play the intro and verse of Yellow. It may look easy to play at times but this arrangement is actually quite intricate and delicate. Pay attention to your dynamics and really try to add some feel to your playing.

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Yellow Guitar Lesson (Part 2)

Hopefully you were OK with the first tutorial. In this lesson we learn how to play the chorus and then we also look at the 2nd verse, which is slightly different from the 1st.

Yellow Guitar Lesson (Part 3)

There’s just the outro of Yellow to learn now. Having gotten this far, hopefully you won’t struggle too much with this section.

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