The Scientist – Piano Notes with Music Sheet

Piano Letter Notes for The Scientist – Coldplay – CDE FGAB

Tips to Play the Piano Notes for The Scientist

Some letter notes for the song The Scientist are given in brackets like (notes); play those notes continuously or connected.

~ – wavy line (tilde) after a note means to sustain that note or press that note for longer.

The Scientist – Song by Coldplay

The Scientist by Coldplay is a popular song with more than 1 billion (100 Crore) views on YouTube.

The song is about regret and longing for the past. It is written from the perspective of a man who has lost his lover and is now realizing all the mistakes he made in the relationship. He wishes he could go back and do things differently, but knows that it is impossible.

The song’s title is a reference to the scientist’s desire to experiment and learn from their mistakes. In the context of the song, the scientist represents the man with a desire to go back in time and change his past.

Intro Music

Tip – For music, press notes in bracket simultaneously, means at the same time like chord.

(FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~
(FA#)~ (FA#)~ (FA#)~ A# C*

(FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~
(FG)~ (FG)~ (FG)~ (FG)~

Intro Music – Music Sheet

Tip – In both parts 1 and 2, most of the lines use 2 lines of notes.
So practice these two following lines, so that you can play Part 1 and 2 easily.

(F G F C*~) A~
(F G F) A~ A~ AA~~ G F~~

Part 1

Come up to meet you,
tell you I’m sorry
You don’t know
how lovely you are

I had to find you,
tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

F G F C*~ A~
Come up to meet you,

F G F C*~ A~
tell you I’m so_rry

C F G
You don’t know

F A~ A~ A A~ G F~ ~
how love_ly you are~~

F G F C*~ A~
I had to find you,

F G F C*~ A~
tell you I need you

F G F
Tell you I

A~ A~ AA~~ G F~~
set you a_pa_rt

Part 1 – How to Play

Come up to meet you, tell you I’m sorry
You don’t know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart

(F G F C*~) A~ | (F G F C*~) A~
Come up to meet you | tell you I’m so_ rry

C (F G F A~) A~ (A A~) G F~ ~
You don’t know how love_ly you are~~

(F G F C*~) A~ | (F G F C*~) A~
I had to find you | tell you I need you

(F G F) A~ A~ AA~~ G F~~
Tell you I set you a_pa_rt

Part 1 – Music Sheet

Part 2

Tell me your secrets
and ask me your questions
Oh, let’s go back to the start

Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

F G F C*~ A~
Tell me your sec_rets

F F G F C*~ A~
and ask me your ques_tions

F G F A~
Oh, let’s go back

A~ A A~ G F~ ~
to the sta_rt

F G F C*~ A~
Ru_nning in circles,

F G F C*~ A~
co_ming up tai_ls

F G F A~ A~ AA~~ GF~~
Heads on a sci_ence a_pa_rt

Part 2 – How to Play

Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let’s go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

(F G F C*~) A~ | (F F G F C*~) A~
Tell me your sec_rets | and ask me your ques_tions

(F G F A~) A~ A A~ G F~ ~
Oh, let’s go back to the sta_rt

(F G F C*~) A~ | (F G F C*~) A~
Ru_nning in cir_cles, coming up tai_ls

(F G F A~) A~ AA~~ GF~~
Heads on a sci_ence a_pa_rt

Part 2 – Music Sheet

Part 3

Nobody said it was easy
It’s such a shame for us to part

Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard

Oh, take me back to the start

F*~ D*C* F*~
Nobody said

D* C* F*~ D*~~~
it was easy

A~ C* A D*~
It’s such a shame

A A A A~ GF~
for us to part

F*~ D*C* F*~
No_body said

D* C* F*~ D*~~~
it was easy

A A C* A D*~
No one ever said

A A A A~ G F E~
it would be this hard

A# A# A# A#
Oh, take me back

A# A# A#~ AF
to the sta_rt

Part 3 – How to Play

Nobody said it was easy. It’s such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy. No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start

F*~ (D*C* F*~) (D* C* F*~) D*~~~
No_ body said it was ea_ sy

A~ (C* A D*~) (A A A A~) GF~
It’s such a shame for us to pa_ rt

F*~ (D*C* F*~) (D* C* F*~) D*~~~
No_ body said it was ea_ sy

(A A C* A D*~) | (A A A A~) G F E~~~
No one ever said | it would be this hard

(A# A# A# A# A# A# A#~) AF
Oh, take me back to the sta_ rt

Part 3 – Music Sheet

Music

To play music, press notes in bracket at the same time like chord.

(FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~
(FA#)~ (FA#)~ (FA#)~ A# C*

(FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~ (FA)~
(FG)~ (FG)~ (FG)~ (FG)~

Part 4

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start

The Scientist – Piano Notes with Music Sheet – Coldplay