Coldplay - Yellow

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An acoustic guitar lesson, where we learn to play the classic song 'Yellow' by Coldplay. This uses just four easy guitar chords; G, C, D and Em, along with 8th all down strumming, making it perfect for beginners!

If you can play the chords to this song, you should also try the easy lead line shown in this video below. This is the perfect first lead guitar part to learn. If you’ve never done any lead guitar before, GIVE IT A GO!

Yellow - easy one string lead line

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Here's Andy and Dave performing a full cover version of the song

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Here's a cool video about how Chris Martin wrote this song, partly inspired by Neil Young!

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How to play a full C chord and Fmajor7 Chords.