Coldplay - Old Friends cover w open tuning (tuning + picking pattern in description)

Описание: Capo 3rd fret; tuning: D - A - D - G - A - D (= tune top string and bottom two strings down a full tone).

All chords & notes with respect to capo.
Main picking:
D-major shape:
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- 02* 4
0 - - - - -
0 - - - - - -

*hammer-on; repeat twice w random bass variations

B-minor shape:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - 0 - - - -
4 - - 4 - - 4 - - - 4 - - 4 -
2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - - 2 - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Chords pre-chorus:
Chord 1 (E-minor 6?):
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
0
4
2

Chord 2 (E-minor 7?):
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
0
5
2

Chord 3 (A6?):
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
0
9
7

Chord 4 (A (7))
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
0
7
7

Chords chorus:
Dsus2:
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
02 (hammer-on, like main riff)
0
0

D-major:
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
4
0
0

G-major:
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
0
2
5

Variation for end of pre-chorus/bridge:
A-major shape:
x (or 0)
x (or 0)
6
0
7
7

Outro picking first chord:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0- - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - - 5 -
5 - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 - - - 5 - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Keep descending fret by fret for the next chords on the A-string (i.e. 5 - 4 - 3 - 2), final bass note is 3rd fret on the e-string; repeat twice.


This is NOT the original tuning; in the original recording, the bottom three strings are taped to mute. The original tuning - according to the official booklet - is simply drop D tuning.

I decided to go against the original tuning/recording and go for a richer sound, with all 6 strings ringing throughout. The tuning I used just fits really well imo, but you folks be the judge of that ;)
It still comes pretty close to the original recording regardless. Chord shapes should be 99.9% accurate, once again based on the live in Jordan performance.

Also, the original version is clearly finger-picked. I played it with a plectrum though.


Played on a Martin-D16 GT e.