Three Chord Thursdays at Three: girl names

A surprising number of songs about a specific girl requires just three chords. Is it a three chord song if there are additional chords (beyond the fundamental three) that are really easy, like A minor and C7? On Thursday April 16th, 2020 we will explore these songs as part of this weekly series for voice and ukulele.

To join this online interactive (virtual) song session, please register in advance.

• You are most welcome to join the meeting BEFORE the start time of 3 pm EDT so as to get comfortable in the virtual environment and do some checks.
• Do a sound check on your microphone and speakers. Check with someone else also in ZOOM.
• Do a light check: ensure that light falls on your face and not behind your head onto your screen. Make sure you can see yourself AND your instrument.
• For the best quality experience, use as big and as powerful a computer device as possible. In general, the bigger your computer/communication device, the better you will enjoy it. In other words, not on your smartphone or iPad but on a laptop or computer with webcam and microphone.
• You want to see and hear as well as be seen and heard. Two way communication!

The list of songs for Thursday 16th April at 3 pm EDT has grown considerably. We will stick to those that are three chords.

• One asterisk means a little more than three chords.
• Two asterisks mean a lot more than three chords and may be challenging.
• Unlinked songtitles means we need to find song sheets for them.
• Bolded titles link to songsheets that are easily transposable.

No doubt it will be impossible to do them all in the one-hour session. We will begin with the ones that are most familiar of course.

Latest update: 16th April 2020 @ 18:30 BST = 13:30 EDT

1. Abilene * – Waylon Jennings
2. White Rabbit * – Jefferson Airplane
3. Alice’s Song (replace E with E7)
4. Amanda ** – Boston
5. Amie * – Pure Prairie League
6. Angie ** – The Rolling Stones
7. Annie’s Song ** – John Denver
8. Barbara Allen *
9. Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys
10. Billie Jean * – Michael Jackson
11. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
12. Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
13. Carrie Anne * – The Hollies
14. Caroline – Status Quo
15. Sweet Caroline ** – Neil Diamond
16. Cecilia – Paul Simon
17. Come On Eileen ** – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
18. Corrine, Corinna (video)
19. My Darling Clementine (tab)
20. Delilah ** – Tom Jones
21. Delta Dawn ** – Helen Reddy
22. Diana * – Paul Anka
23. For Emily Wherever I May Find Her (p. 14) *- Simon & Garfunkel
24. Sweet Georgia Brown **
25. Amazing Grace
26. Good Night, Irene * 
27. Lady Jane * – The Rolling Stones
28. Jean ** – Rod McKuen
29. 867-5309/Jenny * – Tommy Tutone
30. Jolene * – Dolly Parton
31. Kathy’s Song * – Simon & Garfunkel
32. My Girl Josephine
33. Layla * – Eric Clapton
34. Lily the Pink
35. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
36. Lola ** – The Kinks
37. Skip to My Lou
38. Lucille * – Everly Brothers & Little Richard
39. Lucille * – Kenny Rogers
40. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * (or this)
41. Lady Madonna ** – The Beatles
42. Maggie May * – Rod Stewart
43. Mandy ** – Barry Manilow
44. Martha My Dear ** – The Beatles
45. Along Comes Mary * – The Association
46. Proud Mary ** Creedence Clearwater Revival
47. Mary Had a Little Lamb (tab)
48. Hey Mary Lou * – Gene Pitney
49. Walting Matilda (tab)
50. Maybelline
51. Michelle ** – The Beatles
52. Minnie the Moocher – Cab Calloway
53. Myra – The Seekers
54. Nelly Bly (page 4)
55. Peggy Sue ** – Buddy Holly
56. Mrs Robinson ** Simon & Garfunkel
57. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
58. Help Me, Rhonda * – The Beach Boys
59. Rosanna *- Toto
60. Roxanne* – The Police
61. Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town)* – Kenny Rogers
62. Ruby Tuesday ** – The Rolling Stones
63. Long Tall Sally * – Little Richard
64. Mustang Sally * – Wilson Pickett
65. My Sharona – The Knack
66. Sheila *– Tommy Roe
67. Runaround Sue * – Dion & The Belmonts
68. Oh Susanna (tab)
69. Suzanne * – Leonard Cohen transpose to C
70. Wake Up Little Susie **– The Everly Brothers
71. Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
72. Valerie * Amy Winehouse
73. Valleri *– The Monkees
74. Victoria* – The Kinks
75. Wendy *- Beach Boys
76. Windy ** – The Association

*One asterisk means not three chords but maybe we can get away with it.

** Two asterisks means a lot more chords and bookmarked for a future session.