Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall by Coldplay was initially inspired by the 1976 single I Go to Rio by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson. Chris Martin was inspired after hearing the beat of the song at a festival, leading him to write Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall. Its a track that celebrates the power of music to turn despondency into hope and joy.
Key: C
Introduction:
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I turn the music up, I got my records on
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I shut the world outside until the lights come on
C7
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
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I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song
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And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
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Until Monday morning feels another life
Em
I turn the music up I'm on a roll this time
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And heaven is in sight
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I turn the music up, I got my records on
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From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
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Don't want to see another generation drop
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I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
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Maybe I'm in the black, maybe I'm on my knees
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Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
Em
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
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Cathedrals in my heart
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And we saw oh this light I swear you, emerge blinking into