Coldplay's In My Place but somehow there's an acoustic guitar? (tutorial + cover)

[@JoZeeland]

Hey folks! Hope you enjoy this one! Oh, and how do you like the inclusion of an acoustic guitar in my version? Let me know, will ya? :) Also hit me up if you have any other questions about this video. Coincidentally, this was the first song I *ever* performed live in public - some 20 years ago, in 2004 (I believe?) during music night at my school as part of the school band I was in. Unfortunately, there are no recordings of that performance, so you'll just have to believe me when I tell you that this version right here is an improvement, to put it mildly :D Oh well! At any rate, there's always been this personal connection to this song for me ever since, so I'm glad I finally got this one out of my system. Next Coldplay-related project will be "Something Just Like This". Since I am currently writing my master's thesis for uni, however, it's nearly impossible to indicate a realistic release date for it. I hope you'll bear with me! If everything works out, the thesis will be done in June - releases should happen more regularly from there on out! Take care, everyone, and, as always, I appreciate your support so, *so* much :) Cheers Jo

[@JoZeeland]

Strumming pattern (for all three versions listed below): (by the example of the first two chords, i.e. "G-major shape" and "G/F#") G-major: - four down-strokes (on first four counts (if you count it as double-time = 145 bpm)) - second stroke is only implied/ *very* soft - one up-stroke on quaver after the 4 down-strokes - one more down-stroke G/F#: - starts on the quaver up-stroke after last g-major down-stroke - down-stroke, up-stroke (on quaver) - down-stroke, down-stroke, up-stroke (on quaver) Continue for all subsequent sets of two chords. ___________________________________ *Version 1* Standard tuning, capo 2nd fret Chords needed: G-major shape: 5-4-0-0-0-5 G/F#: 4-0-0-0-0-5 (alternatively: 4-x-0-0-0-5) B-minor shape: x-4-6-6-5-4 (bar chord) D-major shape: x-(0)-0-4-5-4 D7 shape: x-(0)-0-4-3-4 E-minor shape: 0-4-4-0-0-0 C-major shape: 5-5-4-0-3-0 Riff/verse: G-major G/F# B-minor D G-major E-minor B-minor D-major (alternatively: D7) Chorus: (C-major, G-major, D-major) x3 C-major, D7 ___________________________________ *Version 2* Standard tuning, no capo Chords needed: A-major (vari): 5*-7-7-6-5-0 A/G#: 4*-7-7-6-5-0 C#-minor: x-4-6-6-5-0 (alternatively: 9-11-11-9-0-0 (or "9" on the b-string)) E-major: 0-2-2-1-0-0 (alternatively: 0-14-14-13-0-0 (Chris seems to be waaay up there in the live version I've included in the video...)) E7: 0-2-2-1-3-0 F#-minor: 2-4-4-2-2-0 (simplified: 2442*0*0) D-major: x-(0)-0-2-3-2 A-major (basic): x-0-2-2-2-0 Riff/verse: A-major (vari) A/G# C#-minor E A-major (vari) F#-minor C#-minor E-major (alternatively: E7) Chorus: (D-major, A-major (basic), E-major) x3 D-major, E7 ___________________________________ *Version 3* Standard tuning, capo 2nd fret (but leaving the high e-string "uncapo'ed") Chords needed: G-major shape: 5-4-0-0-0-0 G/F#: 4-0-0-0-0-0 (alternatively: 4-x-0-0-0-0) B-minor shape: x-4-6-6-5-0 D-major shape: 7-7-6-0-5-0 D7 shape: x-7-6-7-5-0 E-minor shape: 0-4-4-0-0-0 C-major shape: 5-5-4-0-3-0 Riff/verse: G-major G/F# B-minor D G-major E-minor B-minor D-major (alternatively: D7) Chorus: (C-major, G-major, D-major) x3 C-major, D7

[@realrc_4]

It actually sounds good!! Thank you for sharing Jo :) Your version sounds magnificent🙌

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thank you so much!! Glad you're digging my version :) Thanks for listening and have a great day - Jo

[@Sweeps42]

brooo your a legend in the community

[@JoZeeland]

@@Sweeps42 Hey thanks so much - I'm very happy to hear that :) Hope I get to continue to share my passion for music and all things Coldplay with the community for a long time to come 🙂 Cheers and have a wonderful day - Jo

[@Coldplaykb]

Love it! Especially your little capo trick (always a fan of those). Great cover as always Jo 👏 Edit: just got the the end and I absolutely loved it haha. Nice touch!

