Clocks (Acoustic) Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays547

Clocks (Acoustic) by Coldplay is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, Bm, F#m, G, D9 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			e|12--------12------12------|--10--------10--------10------|   
B|---12--------12-------12--|----10--------10-----10----|   
G|-----13--------13---------|-------11-------11---------|   
D|--------------------------|---------------------------|   
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|   
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|   

e|--10--------10--------10--|--9--------9--------9------|   
B|---10-------10-------10---|----10-------10-------10---|   
G|-----11------11-----------|-------11-------11---------|   
D|--------------------------|---------------------------|   
A|--------------------------|---------------------------|   
E|--------------------------|---------------------------|   

Introdução:  (E Bm F#m) 4x    
     
E                  Bm                                   F#m    
Lights go out and I can't be saved, tides that I tried to swim against    
E               Bm                     F#m                      E    
Brought me down upon my knees, oh I beg I beg and please -singing    
              Bm                              F#m                E    
Come out with things I've said, shoot an apple of my head - and a    
             Bm                               F#m    
trouble that can't be named, a tiger's waiting to be tamed - singing    
     
  E   Bm          F#m    
     you          are     2x    
     
(E Bm F#m) 2x    
     
E             Bm                            F#m                    E    
Confusion that never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks - gonna    
              Bm                                  F#m                    E    
come back and take you home, I could not stop that you now know - singing    
         Bm                             F#m             E    
Come out upon my seas, Curse missed opportunities - am I    
       Bm                            F#m    
a part of the cure, or am I a part of the disease? - singing    
     
  E   Bm          F#m    
     you          are     4x    
  (E Bm F#m) x2    
  E   Bm          F#m    
     you          are     2x    
     
G                     D9     A    
and nothing else compares    
G                        D9    A    
oh no, nothing else compares    
G                     D9 A G      
and nothing else compa___ares    
       
(E Bm F#m) x4    
     
E   Bm          F#m    
     you          are     2x    
  E    Bm                     F#m    
Home, home, where I wanted to go   4x    
     
Final:     
E Bm F#m   


    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante