The Hardest Part Acoustic chords by Coldplay

The Hardest Part - Coldplay - X&Y

Huge shout-out to Charlie Edmonds for providing the chords

[Used tuning] Eb G# C# F# Bb D

The tuning is quite simple, have a standard tuning and tune down every string a halfstep down and on
top of that tune the high E string down a half-step again (you can play it just by tuning to standard and
tuning the high E string a half-step down)

[Used chords]
  E   E*   G#  C#   F#  B   D#
 D|--0-----0------0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
Bb|--0-----0------0-----0------0-----0-----0--|
F#|--1-----13-----4-----9------3-----8-----11-|
C#|--2-----14-----6-----11-----4-----9-----13-|
G#|--2-----14-----6-----11-----4-----9-----13-|
Eb|--0-----12-----4-----9------2-----7-----11-|

Use your thumb to press down the lowest Eb string just like Chris Martin does.

[Intro]
 E G# C# E F# G#

[Verse]
    E
And the hardest part
  B       D#      G#
Was letting go not taking part
    E       B  D#  G#
Was the hardest part
    E
And the strangest thing
  B        D#       G#
Was waiting for that bell to ring
      E        B D# E*
It was the strangest start

[Chorus]
  E*       B   F#  E
I could feel it go down
          B      F#   E
Bittersweet I could taste in my mouth
         B     F#
Silver lining the clouds
    G# F# E D# C#
Oh and I   -  I
              G#
I wish that I could work it out

[Solo]
G# E B D# x2

[Verse]
    E
And the hardest part
  B       D#      G#
Was letting go not taking part
      E       D#  G#
You really broke my heart, oh
   E
And I tried to sing
   B         D#    G#
But I couldn't think of anything
       E       B  D# E*
That was the hardest part, oh, oh

[Chorus]
  E*       B   F#  E
I could feel it go down
       B          F#   E
You left the sweetest taste in my mouth
         B    F#
Silver lining the cloud
    G# F# E D# C#
Oh and I   -  I
    G# F# E D# C#
Oh and I   -  I
 C#             D#
I wonder what it's all about
 C#
I wonder what it's all about

[Solo]
G# - E - B - D# x2 (the last time you play D# play it twice)

[Bridge]
       E  G# C#
Everything I know is wrong
       E      G#   C#
Everything I do it just comes undone
         E  G# C#
And everything is torn a---part
          E
Oh, and that's the hardest part
      F#
That's the hardest part
         E
Yeah, that's the hardest part
      F#       G#