Text

Band: Coldplay
Song: Crest Of Waves
Words & Music: Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin

April 8th, 2009
Email: karl_henry35@hotmail.com

Just listen to the song for the chord progressions in the intro.
Intro:
B7sus4
 C#m  F#m7  G#m7 
 C#m  F#m7  G#m7 
 C#m  F#m7  G#m7 
 F#m7  G#m7  B 

Verse 1:
            C#m               A 
It could be worse, I could be alone
           F#m7                  G#m7 
I could be locked in here on my own
          C#m                  A 
Or like a stone that certainly drops
         F#m7   G#m7 
It never stops, No.
 B          C#m                 A 
I could be lost, or I could be saved
        F#m7                    G#m7 
Calling out from beneath the waves
       C#m                  A 
Beaten down by the sloshing rain
      F#m7            G#m7   B 
Never again, Never again


Chorus:
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh 
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
        F#m7                   G#m7 
Skating out from the crests of waves


Pre-Verse:
 C#m  F#m7  G#m7 
 C#m  F#m7  G#m7 
 C#m  F#m7  G#m7 
 F#m7  G#m7  B 


Verse 2: 
            C#m             A 
It could be worse, It's all sweet
             F#m7                       G#m7 
You could be snapped from the jaws of defeat
       C#m               A 
Like a light lit up on a beach
                      F#m7    G#m7  
Where your heart your sleeve, Oh
 B           C#m             A  
You want to stop before you begin
            F#m7                         G#m7 
You want to sink when you know you could swim
            C#m                  A 
You want to stop just before you begin
           F#m7           G#m7    B 
Never give in, Never give in


Chorus:
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
        F#m7                   G#m7 
Skating out from the crests of waves


Bridge:
 A 
Nothing matters
 F#m7      G#m7 
Except life and the love we make
 A 
Nothing matters
 F#m7      G#m7 
Except life and the love we make
 A 
Nothing matters
 F#m7      G#m7 
Except life and the love we make
 F#m7    G#m7   
                Except life and the love we make


Chorus: Play Twice
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
 C#m       F#m7        G#m7 
Ooh   -   Ooh    -    Ooh
        F#m7                   G#m7 
Skating out from the crests of waves


Outro:
        F#m7                       G#m7 
Skating out from the crests of the waves
     F#m7           G#m7 
Your longing to be saved
          F#m7                       G#m7 
Screaming out from the crests of the waves
     F#m7           G#m7 
Your longing to be saved
          F#m7                       G#m7 
Screaming out from the crests of the waves.


Enjoy. :)