Chords for The History of Coldplay

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_ _ [E] _ _ Viva [A] la Vida, Viva la [Gbm] Coldplay.
Welcome to WatchMojo [Dbm].com and today we're taking [E] a look
at the history of [A] Coldplay.
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_ _ [E] Alternative rock band [A] Coldplay formed in London, England [Abm] in 1996.
[Dbm] _ Vocalist Chris Martin, [Em] guitarist
Johnny Buckland [A] and bassist Guy Berryman met while [Gbm] attending university and [Dbm] started playing
local clubs.
[E] Drummer Will Champion joined them the [D] next year to round out the group's line-up.
[A] Coldplay released two EPs before [E] signing with Parlophone in [D] 1999.
They came out with the
Blue Room [A] EP that same year and this was [E] followed by their full-length debut [D] Parachutes in [A] 2000. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ The Alternative rock record peaked [A] at the top of the UK Albums Chart and was a critical
[Em] and commercial success.
[G] It spawned several hits, most notably [A] the Top 40 single [Abm] Shiver _
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Abm] and [Bb] their first Top 5 single in [B] the UK, Yellow. _ _
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_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ After their success in Europe, [Gbm] Coldplay toured
North America [B] and even [E] won a Grammy for the album in 2002.
The band released their sophomore
effort A Rush of Blood to the Head later [Bb] that year. _ _ _ _ _
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The positively reviewed disc became
one of the UK's best-selling albums of the 21st century.
[F] It also reached the Top 5 on
the US Billboard 200 charts.
The album featured more piano and electric guitar [C] than Parachutes
and won the group another Grammy on the strength of popular singles like The Scientist and
Clocks.
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_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ The album [Eb] Live 2003 came next [Bbm] and this was recorded during their tour in support
of A Rush of Blood [Fm] to the Head.
Also in [Eb] 2003, Coldplay's cover of [Bbm] The Pretenders' 2000
Miles became the best-selling download [Fm] in the UK.
_ Up next was [Eb] 2005's X and Y. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Despite mixed reviews, it topped the charts around the world and gave them [Gm] their first
number [Cm] one album in the US.
Though the [Eb] band still continued in the Alternative rock vein,
Coldplay also experimented with electronic music on this effort.
[Eb] X and Y became the best-selling
record of 2005 and included singles [Gm] such as Fix You [Cm] and Speed of [G] Sound.
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_ this point,
Coldplay had become one of the most [G] commercially successful bands in the world.
After embarking
on a global tour, the group [G] began to work on their next record.
Viva La Vida or Death and
All His Friends [Bm] dropped in 2008.
[Gbm] The band experimented with styles and [G] sounds such as
blues and distorted guitar on the Grammy-winning [A] disc and they once again hit number one in [Em] the UK
and the [Eb] US.
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The critically and commercially [B] successful effort also yielded [Abm] Coldplay
first [A] number one UK and [Abm] US hit Viva La [Db] Vida.
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_ [Ab] That same year, the band went [Fm] on a supporting
tour and released the [Bbm] Prospects March EP.
In 2009, the live [Fm] compilation Left Right Left Right Left
[Fm] came out.
[Db] 2010 saw the digital release of the single Christmas Lights [Fm] and more tour dates.
Coldplay's fifth effort, [Ab] Milo Xylito, came out in 2011.
The concept album featured acoustic and
[Fm] electronic experimentation [Db] and its first single was the [Eb] song Every Teardrop is [A] a Waterfall. _ _
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With
an ever-evolving alternative rock style, Coldplay has secured its place as one of the best-selling
bands of the new millennium. _ _ _ _ _ _
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