[@JoZeeland]

Haha, yes! Couldn't help myself there at the end 😁😁 Thanks for checking this out, Kyle, appreciate it as always :) Have a good one - Jo

[@KietHoData]

love your work. I:m a big fan of Coldplay for years and your videos are super helpful. Its like a way to avoid some boring basic chords and more accurate version of them

[@JoZeeland]

Hello there! Nice :) :) I'm glad to hear that! Yes, that's what these videos are for - trying to give some deeper insight into Coldplay songs for those who are into that kind of stuff 😄 Thank you for your support, I really appreciate it! Take care and have a good one Jo

[@stef5960]

When will the “JO ZEELAND TOUR” be released?

[@JoZeeland]

😄😄 Hopefully some day in the not so distant future ;)

[@piyushmajli1169]

Lovely! Good going ! Can't wait for more tutorials/play-throughs :D

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thanks so much! Can't wait to make more 😁😁 Appreciate your support and all the best to you - Jo

[@ChowMeinWarrior]

Thanks, Jo! Welcome back!

[@JoZeeland]

Thank you so much :) Appreciate your support! Have a great day - Jo

[@zerovex6187]

Definitely one of my favs! So fun to play and so mesmerisig to hear. Thanks Jo!

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thanks so much :) Glad you enjoyed my version of this all-time classic 😁 Have a good one - and thank you for your continued support :) Jo

[@FernandoMorales-we6rm]

Congratulations Jo The cover was beautiful on you

[@JoZeeland]

Heyyy Fernando, thanks a lot :) As always, really appreciate your support! Hope you're doing alright - take care! Jo

[@parthruparel9121]

Beautiful!Specially loved the part before sing it please that Chris used to do back in the 2000s.

[@JoZeeland]

Haha, YES :) Glad you recognized it. Always loved that part myself in live versions, so I just had to include it in my version :P Thank you for your support and have a good one! Jo

[@Dave123unplugged]

Whats not to like, perfect cover.

[@JoZeeland]

Hey there, Dave, wow - thank you so much :) Glad you're digging it! Have a good one and take care Jo

[@koopaquest6432]

Great tutorial and cover, thanks man.😄

[@JoZeeland]

Hey, any time :) Thank *you* for watching! All the best to you - Jo

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Oh, I've just seen your teaser about "paradise". This time, no excuse Jo :D, you gotta dedicate this one for me !!! What a pride it would be... Vincent

[@JoZeeland]

Yah!! I really appreciate your request :) I'm having a lot of fun rearranging this song into a more acoustic-based version 😊 Thank you once again!

[@Chicho-vn6fm]

Amazing the best I need dont let break”it you heart 😢😢

[@JoZeeland]

Hey there, thanks so much! Would *LOVE* to do Don't Let It Break Your Heart - what an underrated song! It's my favorite from MX alongside Up With The Birds. Thank you for the recommendation/request :) :) Take care - Jo

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Hi Jo! Hope you doing well... Excuse me again, just a "technical" question please about strumming. I'm quite fine when it's about of fingerpicking. But I don't know why, I got the impression that I don't know to strumm chords very well. It doesn't sound like it should be, compared to you or even other guitarists. Most of all, I think about more "agressive" strumming. No deal with "downstroke/upstroke" or with rythm, no trouble with that, but I think I don't really know which part of my hand or what fingers I got to use?. Would you have little tricks or advices to give me please? If you got a little while for sure Thanks again, and again and again... Vince

[@micbernard7140]

Ma femme chante derrière moi 🎉 Elle a déjà assisté à deux concerts , elle trouve que tu es très talentueux. Personnellement je préfère cette période même si j’aime beaucoup ce qu’ils font aujourd’hui. Bravo et merci Jo c’est toujours un grand plaisir👏👏👏👏

[@JoZeeland]

Ahhhh merci bcp, Michel :) J'avais hâte de lire ta réaction à cette vidéo, comme je suis assez sûr que tu es un grand fan du album "Rush Of Blood" :D Ainsi, ça me fait plaisir d'entendre que ta femme et toi, vous êtes contents avec ma version :) Et je suis d'accord avec toi - cette périod "ancienne" de Coldplay est vraiment qc de spécial. Donc, à chaque fois que je travaille sur une de ces chansons, j'essaie de produire qc de "fidèle" pour honorer les originaux. Salutations à toi et ta femme, rejouissez du weekend - et merci, comme toujours, pour le support :) Jo

[@jersonayala7557]

