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Resources for Coldplay Clocks

The following worksheet accompanies the audio resources provided on for Coldplay Clocks, to be used in the Band Instrumental Skills project. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the audio, and for students to have access to should they need them.

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These materials have been prepared by Martin Ainscough, Fred Longworth High School, audio tracks supplied by Show Me How to Play (

Bass Guitar

Bass guitar structure:

Play Riff 1 eight times / Play Riff 2 two times / Play Riff 1 eight times / Play Riff 2 four times / Play Riff 3 four times / Play Riff 4 once / Rest for seven bars / Play Riff 2 eight times / Play Riff 5 five times until the end of the song

Riff 1

Riff 2

Riff 3

Riff 4

Riff 5

Guitar

Guitar structure:

Rest for ten bars / Play Riff 1 twice / Rest for 16 bars / Play Riff 2 twice / Play Riff 1 twice / Rest for 16 bars / Play Riff 2 four times / Play Riff 1 four times / Play Riff 3 three times / Play Riff 4 once / Rest for eight bars / Play Riff 1 eight times

Riff 1

Riff 2

Riff 3

Riff 4

Struggling to play two notes together?

Just play the bottom notes for all the riffs

Keyboard

There are only two different parts to learn

Keyboard: structure

Play Riff 1 four times / Rest for 16 bars / Play Riff 1 four times / Rest for 16 bars / Play Riff 1 four times / Play Riff 2 four times / Rest for 16 bars / Play Riff 1 twice / Play Riff 2 12 times to the end of the song

Riff 1

Riff 2

Drums

This is the basic drum pattern that is used all the way through the piece.

You can vary the pattern by adding your own fills and playing the ride cymbal instead of the hi-hat in the chorus sections.

1 / + / 2 / + / 3 / + / 4 / +
Bass Drum / / / / /
Snare / / /
Hi-Hat / / / / / / / /

If you are struggling to play this leave out the hi-hat – just play bass drum and snare

Lyrics

Lights go out and I can't be saved

Tides that I tried to swim against

You've put me down upon my knees

Oh I beg, I beg and plead (singing)

Come out of things unsaid, shoot an apple off my head (and a)

Trouble that can't be named, tigers waiting to be tamed (singing)

You…are, you…are

Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks (gonna)

Come back and take you home, I could not stop, that you now know (singing)

Come out upon my seas, curse missed opportunities (am I)

A part of the cure, or am I part of the disease (singing)

You…are, you…are, you…are, you…are,

You…are, you…are

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

You…are, you…are…[continues in background]

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Home, home, where I wanted to go