Three Chord Thursday: eight days a week

Now in our last month of the year, don’t you wonder how we managed to get this far with only seven days a week? Join us in Zoom for an hour of singing and playing three chord songs about days of the week on Thursday 3rd December 2020.

Breaking News! We have a full set of 11 songs. If you’d like to perform a song, please make your request and we will put you on the waiting list and in the queue for part 2 (in green). Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the line-up (order of songs by number of chords).

You’re welcome to enter Zoom at any time but we mute everyone and open the session promptly at 3 pm EST with a short warm-up followed by our sunglasses ritual.

DON’T FORGET YOUR SUNGLASSES!

Below are suggestions, by no means exhaustive or exemplary. Bolded titles link to song sheets that can be easily transposed. Performers are encouraged to transpose and format to their liking and share with participants. Can you find a three chord song in this list? Are there any songs about Wednesday or Thursday?

1. Another Saturday Night – Sam Cooke [6]
2. Beautiful Sunday
3. Blue Monday – New Order
4. Blue Monday – Fats Domino – Pat B. (CT) (1-page PDF) in G [4]
5. Blue Sunday – The Doors
6. Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
7. Diary Of Horace Wimp, The – Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
8. Eight Days a Week – (1-page PDF) (2-page PDF) [7]
9. Every Day of the Week – Sue B. (UK) in G (1-page PDF) [4]
10. Friday I’m in Love – The Cure – Anne (MA), Adrienne (TX) (2-page PDF in F) [5]
11. Friday On My Mind – Easybeats
12. Friday’s Child – Van Morrison
13. Gas Man Cometh, The
14. Get em’ Out By Friday – Genesis
15. Happy Days – Bruce C. (MI) (5-page PDF) [10]
16. Here Today – Beach Boys
17. I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats
18. Jersey Thursday – Donovan
19. Lady Madonna – Lisa H. (UK) [10]
20. Manic Monday – Tina J. (WA) (1-page PDF) [6]
21. Monday Monday (chord melody arr.) – Mamas & Papas
22. Monday Morning – Fleetwood Mac
23. Never on Sunday- (chord melody arr.) (ensemble) (background info) – (1-page PDF) in C [3]
24. Pleasant Valley Sunday – The Monkees
25. Rainy Days and Mondays
26. Ruby Tuesday – (chord melody arr.) – Mike S. (FL) [10]
27. Saturday in the Park
28. Saturday Night – Bay City Rollers
29. Saturday Night At the Movies – The Drifters
30. Saturday Night Special – Lynyrd Skynyrd
31. Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting – Elton John
32. Saturday’s Child – The Monkees
33. Small Town Saturday Night
34. Stormy Monday – Allman Brothers
35. Sun Comes Up It’s Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies
36. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
37. Sunday Girl – Blondie (1-page PDF)
38. Sunday Kind of Love, A – Emily S. (FL) [10]
39. Sunday Will Never Be the Same – Spanky and Our Gang
40. This Little Light of Mine – Laura P. (MA) [11]
41. Thursday’s Child – David Bowie
42. Today – Smashing Pumpkin
43. Today – Goldsboro / Spark – Linda G. (CA) [8]
44. Tomorrow – from the musical Annie
45. Tuesday Afternoon – Moody Blues
46. Tuesday Morning – The Pogues
47. Tuesday’s Dead – Cat Stevens
48. Walking After Midnight – Paul M. (HI), Geni S. (NJ) (1-page PDF) [7]
49. Wednesday Morning 3 am – Simon & Garfunkel (page 8 of 44-page PDF) [5]
50. Wednesday Week – The Undertones
51. Whiskey on a Sunday
52. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow – Carole King
53. Yesterday Once More – (chord melody arr.) – The Carpenters

The Line-Up

Last updated on 12/3/2020 at 2:00 pm EST

1. Blue Monday – Fats Domino – Pat B. (CT) (1-page PDF) in G [4]
2. Every Day of the Week – Sue B. (UK) in G (1-page PDF) [4]
3. Friday I’m in Love – The Cure – Anne (MA), Adrienne (TX) (intro riff) (2-page PDF in F) [5]
4. Manic Monday – Tina J. (WA) (1-page PDF) [6]
5. Walking After Midnight – Paul M. (HI) , Geni S. (NJ) (1-page PDF) [7]
6. Today – Goldsboro / Spark – Linda G. (CA) [8]
7. Sunday Kind of Love, A – Emily S. (FL) [10]
8. Lady Madonna – Lisa H. (UK) [10]
9. Happy Days – Bruce C. (MI) (5-page PDF) [10]
10. Ruby Tuesday – Mike S. (FL) [10]
11. This Little Light of Mine – Laura P. (MA) [11]
12. Eight Days a Week – TAG (1-page PDF) (2-page PDF) [7]

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