If you’re looking to challenge your guitar playing skills a little, Coldplay’s “Fix You” might be a song that you’d want to try out. This song primarily features an electric guitar, but it also has an acoustic guitar part that adds a fuller sound to the mix. The chord progression is quite straightforward – there’s a looping sequence of four chords that shifts into a higher key towards the end of the song, offering a nice exercise in key modulation for those of you wanting to develop that aspect of your playing.

The lead guitar part is fairly simple, too, involving mostly raw strings and single-note lines, making it an excellent track to practice your finger picking and tremolo picking techniques. The song also has a brilliantly melancholy slide guitar solo, a good starting point for anyone interested in slide guitar playing. “Fix You” by Coldplay, overall, presents an interesting mix of elements for beginner to intermediate guitar players to delve into.