Violet Hill é uma canção da banda britânica Coldplay e foi escrita pelos membros da banda. Foi lançada como o primeiro single do álbum Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends em 2008. A música tem origem a partir das preocupações do vocalista Chris Martin sobre o ativismo político e as guerras. Violet Hill é também nome de uma rua em Londres onde Coldplay tem seu estúdio.
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EASY VERSION:
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Was a long and dark December From the rooftops I remember
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There was snow, white snow
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Clearly I remember from the windows
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They were watching while we froze
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Down below
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When the future's architectured
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By a carnival of idiots on show
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You'd better lie low
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If you love me, won’t you let me know?
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Was a long and dark December When the banks became cathedrals
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And a fox became God
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Priests clutched onto bibles Hollowed out to fit their rifles
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And the cross was held aloft
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Bury me an armour
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When I’m dead and hit the ground
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My nerves are poles that unfroze
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If you love me, won’t you let me know?
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(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3 a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)
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I don’t want to be a soldier
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Who the captain of some sinking ship
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Would stow
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Far below
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So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?
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I took my love down to Violet Hill
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There we sat in the snow
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All that time she was silent still
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Said if you love me, won’t you let me know?
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If you love me, won’t you let me know? MORE COMPLEX VERSION:
Bm
Was a long and dark December
B4
From the rooftops I remember
G
G7M
Em
Em6
There was snow , white snow
Bm
Clearly I remember from the windows
B4
G
G7M
They were watching while we froze
Em
Em6
Down below
G
When the future's architectured
A
Bm
By a carnival of idiots on show
A
You'd better lie low
G
F#m
D
Bm
A
Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
Bm
Was a long and dark December
B4
When the banks became cathedrals
G
G7M
Em
Em6
And a fox became God
Bm
Priests clutched onto bibles
B4
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
G
G7M
Em
Em6
And the cross was held aloft
G
Bury me an armour
A
When I’m dead and hit the ground
Bm
A
My nerves are poles that unfroze
G
F#m
D
Bm
A
Bm
If you love me, won’t you let me know?
Bm
G
Em
(don't forget about the capo thing...it's 2 step higher so if you play without a capo, 3 a 5, 2 is a 7, etc...)
G
I don’t want to be a soldier
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Who the captain of some sinking ship
Bm
Would stow
A
Far below
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F#m
D
Bm
A
Bm
So, if you love me, why’d you let me go?
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I took my love down to Violet Hill
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There we sat in the snow
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All that time she was silent still
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So, if you love me, won’t you let me know?
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If you love me, won’t you let me know? So it's pretty much all there. For the distorted guitar fill during the verses (instead