"Yellow River" acoustic guitar & drums cover by Rick (1970's song by Christie)

This is me playing a song called "Yellow River" from a British band called "Christie", a band that easily gets confused with singer Lou Christie. The band is actually led by singer Jeff Christie, and a lot of veterans loved this song during the Vietnam War in the 1960's and early 1970's. Jeff Christie has said in interviews that his song is actually referring to the American Civil War ("cannon fire" in the 3rd verse, for example). Just the same, the lyrics apply to a lot of armed conflicts. I'm actually playing my Yamaha electronic drums with my feet in this song, which makes it even trickier to sing, play guitar, remember the words, AND play drums. And the reason I'm using 2 microphones is because the 2nd mic is set up with my Digitech Vocalist 4 harmony effects pedal.

I'm dedicating this to all our hard working military people, our vets who served their country, and to my rock and roll brother JOHN! He knows who he is! Who loves ya, baby?

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• 1970's
• 1960's
• lou
• christy
• civil
• war
• vietnam
• jeff
• military
• army
• navy
• air
• force
• marines
• usaf
• usmc
• veteran
• vets
• digitech
• vocalist
• yamaha
• electronic
• drums

[ISFUI]

Could you give me the chords or tabs from this song ? I didnt find something in the internet ):

Thank you very much

Nice greetings from germany \m/

[mrcross2020]

Hello, and great to hear from you! The chords are not always in the same order, but the chords for the verses are in this order: E, G#m, C#m, G#m, C#m, F#m, B. The chords for the chorus are E, G#m, B, which you play through twice. The "got no time for explanation" part is C#m, B, A, B, C#m. Hope this helps you out, and thanks a lot for checking out my videos!

[wkysunny]

Well...It sounds so cool~ ... you did a great job ~

Could you tell me how to setup the second mic ?...and what effects was using for this mic...? Thanks alot~

[mrcross2020]

Both mics were just plugged into my Boss BR1600cd multitrack recorder, with no special settings. The reason I'm using 2 microphones is because the 2nd mic is set up with my Digitech Vocalist 4 harmony effects pedal. That's how you can hear (sort of) a couple of voices during the chorus. One guy playing everything can use all the help he can get. Thanks for your question!

[Rafaeliux30]

First of all I'd like to thank you for covering such a beautiful song,great job with all the multi-tasking stuff.second I'm a beginner at guitar but I'd love to learn how to play this song because is one of my all time favorites.Could you do a tutorial vid please? or let me know the chords? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks alot

[mrcross2020]

Hi. Because this song has some tricky chord changes, your best bet would be to search google for the guitar tabs. The chords are not always in the same order, but the chords for the verses are in this order: E, G#m, C#m, G#m, C#m, F#m, B. That'll get you started. Good luck!

[maizmexicano]

Fantastic! Good work! Greetings from Mexico. I am your fan.! :)

[Lexurus4]

nice, i got the same guitar as yours, is it a ibanez V70CE?

[MareMentha]

Great Job!!!

[shanepetrCZ]

very good.....



[Freitasgus]

Muito bom!

[sandhogy]

keep singing, your great

[kanek1982]

You play that great song in a fantastic way. However, I would like to know the chords too. That yould be very genorous, long live the Yellow River and long live rock and roll. Please teach us how to play it.Please.

[ISFUI]

Good Job Dude (;