VIVA LA VIDA

Music by Coldplay, Adapted by Kalei Gamiao

Transcribed by Bertrand Le Nistour
Original video : http://youtu.be/b5zuxnr-rJQ

High G Tuning

= 84
Slower In Time Slower In Time Accel.

A INTRO
Cmaj7 Dadd11(no5) G
1/2B II
1 2 3
Ukulele

2 3 3 5 5 2 0 2 0
0 0 2 2 (2) (2) 3 3 3
0 0 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0

Slower In Time

Em Gmaj7sus4

4 5 6

5 5 7 9 9 12
3 10 10 10
4 4 6 7 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0

Slower

Gmaj7sus2 Gadd9
7 8 9 10

9 9 10 5 10 5 5 (5)
10 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 (7)
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 (9)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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PLAY this two times, RECORD the second repeat, START the loop after and let it play the third repeat

= 138
B BASS
Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
3x
11 12 13 14

3x
2 2 2 2 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 (2) 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 (3) 3 3 3 3
0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 (4) 4 4 4 4

RECORD (ADD) : Hit the strings with your hand slightly above the bridge ADD TO LOOP
15 16 17 18

X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

RECORD (ADD) ADD TO LOOP

19 20 21 22

X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X

1/2B X 1/2B V
C VERSE G D
23 24 25 26

10 10 (10) 5 5 (5) 1 2 2
10 12 10 (10) 5 7 5 (5)
11 11 (11) 6 6 (6)

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
27 28 29 30

2 3 0 (0) 0 0 0 2 0 2 (2) 2 2
0 (0) 2 (2) 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 (3) 3
0 (0) 2 (2) 2 2 4 (4) 4
0 (0) 0 0 0 (0)
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Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
31 32 33 34

2 3 0 (0) 0 0 2 0 0 2 5
0 0 2 (2) 2 2 3 3 3 (3) 3
0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 4 4 4
0 (0) 0 (0) 0 0 0 (0) 0

C Gmaj7sus2 G Em
1/2B II
35 36 37 38

0 2 0 2 0 5
0 0 2 3 2 (2) 2 3 3 3 (0) 3 (3) 3 3
0 (0) 0 0 2 2 2 (2) 4 (4) 4 (4)
0 (0) (0) 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 0

Chunk
C Gmaj7sus2 G Em
1/2B II
39 40 41 42

2 0 X 2 (2) 2 2 2 2
0 0 2 3 2 (2) 2 3 5 3 3 3 3 X 3 (3) 3 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 3
0 0 2 (2) 2 2 (2) 2 X 4 (4) (4) 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 0 (0) 0 0 0 (0) X 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
43 44 45 46

2 3 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 2 (2) 2 2 3 3 (3) 3 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 3
0 0 2 (2) (2) 2 2 2 2 4 (4) (4) 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 (0) 0 (0) (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chunk
Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
47 48 49

2 3 5 0 (0) 0 X 0 0 2 0 0 2 0
0 0 2 (2) 2 X 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
0 0 2 (2) (2) X 2 (2) (2) (2) 2 (4) (4)
0 0 0 (0) X 0 (0) 0 (0) (0) (0)
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C Gmaj7sus2

50 51 52

2 2 2 7 7 9 9 (9) 9 9 9 9
3 3 3 (3) 3 3 (3) 3 3 (5) 5 (5) 5 5 5 5
4 (4) (4) 4 4 4 4 (0) 0 0 0 6 (6) (6) (6) (6) 6
(0) 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0) X (X) (X)

Chunk
Gadd9 Em7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2
1/2B IV
53 54 55

5 10 10 X 5 (5) 5 5 5 5 2 3 0
7 7 7 X 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 3 3 3 0 0 2
9 (9) (9) X 4 (4) 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 2
0 0 0 X 4 (4) 4 4 (4) 4 4 4 0 0 0

Chunk
G Em
56 57 58

(0) 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 2 2 2 2 2 2
(2) 2 2 3 3 3 X 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 3 3
(2) (2) 2 2 2 (2) X 4 4 4 4 (4) 4 4 4 4 (4) 4 4
(0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 (0) 0 0 0 (0)

Kalei Gamiao plays this section entirely with the thumb (replace index UP moves with thumb UP moves).
D SOLO
Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
59 60 61

X 5 5 7 5 5
X 3 3 3 3 5 (5) 5 5 3 3 5 7 5 7 5 5 3 5
X 2 4
X

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2

62 63 64

5 10 10 (10) 10 12 14 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 12 10
7 5 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 (3) 5 7 7 7 12 12
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G Em

65 66

10 12 10 12 10 10 12 10 12 10 10 10 10 12 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 9
12 12 12 10 10 5 5

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
67 68 69

5 7 5 5 (5) 6 0 3 3 5 7 7 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 5
2 4