Hola me gustaria que sacaras un clásico de Coldplay se llama bigger stronger y no encuentro un tutorial completo saludos desde Perú 🇵🇪

[@JoZeeland]

Muchas gracias :) Me gustaría hacer Bigger Stronger en el futuro, sin duda. Recuerdo que es una "excepcion" para Coldplay porque es en standard tuning :D Pero no lo he jugado desde hace mucho. Sin embargo, es una buena idea para un video. Otra vez, muchas gracias! Saludos desde Alemania

[@corruptedndg]

hi jo! great video like always, what martin guitar were you using?thanks, love your videos

[@JoZeeland]

Hey there - thank you so much! Glad you like it :) And yesss that's my new baby 😍 A Martin 0-X1E-01. It sold out so fast at the big online music shops here in Germany, I'm glad I still got one from a smaller store. Really, really worth looking into, imo. It plays and feels so well, has a really good built-in pick-up system, battery slot is easily accessible and it's still relatively affordable, compared to other Martin guitars. ...And it gets bonus points for kind of looking like the Martin model Chris played in the Rush Of Blood era :D :D Take care and have a good one - Jo

[@corruptedndg]

@@JoZeelandwow! thanks, i might look into buying one (i just want anither guitar its not needed though), i also want a smaller guitar.anyway have a fantastic week!

[@JoZeeland]

@@corruptedndgThanks so much! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention - I mean, you can probably already tell from the video itself - that it's smaller than an average dreadnought guitar, but yeah... if that's what you're looking for anyways, then this might be the perfect match :) Cheers - Jo

[@diegoplasencia5021]

releases a guitar version of the new coldplay song not yet released "all my love"

[@JoZeeland]

Oh, I will, 1000% :) But only once it's been officially released. I can assure you though: It's gonna be good 😁😁

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Hey Jo, how are you? Still working on your thesis? (by the way, what's the theme?) Have you a new tuto in your hat soon released or new stuff on your own? Both would be great news!!! I've tried to play "paradise" thanks to your messsage. I struggle sometimes 'cause it's often high in the neck, and and I don't know, when there's a capo, if the frets are relative to the capo or not. Could you mention me that please? As for myself, I let down for a little while ope tunings to go back to Paul Maccartney's universe, so many beautiful songs to learn or replay... Still waiting for the famous new album from Coldplay "moon music" and hope that it will be out very soon. Thanks again Vincent

[@JoZeeland]

Hey Vincent! Omg don't even get me started - I'm neck-deep into my thesis at the moment 🙈🙈 I'm writing about the use of English accents and dialects in the Star Wars universe, generally speaking 😅 This area of study is called variation linguistics. I've actually had to actively tell myself not to start any new YT project until at least the rough draft is done, which will be at the end of April, hopefully (!!!) 🍀🙈 Which means I'll get started on a new YT project in early May at the earliest - unless it's a Moon Music single, which I'd cover on the fly spontaneously whenever it comes out 😁 Apart from that, the next planned projects are Something Just Like This and - thanks to your request - Paradise :) Hope everything will become clear for you then! Until then though, I can tell you that my chord indications usually ignore the capo. So a chord like that C/E one will still be indicated as 12-x-10-12-0-0 regardless of the capo. The two zeros in that case refer to the two open strings from the capo. Does that help in any way? Good luck with all your musical endeavors, talk to you soon - and thank you for reaching out 😊 Jo

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

"Something just like this"? Hmm, weird choice but you must have your reasons. I'm not truly fan of this one, but anyway... You got the talent to embelish songs so I'll stay tuned and I'm sure I will find interest to learn it 😀 "Courage" for your work and we keep in touch Oh, and thanks for your indications about "Paradise" chords!

[@Theguitaraddict]

This is great but Im just wondering what that electric drums name is it would be cool to play along to. Thanks 😊

[@JoZeeland]

@@Theguitaraddict Hey thanks :) It's the Roland SPD-SX sampling pad. Coincidentally, Will uses it himself! Hope that helps 😊 Have a good one - Jo

[@Theguitaraddict]

@JoZeeland thanks so much. I'll have a look for that ☺️

[@coolmagickid]

Hey Joe. I don’t suppose you know which tuning Chris uses in Spanish rain? I’ve been trying to figure out the timing and chord shapes for some time now and thought you might know?

