Coldplay - Paradise (acoustic guitar + full band cover/tutorial, incl. lead electric guitars + bass)

[@JoZeeland]

All instruments: standard tuning BPM: 140 *ACOUSTIC GUITAR* capo 1st fret Chords required (for my version) - note that most chords require you to use your thumb for the low e-string - 0 = capo’ed first fret; ignore capo for other fret indications F-major: 0-3-3-2-0-0 F-major vari: 0-12-x-10-0-0 F-major oct: 0-15-15-14-0-0 F-major oct vari: 0-15-15-14-13-0 G-minor: 3-5-5-3-0-0 G7sus4: 3-5-3-5-0-0 G/B: 7-x-5-7-0-0F/A: 5-x-3-5-0-0 Bb-major: 6-8-8-7-0-0 Bb-major vari 1: x-0-12-10-0-0 Bb-major vari 2: x-0-8-7-0-0 Bb-major vari 3: x-0-3-5-0-0 C-major: 8-10-10-9-0-0 C-major vari: 8-10-10-9-8-0 C/E: 12-x-10-12-0-0 D-minor: 10-12-12-10-0-0 Chord sequences: Intro / Re-Intro: G-minor, C-major, D-minor, F-major oct, C-major G-minor, C-major, D-minor, F-major oct vari, C-major vari G-minor, C-major, D-minor, F-major oct, C-major Pre-Chorus: Bb-major, F-major oct vari, C/E Bb-major, F-major oct vari, C-major Chorus: G-minor, Bb-major, F-major oct, C/E G-minor, Bb-major, F-major, C-major (short Bb-major to cycle back to the beginning of chorus) x2 Verse 1/Transition Riff: D-minor, Bb-major vari, F-major vari, C/E D-minor, Bb-major vari, F-major vari, C-major (for Verse 1, short Bb-major again possible to segue into next part) Verse 2: Bb-major, F/A, G7sus4 Bb-major, D-minor, C-major (once again, short Bb-major possible to segue into next part) Bridge (“Life goes on, it gets so heavy…”): G-minor, Bb-major, F-major oct, C/E Bb-major, F-major Outro: Bb-major, C-major, D-minor G/B, Bb-major vari 2 End on Bb-major vari 3 Structure: Intro Pre-Chorus Chorus Verse 1 Chorus (only one half) Transition Riff Verse 2 Bridge Pre-Chorus Chorus Re-Intro Pre-Chorus Chorus x 2 (includes solo) Outro …As I say in the video, absolutely insane structure :D :D :D 
 Kudos to Coldplay for writing a song that’s super catchy on the one hand, but also has a shockingly complex structure (not to mention the feel/tempo change). As a side note, there once was a YT video of Chris performing Paradise on acoustic guitar only in a small club (possibly in the AHFOD era?) Unfortunately, this video doesn’t seem to exist anymore. At any rate, I can’t find it. What I do remember though is that the guitar was not in standard tuning (pooossibly it was EADGCC, no capo). I also remember that Chris started playing the song, but the tuning was still wrong, so Chris tried tuning it himself, but couldn’t remember the correct tuning :D So he gave the guitar back to his tech, who then helped Chris out. Aaaanyways. Fun video, interesting tuning, but it appears to be lost forever now. Oh well. In case anyone does actually find the vid after all, I’d be over the moon if you could share it with me :D As it is, I wasn’t too crazy about playing the song in EADGCC, since one, I wasn’t even sure if that is what Chris did, and secondly, it just works soooo well in standard tuning that I just rolled with it, you know? :) *ELECTRIC GUITAR* Power Chords for intro / re-intro + pre-chorus Chords needed: G5: 3-5-(5)-x-x-x C5: 8-10-(10)-x-x-x D5: 10-12-(12)-x-x-x F5 oct: 13-15-(15)-x-x-x Bb5: 6-8-(8)-x-x-x C/E: 12-15-x-x-x-x Structure: G5, C5, D5, F5 oct, C (intro/re-intro) x3 Bb5, F5 oct, C/E Bb5, F5 oct, C5 (pre-chorus) Lead Guitar Chorus: “Chord 1”: x-x-x-12-11-15 “Chord 2”: x-x-x-10-10-13 (bar chord with index finger on x-x-x-10-10-10) “Chord 3”: x-x-x-12-13-15 Structure: Chord 1 (for two bars) Chord 2 (for one bar) Chord 3 (for one bar) Play four times for one full chorus. Play in alternating down- and up-strokes (quaver notes (if you count 140 bpm as 4/4, otherwise those would be semi-quavers, I guess…) ------------------- For the transition between Verse 1 and 2, play 15 on the high e-string (quaver notes with 1/16 delay, or do the delay-effect manually…pretty gnarly though - I used delay :D) ------------------- Verse 2 continues that high 15 on the e-string. I also improvised a little riff for half two, inspired by something I heard Jonny do in a few live performances: - - - - - - - - 13 (e-string) 15-13-15 - - - (b-string) - - - - - - - - - - - x8 ------------------- Solo Starts with a slide up, on the “3” count of previous bar. Start with x-x-x-5-5-x Slide up to: x-x-x-15-15-x (on G-minor) “Chord 2”: x-x-x-15-13-x (on Bb-major) “Chord 3”: x-x-x-14-13-x (on F-major) “Chord 4”: x-x-x-12-13-x (on C/E, or C-major, respectively) That’s it - for the studio version. Live though, Jonny adds a few notes between the “chords”. On the second round of the solo, after playing the second “chord”, Slide up to 18 on the b-string. Only slide up though, don’t play the note with your finger/pick. After playing the fourth “chord”, Slide up to 17 on the b-string. Again, only slide up, don’t play the note with your finger/pick. On round 3 and 4 of the solo (when the vocals come back in), The “in-between” notes change to: 17 on the e-string (after chord 2) 15 on the e-string (after chord 4) 13 on the e-string (after chord 2) 17 on the b-string (after chord 4), finish by sliding up to 18, don’t play the note. …That last part is improvised by me, Jonny doesn’t do that, I think. But the riff felt incomplete to me, so I added some flourishes to it lol.

