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Look at the stars,
look how they shine for (G)you,
and ev’ ry thing you (F)do.
Yeah, they were all yel low.
I came a long,
I wrote a song for (G)you,
and all the things you (F)do.
And it was called yel low.
So then I took my (G)turn,
oh, what a thing to’ve (F)done.
And it was all yel low.
Your skin
oh yeah, your (G)skin and bones.
Turn in
to some thing (G)beaut i ful.
And you know,
you know I (G)love you so
You know I love you so.
This page shows “Yellow” by Coldplay in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 86 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.
This arrangement is a great way to build confidence with four essential chords — C, F, G, and Am — all in the key of C, so no sharps or flats to worry about. Your left hand holds a pedal bass pattern, meaning you'll anchor on a single repeated note rather than jumping around, which frees you to focus on smooth right-hand chord changes. The trickiest transition here is moving between F and G quickly enough at 86 BPM; isolate just those two chords and loop them slowly until the hand shape swap feels automatic. Start hands-separate: get the left-hand pedal steady like a heartbeat, then layer the right hand on top. A common stumble is rushing through the verse because the rhythm feels simple — resist that, and really lock into the tempo so the romantic, easy-listening feel comes through. Once this clicks, you'll have the I–V–vi–IV progression wired into your fingers, which unlocks dozens of other pop and rock songs.