# Yellow River – Christie: piano chords

Yellow River by Christie uses 11 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [G#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpm), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: E G#m C#m G#m C#m F#m B7 E G#m C#m G#m C#m F#m B7 E G#m B7 E G#m B7 C#m B7 F#m B7 C#m A B7 E G#m C#m G#m C#m F#m B7 E G#m C#m G#m C#m F#m B7 E G#m B7 E G#m B7 C#m B7 F#m B7 C#m A B7 E G#m B7 E G#m B7 E D G#m F#m C#m Bm F#m Em B7 A7 A G

## Questions

### Which chords does Yellow River by Christie use?

Different chords: 11. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Yellow River by Christie in?

The chords fit E major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Yellow River to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (11), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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