Thing I Don't Understand Chords
by Coldplay
Thing I Don't Understand by Coldplay is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C/G. It uses the chords C/G, Em, Am7, Fmaj7, Dm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7 x2
Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7
Verse:
C/G Em Am Em
How tides control the sea, And what becomes of me
Fmaj7 Dm Am Am
How little things can slip out of your hand
C/G Em Am7 Em
How often people change, No two remain the same
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
Why things don't always turn out as you planned
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
These are things that I don't understand
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
Yeah these are things that I don't understand
Dm Em
I can't (and I can't) decide
Am Fmaj7
Wrong (oh my wrong) from right
Dm Em
Day (oh my day) from night
Am Fmaj7
Dark (oh my dark) from light
Dm Em Am7 Em
I love (but I love) this life
Dm 567xxx
Em 789xxx
Am 12 13 14xxx
Fmaj7 12 13 14xxx
Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7
Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7
Verse:
C/G Em Am7 Em
How infinite is space, And who decides your fate
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
Why everything will dissolve into sand
C/G Em Am7 Em
How to avoid defeat, Where truth and fiction meet
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
Why nothing ever turns out as you planned
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
These are things that I don't understand
Fmaj7 Dm Am7 Am7
Yeah these are things that I don't understand
Dm Em
I can't (and I can't) decide
Am Fmaj7
Wrong (oh my wrong) from right
Dm Em
Day (oh my day) from night
Am Fmaj7
Dark (oh my dark) from light
Dm Em Am7
I love (but I love) this life
(Lead guitar same as Chorus 1)
Outro:
Chords: C/G, Em, Am7, Em, Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7 x2
Fmaj7, Dm, Am7, Am7