Three Chord Thursday: fruit

Besides playing a pineapple (shaped) ukulele and a lute-shaped ukulele made from spalted mango (wood), I do believe there are plenty of songs to do with fruit. On 22nd October 2020, we explore three chord songs in this category. As usual, register in advance (well before 2 pm EDT) to get the Zoom meeting ID and link, unless you have registered previously.

BREAKING NEWS!
This session will be extended beyond the usual one-hour cut-off BECAUSE of the HUGE interest in songs about FRUIT.

We welcome volunteers to lead individual songs while everyone else is muted. We aim to fit up to 10 songs for this one-hour session in Zoom. Once the ten is reached, you can join by sharing an existing song through tagging (sequential sharing of a song) by contacting the performer listed.

Please fill out the Google Form to request a song to perform. The line-up is determined before the session begins.

You’re welcome to enter Zoom at any time but we mute everyone and open the session promptly at 3 pm EDT 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. Number of chords are in brackets at the end of the entry.

1. Apple Blossom Time, (I’ll Be With You in) – (better key) [12]
2. Banana Boat Song, The – Harry Belafonte ** – Anne, Adrienne – call & response (1-page pdf) [2]
3. Banana Pancakes
4. Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino – Mike S. (FL) [9]
5. Cherry – Neil Diamond
6. Coconut – Harry Nilsson
7. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – Annie L. (CA) [8]
8. Drop Baby Drop – Mike S. (NJ) (1-page PDF) [5]
9. Grapefruit Juicy Fruit – Jimmy Buffet
10. I Gave My Love a Cherry – 16th century English song – Lisa H. (UK) [5]
11. I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye – Bruce C. (MI) in Dm (7-page PDF) [8]
12. The Joker – The Steve Miller Band – Anne, Adrienne (TX) in G (2-page PDF) [3]
13. Lemon Boy – Cavetown
14. Lemon Tree – Maureen D. (MA), Annie L. (CA) in C [3]
15. Lemon Tree – Fool’s Garden – Tina J. (WA) [8]
16. Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries – Virginia K. (NY) see shared screen [12]
17. Mango Walk **
18. My Darling Clementine ** Kathryn P. (MA) [2]
19. One More Bite of the Apple – Neil Diamond
20. Orange Crush – R.E.M.
21. Peaches – The Presidents of the USA
22. Pineapple Mango – (1-page songsheet) (2 page PDF) (5-page PDF) – Daniel Ho
23. Strange Fruit – Eve M. (TX) – see shared screen [13]
24. Strawberry Fields Forever – (chord melody arr.) The Beatles
25. Sweet Lady of Waiahole – Paul M., Lianne B. (HI) see shared screen [3]
26. Tutti Frutti – Little Richard – Pat B. (CT) in A (UOGB 1-page PDF) see shared screen [3]
27. Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
28. When Will the Good Apples Fall – The Seekers – Sue B. (UK) see shared screen [6]

** two chord song

Line-Up

We will start with two-chord songs, three chords, more chords. We will end with an upbeat song. Get your song sheets via what is shared on screen in Zoom or open them on your browser from the list above.

1. Banana Boat Song – Anne, Adrienne – call & response (1-page pdf) [2]
2. My Darling Clementine – Kathryn P. (MA) see shared screen [2]
3. Lemon Tree – Maureen D. (MA), Annie L. (CA) in C see shared screen [3]
4. Sweet Lady of Waiahole – Paul M., Lianne B. (HI) see shared screen [3]
5. Tutti Frutti – Pat B. (CT) in A see shared screen [3]
6. The Joker – Anne, Adrienne (TX) in G (2-page PDF) [3]
7. Drop Baby Drop – Mike S. (NJ) (1-page PDF) [5]
8. I Gave My Love a Cherry – 16th century English song – Lisa H. (UK) [5]
9. When Will the Good Apples Fall – Sue B. (UK) see shared screen [6]
10. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree – Annie L. (CA) see shared screen [8]
11. I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Bruce C. (MI) in Dm (7-page PDF) [8]
12. Lemon Tree – Fool’s Garden – Tina J. (WA) [8]
13. Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries – Virginia K. (NY) ( 2 page pdf) [12]
14. Blueberry Hill – Mike S. (FL) see shared screen [9]

Three Chord Thursdays are free to join as participant and/or performer. If you’d like to further support this weekly song series, here’s a way to donate your spare change into a tip jar for musicians.