Coldplay – I Ran Away


These known chords are used in this song.


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Band: Coldplay

Words & Music: Guy Berrymen, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin

Standard Tuning: EADGbe

Used:

 
A 
(R35) Abaug5w5  
F#7 
 
Cmaj 
 
Amin 
 
Fmaj 
 
Gmaj 
Dmin7 
 
Dmin7/
B 
Eaug5 
 
Daug5
E 
| 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 X X
B 
| 5 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 X X
G 
| 6 5 3 0 2 2 0 2 2 5 3
D 
| 7 6 4 2 2 3 0 0 0 6 4
A 
| X X X 3 0 3 2 0 2 7 5
E 
| X X X 0 X 1 3 X X X X
 
Caug5  
Aadd9 
E 
| X X
B 
| X X
G 
| 1 6
D 
| 2 7
A 
| 3 7
E 
| X 5

Note: For intro is just electric guitar

Intro:

Chris: “One, two, three, Will.” (drum intro)

 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 
 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 
 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 
 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 

Note: There is no acoustic guitar in this song but I add them. For all

verses the electric guitar will play the same as the intro. Just
listen to the song for the timing

Verse 1:

 
Cmaj 
 
 
Amin 
ran away from you,
 
Amin 
That’s 
 
 
Cmaj 
all I ever do,
 
Cmaj 
 
A 
nd 
 
 
Amin 
though I started here,
 
Amin 
 
 
Cmaj 
ran away from you,
 
Cmaj 
I’m 
 
 
Amin 
gonna come on in,
 
Amin 
 
A 
nd 
 
 
Cmaj 
see it through,

Verse 2:

 
Cmaj 
 
 
Amin 
ran away from you,
 
Amin 
That’s 
 
 
Cmaj 
all I ever do,
 
Cmaj 
 
A 
nd 
 
 
Amin 
when I heard you call,
 
Amin 
”Come 
 
 
Cmaj 
back to me”,
 
Cmaj 
 
 
Amin 
know I should stay,
 
Amin 
 
 
Cmaj 
don’t have the stomach to,
 
Note: Dmin7 is an additional chords since this song use  
Cmaj 
as 
 
 
A 
 
family chord. So playing Dmin7 might sounds  
A 
bit funny. So take
 
note that in bass guitar you’ll have to play it as  
B 
in the 2nd
 
last line when you catch the Dmin7 So it could be Dmin7/
B 
too

Chorus:

 
Cmaj 
 
E 
veryone 
 
 
Gmaj 
I know says,
 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
 
I’m  
A 
fool to mess with you,
 
Cmaj 
 
E 
veryone 
 
 
Gmaj 
I know says,
 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
 
It’s  
A 
stupid thing to do,
 
Cmaj 
 
 
Gmaj 
have your love on call,
 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
And yet my day is so full,

 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
There might be nothing left to do,

 
Fmaj 
Dmin7 
 
 
Cmaj 
So I ran away from you,

 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 
 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 
 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 
 
A 
Abaug5w5 
 
 
F#7 

Verse 3:

 
Cmaj 
I’m 
 
 
Amin 
gonna come on in,
 
Amin 
My 
 
 
Cmaj 
eyes are closed,
 
Cmaj 
 
 
Amin 
can feel it there,
 
Amin 
The 
 
 
Cmaj 
sun’s so close,
 
Cmaj 
I’m 
 
 
Amin 
gonna come on out,
 
Amin 
 
A 
nd 
 
 
Cmaj 
burn the sky,

Riff:

 
Fmaj 
 
A 
 
Amin 
star arose in my own cage,
 
Fmaj 
I’m 
 
 
Amin 
stuck in life and in  
A 
cage,
 
Fmaj 
Just 
 
 
Gmaj 
A 
single 
 
star,
 
Amin 
I sing for,

Note: Same as the first chorus

Chorus:

 
Cmaj 
 
E 
veryone 
 
 
Gmaj 
I know says,
 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
 
I’m  
A 
fool to mess with you,
 
Cmaj 
 
E 
veryone 
 
 
Gmaj 
I know says,
 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
 
It’s  
A 
stupid thing to do,
 
Cmaj 
 
 
Gmaj 
have your love on call,
 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
And yet my day is so full,

 
Fmaj 
Dmin7
And I did not know what to do,

 
Fmaj 
Dmin7 
 
 
Cmaj 
So I ran away from you,

Note: The guitar tabs that you see below is the piano stuff. Others is

just the electric guitar. The 2nd last note of every bar is
Eaug5 in the first 3 bars. So, that Eaug5 in that 2nd last note
just strum it one time only. Yeah, you would need to do some
pulls too Listen to the song again to understand this part

Intrumental:

 
E 
|-5-7-8—-7—+-5-7-8—-7—+-5-7-8—-7—+——–+-5-7-8—-7—|
B 
|——–5—9-+——–5—9-+——–5—9-+-7h9p10-+——–5—9-|
G 
|————–+————–+————–+——–+————–|
D 
|————–+————–+————–+——–+————–|
A 
|————–+————–+————–+——–+————–|
E 
|————–+————–+————–+——–+————–|

Eaug5 Daug5 Caug5 pull Daug5 Eaug5 Caug5

Eaug5 Daug5 Caug5 pull Daug5 Eaug5 Caug5

Eaug5 Daug5 Caug5 pull Daug5 Eaug5 Caug5

Daug5 Eaug5 Caug5

 
Daug5 Caug5  
Aadd9 

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