Song: Clocks
Artist: Coldplay
Album: A Rush of Blood to the Head
Tabbed by Matt Eason ([email protected]), this is all my own work.

Feel free to email me any corrections, comments or questions.

Most of this is piano arranged for guitar.

Standard tuning (EADGbe)
Use a bit of echo(reverb/delay)


Main riff
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8---------8---------8-----|--6--------6--------6-------|
---8---------8---------8--|-----8--------8--------8----|
------10--------10--------|--------8--------8----------|
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--6--------6--------6-----|--5--------5--------5------|
-----8--------8--------8--|-----8--------8--------8---|
--------8--------8--------|--------8--------8---------|
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"Closing walls and ticking clocks, gonna..."
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-----------------------18--------------p16---------|
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Main riff (+1 octave)
--11----------11----------11------|--9----------
------11----------11----------11--|-----11------
----------12----------12----------|---------10--
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9----------9------|--9----------9----------9------|
---11---------11--|-----11---------11---------11--|
-------10---------|---------10---------10---------|
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8----------8----------8------|
---11---------11---------11--|
-------10---------10---------|
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Riff 2 (played very quietly)
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-----6--5-----|-----6--5-----|-----6--5-----|-----6--5-----|
--6--------6--|--4--------4--|--4--------4--|--3--------3--|
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Riff 3
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9--8-----9--8-----9--8--|--9--8-----9--8-----9--8------|
------8--------8--------|--------6--------6------------|
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--9--8-----9--8-----9--8--|--9--8-----9--8-----9------|
--------6--------6--------|--------5--------5-----8---|
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Riff 4
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-----9--8-----|-----9--8-----|-----9--8---------|-----9--8-----|
--8--------8--|--6--------6--|--6--------6------|--5--------5--|
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Bridge
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10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10----|
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---Play this bar 6 times----------|
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13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5|
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--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10|
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13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5|
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--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10|
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--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10|
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Guitar riff
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---9--8-----|-----9--8--6--|-----9--8--6--|-----9--8----|
8--------8--|--6-----------|--6-----------|--5--------8-|
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Running order
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Main riff with Riff 2 x4 (drums +  bass after 2)
Vocals
Main riff with Riff 2 x4
Vocals and "ticking clocks"
Main riff with Riff 2 x4
Riff 3 with Riff 4 x4
Bridge
Main riff (+1 octave) with Riff 4 x2
Riff 3 with Riff 4 x4
Riff 3 with guitar riff until fade