[@JoZeeland]

Hey there! Actually, this has been requested before, so I'll just repost my initial response, which includes tuning + basic chords :) Hope this helps! If not, let me know. All the best to you and thank you for your continued support 😊 ------------ Hey there! Wasn't too familiar with this one, had only heard it once a long time ago, to be honest; but from the one live version where you can see Chris's guitar/hands here and there, it looks like EADF#BEb tuning to me! Chords for the main part should be something like: B: 7 9 9 0 0 0 G#m: 4 6 6 0 0 0 C#m: x 4 2 0 0 0 (or alternatively: 9 11 11 0 0 0) E: 0 2 2 0 0 0 I'll get back to you about the other parts!!

[@coolmagickid]

@@JoZeeland hi Joe. Really appreciate you getting back to me. This sounds like it could be bang on the tuning! I’m not sure if you have been able to listen but I noticed on the coldplaying forum there has recently been a audio snippet of just the acoustic guitar tracks from Spanish rain which sounds like Chris playing although it’s transposed up half a semitone. Definitely worth a listen if you’re interested and haven’t already heard it! Thanks again Joe

[@JoZeeland]

@@coolmagickid Hey there! Just read up on it, I didn't know about those leaks. Hopefully, those songs will officially be released in the not-so-distant future 😊

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Hi Jo, thank you very much for these 3 ways to play this song. I already knew the 1st and 2nd but not the 3rd. That's fancy and as usual, really great to hear you play and explain that all. But I'm still hungry you know?... Tomorrow is a sad anniversary, a sad day for me and my family. You know who I'm talking about... Please, really please, try to give me something new that you obviously know. Just another Coldplay song, the one you want, with alternate tuning, or little tricks. For instance, I'm thinking about a "Viva la vida" album's song, "Paradise", "Viva", what you want... Really really please, it means a lot to me Jo. Thanks

[@JoZeeland]

Hey Vincent, thank you for your continued support! And once again, I'm sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, there's really no way I can provide anything beyond the videos and their related content that are up on my channel at the moment, for private reasons (see my pinned post here). Thank you for understanding and I wish you and your family all the best. And Viva... will come eventually - Paradise, I still haven't been able to find that acoustic video I once knew. Take care and all the best - Jo

[@JoZeeland]

Hello again, Vincent - since we've talked about "Paradise" quite a few times before and since I can't find that one acoustic performance Chris did once (it seemed pretty spontaneous anyways...), I thought "why not just give my own version/chords" so that I can at least give you a little bit of something in a time where there's so little time for me personally, you know? :D So here you go! Tuning: standard; capo: 1st fret. Chords needed: G-minor: 3*-5-5-3-0-0 C-major: 8*-10-10-9-0-0 D-minor: 10*-12-12-10-0-0 F-major oct1: 0-15-15-14-0-0 F-major oct2: 0-15-15-14-13-0 C-major vari: 8*-10-10-9-8-0 Bb-major: 6*-8-8-7-0-0 F-major: 0-3-3-2-0-0 C/E: 12-x-10-12-0-0 Bb-major vari: x-0-12-10-0-0 F-major vari: 0-12-x-10-0-0 F/A: 5-x-3-5-0-0 Gsus4: 3-x-3-5-0-0 Intro/instrumental1: G-minor, C-major, D-minor, F-major oct1, C-major G-minor, C-major, D-minor, F-major oct2, C-major vari (Repeat first line of chords, then:) Pre-chorus: Bb-major, F-major oct1, C/E Bb-major, F-major oct1, C-major Main riff/chorus: G-minor, Bb-major, F-major, C/E G-minor, Bb-major, F-major, C-major Verse 1: D-minor, Bb-major vari, F-major vari, C/E D-minor, Bb-major vari, F-major vari, C-major Instrumental 2 = verse 1 Verse 2: Bb-major, F/A, F/A, Gsus4 Bb-major, D-minor, D-minor, C-major G-minor, Bb-major, F-major, C/E Bb-major, F-major ...into pre-chorus. So yeah! Lmk if anything's unclear. I've included a lot of variations that one could simplify. Then again, the whole song does have a lot of chord oddities, if one goes by what Chris plays on the piano! Kind of a tricky song, since it seems very straightforward at first, when there are in fact some weird things happening in terms of lengths of parts, part that serve different functions, but use the same chords etc etc etc :D That's it for now! That's all I can give. There *will* be a vid on this one day too, though, somewhere down the road...:) Cheers

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

@@JoZeeland Oh, thank you Jo, that's very kind of you... I'm gonna work on it tomorrow before "in my place". And also thanks for your thoughts, it means a lot. A few words in French : "Merci beaucoup Jo, tu es quelqu'un de bien, une belle personne. A bientôt. Musicalement et amicalement". Vincent