[@gustavoibarracarrizalez]

Aren't you the lost brother of Johnny Buckland and Will Champion? That was a cool cover 💫🫶

[@JoZeeland]

:D :D Yes! And thank you so much :) Appreciate it!

[@JoZeeland]

*RE-UPLOAD because of audio issues* I'm so sorry, folks, but I decided to re-upload the video because of some weird audio compressor that KZbin apparently uses...It completely messed up the dynamics of my recording/production. I'm so sorry about all the comments you'd already posted, which are now gone :( :( But I assure you, I saw all of them and really appreciated them as usual! Special shout-out to @kennydooo, who dug up the obscure live video where Chris - tries to - perform Paradise on acoustic guitar but the tuning's all messed up :D which I referred to in my original comment. Here it is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpynZmqYmrmtd9U Once again, I'm so, so sorry about this; I know re-uploading is lame, but I just couldn't accept the poor upload audio quality (the initially uploaded version sounds totally fine on my end/desktop, - oh well...). Thank you for understanding! Today, I already got working on Something Just Like This again, which I started before all the MM stuff started happening, so it's been lying on my desk half-finished for a while now...I'll shoot the music video next week, do all the video editing... - expect a release early August (*fingers crossed* lol...) Thank you, folks, I appreciate all of you :) Jo

[@JoZeeland]

omg, I couldn't even do the re-upload without running into complications. As it is, there's still a relic of the compression issue (, which now also messed up parts of the tutorial audio that I couldn't possibly fix anymore) at 8:16. Second re-upload (!!!) that I tried had the same exact issue in the tuto section, but even worse, so now I just left it as it is. I'm so, so sorry about this, guys. I promise: lesson learned - will do better next time :) :D Cheers, Jo

[@ChowMeinWarrior]

Thanks again, Jo.