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2
70 71

5 5 X 5 5 5 X 5 7 5
5 5 3 5 5 3 5 3 3 3 5 5 7

Chunk
E BRIDGE
G D Em
1/2B X 1/2B V
72 73 74

5 5 10 5 2 (2) 2 2 3 3 3 5 X 5 5 X 5
7 7 5 5 3 3 3 5 7 7 10 12 10 5 7 3 (3) 3 3 5 5 5 7 X 7 7 X 7
11 6 X X X X X X (X) X X (X)
X

Chunk Chunk Chunk

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2
75 76

X 2 2 3 3 3 5 X 5 X X X X 2 2 2 3 3 5 X 5 X X X X
X 3 3 5 5 5 7 X 7 X X X X 3 3 3 5 5 7 X 7 X X X X
X X X X X X (X) X (X) X (X) X X (X) X (X) X (X)
X X X
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Chunk Chunk
G Em
77 78

2 2 2 3 3 5 X 5 X X X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 X 5 5
3 3 3 5 5 7 X 7 X X X X X X
X (X) X (X) X (X) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X 2 2
X X X

Chunk Chunk Chunk

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2
79 80

X 2 2 3 3 5 X 5 X X X X 2 2 2 3 3 5 X 5 X X X X
X 3 3 5 5 7 X 7 X X X X 3 3 3 5 5 7 X 7 X X X X
X X X (X) X (X) X (X) X X (X) X (X) X (X)
X X X

Chunk
G Em7
1/2B IV
81 82

2 2 2 3 3 5 X 5 X 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
3 3 3 5 5 7 X 7 X 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
X (X) X X 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
X 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

RECORD (ADD) 4 BARS ADD TO LOOP RECORD (ADD) 4 BARS ADD TO LOOP
F BASS
4x 4x
83 84

4x 4x
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

RECORD (ADD) 4 BARS ADD TO LOOP RECORD (ADD) 4 BARS ADD TO LOOP

4x 4x
85 86

4x 4x
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
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RECORD (ADD) ADD TO LOOP

3x
87 88

3x
12 14 14 14 12 14 14 14 12 14 14 14 12 14 14 14 12 14 14 14 12 14 14 14 12 14 14 14 14

Chunk Chunk
G VERSE
Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2

89 90

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 (5) X 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 (5) X 10 10 10
X X X
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 (2) X 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 (2) X 7 7 7
X X X

G Em

91 92

10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 2 2

Chunk
Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2
93 94

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 X 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9
X
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 X 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6
X

Chunk Chunk
G Em

95 96

9 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 X 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 X X
X X (0) 2
6 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 X 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 X 0 (0)
X X 0
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Chunk Chunk
Csus2 Gmaj7sus2
1/2B II
97 98

5 2 5 2 5 X 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 5 X 5 5
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 X 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 X 3 3 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0

Chunk Chunk
G Em
99 100

2 2 2 0 0 0 2 X 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 X 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 X 3 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 X 3 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 (2) 2 X 2 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 X 4 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0

C Gmaj7sus2

101 102

7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0
0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gadd9 Em9(no5)
103 104

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
7 (7) 7 7 (7) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (0) 0
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 6 6 (6) (6) (6) (6) 6 (6) (6) (6) (6) 6 0 (0)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Chunk Chunk Chunk Chunk

C Gmaj7sus2

105 106

10 10 10 10 X 5 10 10 10 10 10 X 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 X 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 X 5 10 10
X X X X X
7 7 7 7 X 2 7 7 7 7 7 X 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 X 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 X 2 7 7
X X X X X
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Chunk Em Chunk Chunk
G

107 108

10 10 10 10 X 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 1010 10 12 12 12 X 1212 12 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 14 14 X
X X X X
7 7 7 7 X 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 X 9 9 9 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 11 11 X
X X X X

C Gmaj7sus2

109 110

14 14 X 14 14 X 14 14 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 X 14
X X X X X X X
11 11 X 11 11 X 11 11 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 X 11
X X X X X X X

Chunk
G Em

111 112

14 14 X 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 X 14 14 14 14 14 12 X 12 12 10 X 10 X 10 10 10 10 10 X
X X X X X X X
11 11 X 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 X 11 11 11 11 11 9 X 9 9 7 X 7 X 7 7 7 7 7 X 0
X X X X X X X 0

C Gmaj7sus2
113 114

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
8 (8) 8 (8) (8) 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 5
0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9

Chunk Chunk
Gadd9 Emadd9
1/2B II
115 116

5 5 5 5 5 5 X 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 X 2 2 5 5 5 5 5
7 (7) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 X 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 X 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 X 9 9 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 X 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2
117 118

2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
0 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

G Em
119 120

0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

STOP LOOPER
H OUTRO
Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
121 122 123 124

2 2 2 2 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 (2) 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 (3) 3 3 3 3
0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 (4) 4 4 4 4

Cmaj7 Gmaj7sus2 G Em
125 126 127 128

2 2 2 2 0 (0) 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 (2) 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 (3) 3 3 3 3
0 0 0 0 2 (2) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 (4) 4 4 4 4