The Scientist by Coldplay guitar tab (text):

alright this is a version I figured out that has standard tuning. Bear with me this is my first tab here. Alright here it is

Intro Chords:
F/A    Bb   F  Gsus4

Verse 1:
Begin verse on F/A
            Bb                     F
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
                      G/F          F/A
You don't know how lovely you are...
          Bb                   F
I had to find you, tell you I need you
              G/F        F/A
Tell you I set you apart
              Bb                      F
Tell me your secrets and ask my your questions
                 G/F           F/A
Oh let's go back to the start...
            Bb                F
Running in circles, coming in tails
              G/F
Heads on a silence apart


Chorus:
 Bb                     F              F/G               Bb
Nobody said it was easy, it's such a shame for us to part.
 Bb                     F             F/G                     C
Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be this hard...
C
Oh, take me back to the start.

repeat intro chords

Verse 2:
F/A         Bb                         F
I was just guessing, numbers and figures.
             F/G           F/A
Pulling the puzzles apart,
             Bb                  F
Questions of science, science and progress,
               F/G               F/A
Do not speak as loud as my heart
            Bb                     F
Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
          F/G               F/A
Oh and I rush to the start.
           Bb                   F
Running in circles, chasing our tails,
          F/G
Coming back as we are.


Chorus:
 Bb                      F                                   Bb
Nobody said it was easy, oh it's such a shame for us to part
 Bb                      F                                   C
Nobody said it was easy, no one ever said it would be so hard.
C
I'm goin back to the start.


Ooooh ooooh's:

A/F   Bb   F   F/G  lather rinse repeat



on the question of A/F this is how I play it:

e|-1-
B|-1-
G|-2-
D|-3-
A|-0-
E|---

and for the F/G try this:

e|-1-
B|-1-
G|-2-
D|-3-
A|-3-
E|-3-

 or try from Gsus4

e|-3-
B|-3-
G|-5-
D|-5-
A|-3-
E|-3-


this song was kind of hard to tab because it's mostly a piano song, so I tried to follow along and use the same roots and chords that Chris plays.  Just try to follow along and if you don't like the chords then alter them.

Peace, Kevinio