Coldplay - Fix You - Guitar Cover

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2005 4:56

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About Fix You

Few songs reward patience at the guitar quite like "Fix You" by Coldplay. The track builds in two very distinct phases: a gentle, arpeggiated organ-driven verse that translates beautifully to clean fingerpicking on guitar, followed by a rousing strummed outro that asks for real dynamic control. Playing in Eb major means if you are working from standard tuning you will need to either capo or tune down a half step, so check the tuning shown on this page before you start. At 95 BPM the tempo is moderate, but the emotional weight of the piece means rushing even slightly will flatten the feel. The transition into the big outro chorus is where most players stumble, because the strumming pattern needs to swell gradually rather than arrive all at once. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop that transition slowed down until the build feels natural under your hands. Clean tone with a touch of reverb will serve you far better here than any overdrive. This sits comfortably within Pop Rock but leans heavily on restraint and dynamics rather than technical fireworks.

• The song's guitar part spans two distinct feels: soft arpeggiated picking in the verses and full open-chord strumming in the climactic outro.
• Because the key is Eb major, players in standard tuning will need to tune down a half step or use a capo to match the recording accurately.
• The main challenge is dynamic control during the outro build, practising a gradual swell from light strumming to full strokes rather than jumping straight to full volume.