[@JoZeeland]

@@ChowMeinWarrior Thank YOU, once again, for your support :) Appreciate it! Jo

[@Coldplaykb]

Freaking beautiful arrangement Jo ❤

[@JoZeeland]

@@Coldplaykb Thank you, Kyle! I know you've covered a lot of the Mylo stuff, too, and superbly so, if I may say so! So that means all the more to me, you know? :) Cheers, Jo

[@monamalek9344]

Hey baby, trotz der Probleme mit KZbin, finde ich dein Video total schön. Dafür hast du dich viel bemüht. Ich bin stolz auf dich.❤

[@JoZeeland]

@@monamalek9344 Jaaa, du hast als Erste mitbekommen, wie stressig dieser Upload war 😅😅❤️ Nächstes Mal wird es einfacher! Danke dir 🥰

[@monamalek9344]

😅ja bestimmt 😘🥰

[@kushalr8715]

As always great job brother!!!

[@JoZeeland]

@@kushalr8715 Hey thanks so much - appreciate it :)

[@JGLCovers]

Incredible work as always, Jo! You're definitely the goto guy when it comes to Coldplay covers. Keep it up!

[@JoZeeland]

@@JGLCovers Hey thank you so much :) Appreciate your support of the channel, seriously 😊 I'll try to keep it going as long as possible💯 Take care and have a good one - Jo

[@Barradas_Music]

Thank you so much Jo for all you dedication. 😊

[@JoZeeland]

@@Barradas_Music Hey thank you - always a pleasure! I appreciate your support of the channel 😊 Take care and have a good one - Jo

[@tigran.ovakimyan]

Your videos are great!!!

[@healouette]

Love this video, thanks for your effort, much appreciate it.

[@JoZeeland]

@@healouette And I appreciate you dropping by and checking this out 😊 Have a good one and take care - Jo

[@henrylive2697]

I already gave it a like and we always support you with your great work here!

[@JoZeeland]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it :) Take care - Jo

[@rjplays2331]

Im curious jo, do you play guitar without a pick sometimes?😂

[@JoZeeland]

@@rjplays2331 Hey there! Yes, I do :) But it differs. I think for this specific recording, I switched between pick and fingers between parts. I might be misremembering this though 😄 But I do use both, yes:)

[@micbernard7140]

Un grand bravo encore Jo pour cette reprise 👏👏 une fois de plus c’est du grand travail de précision et de fidélité. C’est impressionnant 😅 Juste une question, quel DAW urlises-tu ?

[@JoZeeland]

@@micbernard7140 Salut Michel! Merci beaucoup, comme toujours :) J'utilise Logic Pro X sur Macbook Pro avec une Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 Interface, et naturellement plusieurs keyboards (notamment un vieux Roland FP7), un midi keyboard au prix bon marché (j'ai oublié le nom et je suis pas à la maison en ce moment-là pour le vérifier :D), AKG Perception 220 microphones pour les guitares acoustiques et la voix, et plus :) N'hésite pas à me demander s'il y a d'autres informations que tu cherches 😊 Salutations et merci de nouveau Jo

[@micbernard7140]

Merci 🙏 Jo pour toutes ces infos. À bientôt de t’écouter et voir de nouveau

[@JoZeeland]

@@micbernard7140 Volontiers, Michel! A bientôt :)

[@tigran.ovakimyan]

Don’t stop uploading :)

[@JoZeeland]

@@tigran.ovakimyan I'm not planning on it 😁 Seriously, I'll keep doing this as long as I can :) Thank you for your support, take care and have a great day - Jo

[@tigran.ovakimyan]

@@JoZeeland thank you, Jo :) Best wishes

[@corruptedndg]

great cover and tutorial as always jo! do you have any tips for singing

[@JoZeeland]

Hey there, thanks so much! Appreciate your support, as always :) Obviously, I'm not a professional singer, so I can only give advice on some general things... I guess it's important to find a room (both physically and mentally) where you feel completely free to explore your voice and singing style, range, etc. - and try to find your own voice. I never really tried to sound like singer X or Y. When I look back at my first recordings of me singing, gosh I can't stand it :D But it also helps to see your own progress now, you know? So I guess it's good to measure yourself only against your own standards and don't compare to other singers. Try recording yourself now, sing, sing, sing, keep recording and see how your voice develops over time. So, no matter how "objectively of a good singer" you are, you can at least see some progress just for yourself. Little bit of a longwinded, rambly answer, but I hope it still helps :D It did for me for sure :) Best of luck - Jo

[@corruptedndg]

@@JoZeelandthanks! do you also get that weird feeling when you hear your own voice? if so how do you stop that feeling?

