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{title: Clocks} {artist: Coldplay} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 132} {key: Eb} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} the [Eb]lights go out and I [Bbm]can't be saved, tides that I tried to [Fm]swim against have [Eb]brought me down up[Bbm]on my knees, oh I beg, I [Fm]beg and plead, singing {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Eb] come out of the [Bbm]things unsaid, shoot an apple [Fm]off my head and a [Eb] trouble that [Bbm]can't be named, a tiger's waiting [Fm]to be tamed, singing {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Eb]confusion that [Bbm]never stops, closing walls and [Fm]ticking clocks gonna [Eb] come back and [Bbm]take you home, I could not stop, that [Fm]you now know, singing {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} [Eb] come out up[Bbm]on my seas, cursed missed oppor[Fm]tunities am I [Eb] a part [Bbm]of the cure, or am I part of [Fm]the disease, singing {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Bridge} [GbM7] and nothing else com[Db]pares [Absus6] [GbM7] and nothing else com[Db]pares [Absus6] [GbM7] and nothing else com[Db]pares [Absus6] [GbM7] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb] you [Bbm] [Fm]are [Eb]home, [Bbm]home, where I wanted to [AbM7]go [Eb]home, [Bbm]home, where I wanted to [AbM7]go [Eb]home, [Bbm]home, where I wanted to [AbM7]go [Eb]home, [Bbm]home, where I wanted to [AbM7]go {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Fine, repeat} [Eb] [Bbm] [Fm] {end_of_part}