Biography:
REFORMED! 2013!
Played The Garage February 2013 and have a further gig lined up at;
Newcastle University Students Union on Friday May 10 2013. Check the NUSU website for details.
China Drum were formed in the late 80's and were made up of Adam Lee (Drums and Vocals), Bill McQueen on guitar and his younger brother Dave on Bass. (They were to be augmented later by Jan Alkema, ex Compulsion, on drums when Adam stepped from behind his kit)
They are probably best described as pop-punk but that really doesn't do them justice.
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Other songs:
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
I'm not expecting too many people to ever read this but as I had worked this track out for myself I thought
I'd post it anyway. China Drum are/were a vastly underated band who should have been much bigger thah they
were, down by the river is on their excellent album self made maniac.
I think I've got the chords about right but if you are one of the few people to see this and you disagree
feel free to tell me.
Intro: D G X4
Verse 1:
D G D G
Girls are walking with their mothers, shopping for clothes
D G D G
Sons are sitting with their fathers, fishing for ideas in their souls.
Chorus 1:
Bm G D Bm A G D G D G
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting co_____ld, it's getting cold
Verse 2:
D G D G
The roads are stained, it seems impossible, impossible to clean
D G D G
The oil and the salt mix to a shining, shining gleam
Chorus 2:
Bm G D Bm A G
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting cold
Break:
A G A G
But it won't stop the bastards trying and it won't stop the people from dying
A G Bm A G
And it won't stop the bastards trying, and it's all because of you, all because of you
Solo: Bm D Bm D Bm D E G A
Because of you
Verse 3:
D G D G
Girls are walking with their mothers, shopping for clothes
D G D G
Sons are sitting with their fathers, fishing for ideas in their souls
Chorus 3:
D G D G D G D G
But down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting cold
Break:
A G A G
But it won't stop the bastards trying and, it won't stop the people from dying
A G Bm A G
And it won't stop the bastards trying, and it's all because of you, all because of you
Ending:
G D G D
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D
Down by the river, because of you, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D (let ring)
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting co____ld
I'd post it anyway. China Drum are/were a vastly underated band who should have been much bigger thah they
were, down by the river is on their excellent album self made maniac.
I think I've got the chords about right but if you are one of the few people to see this and you disagree
feel free to tell me.
Intro: D G X4
Verse 1:
D G D G
Girls are walking with their mothers, shopping for clothes
D G D G
Sons are sitting with their fathers, fishing for ideas in their souls.
Chorus 1:
Bm G D Bm A G D G D G
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting co_____ld, it's getting cold
Verse 2:
D G D G
The roads are stained, it seems impossible, impossible to clean
D G D G
The oil and the salt mix to a shining, shining gleam
Chorus 2:
Bm G D Bm A G
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting cold
Break:
A G A G
But it won't stop the bastards trying and it won't stop the people from dying
A G Bm A G
And it won't stop the bastards trying, and it's all because of you, all because of you
Solo: Bm D Bm D Bm D E G A
Because of you
Verse 3:
D G D G
Girls are walking with their mothers, shopping for clothes
D G D G
Sons are sitting with their fathers, fishing for ideas in their souls
Chorus 3:
D G D G D G D G
But down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river, it's getting cold
Break:
A G A G
But it won't stop the bastards trying and, it won't stop the people from dying
A G Bm A G
And it won't stop the bastards trying, and it's all because of you, all because of you
Ending:
G D G D
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D
Down by the river, because of you, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting cold
G D G D (let ring)
Down by the river, it's getting cold, down by the river it's getting co____ld
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Chip Hanna
Chip Richter