[@JoZeeland]

@@corruptedndg Nope! I only used to get that when I heard myself speaking on recordings, but that has gone too after all these years of tutorials :D Again, generally, I believe that feeling goes away with time - just a matter of habit! Cheers :) Jo

[@corruptedndg]

@@JoZeelandahh, thanks a lot jo!

[@JoZeeland]

@@corruptedndg Any time, any time :) Appreciate your questions!

[@akashh.]

Really good!

[@JoZeeland]

@@akashh. Hey thanks so much :) Appreciate you checking this one out! Have a great day - Jo

[@Hopper_hopperdizel1806]

AWESOME!!!

[@JoZeeland]

Thank you :)

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Hi Jo, Vincent again, in the same time of "feellike imfallinginlove" and "paradise" tuto, I've just watched your "the scientist" version. Is there a way, a tuning, to play both acoustic and electric guitar riff (slights bends) with a single guitar please? You know I play alone with acoustic guitars Thanks a lot

[@JoZeeland]

@@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n Hey Vincent! Thank you, as usual :) In that case, I would recommend you use the very "tuning" I use for Paradise here - so literally just standard with a capo on 1. If you play F-major as 0-12-x-10-0-0, the bend can be done on the A-string (half-bend). Hope that helps :) Jo

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Well, thank you so much !!! I didn't really understand what happened with your "paradise" tuto (the sound was very good yet on my PC) but I hope I will see it again soon. Do you already have a schedule? Congrats again, your french fan :) @@JoZeeland

[@JoZeeland]

@@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n Thank you, Vincent! The tutorial is right there :) I just changed some things in terms of the audio compression (KZbin over-compressed it again anyways) but it's still all there in the video above :)

[@piyushmajli1169]

Who needs a band? xD

[@JoZeeland]

@@piyushmajli1169 😅 I mean... Yeah!

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Hey Jo, how are you? Well, a few (hope intersting) things to tell you if you got the kindness to read me : - First, congrats again for both "fallinginlove" and especially "paradise". So much and so great job to find all chords variety and sublety. - I've been working hard on them and I think I "got it"! - About "fallinginlove", in my opinion but maybe I'm wrong, in the verse part of the verses, that's not only a C and Csus4 chord. That'would be rather a C and F/C (or C/F) . That's why I prefer playing C X30010 and F/C or C/F 130211 relative to the capo. What do you think about it? - I've found two videos from Chris playing "technicolor II" and "violet hill" in EADGC#C# kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHO5lKGYirR_Z8k&ab_channel=JackWorl kzbin.info/www/bejne/mX_NdGifrdR7hpY&ab_channel=CPL1 Chords easy to find with classic thumb on E string. - About "viva la vida", I got a tuning that may interest you but I guess not given that you're stronger than me by far : CGCDGD capo 1 with main chords (relative to capo) : X54500, X76700, X07000, 444000. Or 002200, 220000, X02000 and 444000. - I'm not offended at all but I could't help noticing that you mentionned the name of a person in your "paradise" video. Maybe could be my turn one day :) - If you got something to share about Coldplay's songs with, obviously alternate tunings (I like that!), with some clues (not details), that would be awesome... Thanks again for what you do Vincent

[@JoZeeland]

@@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n Hey Vincent, thank you for your thoughts and kind words, appreciate them as always! As for Feels Like..., I did incorporate that C to Csus4 chord change - however, only in the standard tuning acoustic, which I used to emulate the electric piano that plays single chords. The alt tuning guit, I meant as an imitation of the electric piano that plays more rhythmically, but sounds like it stays on octaved C's constantly. Hope that clears things up:) Viva, I play differently (cf what Chris does with the song on acou. in the Howard Stern performance), but obviously there's an infinite number of ways you can play it! Yours sounds interesting too. The double C# tuning, I was aware of, yes :) Will share my thoughts on that once I get working on my Viva project. Cheers and thank you once more - Jo