How to Play Up&Up on Guitar?

Coldplay - Up&Up can be played in the key of G using the G, D, Em, C, F chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Up&Up with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Coldplay - Up&Up Chords

Chord reference G, D, Em, C, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]Fixing up a car to drive in it again [D]Searching for the water, hoping for the rain Up and [Em]up, Up and [C]up

[G]Down upon a canvas, working meal to meal [D]Waiting for a chance to pick your orange field Up and [Em]up, Up and [C]up

[G]See a pearl form, a diamond in the rough [D]See a bird soaring high above the flood It’s in your [Em]blood, it’s in your [C]blood

[G]Underneath the storm an umbrella is saying [D]Sitting with the poison takes away the pain Up and [Em]up, Up and [C]up

[G]We’re gonna get it, get it together Right [D]now we’re gonna get it, get it together [F]Somehow, gonna get it, get it together and [C]flower [G]We’re gonna get it, get it together I [D]know, we’re gonna get it, get it together And [F]flow, we’re gonna get it, get it together and [C]go [G]Up, and up, and up

[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]Lying in the gutter, aiming for the moon [D]Trying to empty out the ocean with a spoon Up and [Em]up, Up and [C]up

[G]How come people suffer? How come people part? [D]How come people struggle? How come people Break your [Em]heart? Break your [C]heart?

[G]Yes I wanna grow, yes I want to feel [D]Yes I wanna know, show me how to Heal it [Em]up, heal it [C]up

[G]Try and see the forest, there in every seed [D]Angels in the marble waiting to be freed Just need [Em]love, Just need [C]love, when the going is rough, saying

Cause you can [G]say what is, or [D]fight for it [Em]Close your mind and [C]take a risk You can [G]say it’s mine and [D]clench your fist Or [Em]see each sunrise [C]as a gift

[G]Fixing up a car to drive in it again [D]When you’re in pain, when you think you’ve had [Em]enough [C]Don’t ever give up

[G] [D] [Em] [C] Don’t ever give up [G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]

Artist Coldplay

Album A Head Full of Dreams

Genres Alternative, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock

Year 2015

Key G

Coldplay - Up&Up can be played in the key of G using the G, D, Em, C, F chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Up&Up with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.