Three Chord Thursday: Halloween songs

In anticipation of Halloween, we will explore three chord songs of that theme on Thursday 29th October 2020. Feel free to wear a mask and/or costume and celebrate in Zoom with us. As usual, register in advance to get the Zoom information unless you have already done so previously.

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. 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. Names in pinkish purple refer to performers and their locations in parentheses. The numbers in brackets refer to number of chords in the song. Please see the updated line-up (order of songs) below this list.

1. Addams Family Theme, The – Sue B. (UK) in C [5]
2. Bad Moon Rising – (chord melody arr.) Creedence Clearwater Revival –Lennart B. (MA), Anne (UK), Kathryn P. (MA) – in D and G keys (2-page pdf) [3]
3. Black Magic Woman – Santana – Pat B. (CT) (1-page pdf 12-bar blues) [3]
4. Creep – Radiohead
5. Dark as a Dungeon – Paul M. (HI) (2-page pdf) [6]
6. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo – Adrienne (TX) (2-pdf Am & G throughout) [2]
7. Demons – Imagine Dragons
8. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
9. Freak Out – Le Chic
10. Ghostbusters (theme from the movie) – Ray Parker Jr
11. Ghost Chickens in the Sky – Eve M. (TX) [4]
12. Little Red Riding Hood – Mike & Emily S. (FL) (2-page pdf) [4]
13. Monster Mash – Ukulele Bootcamp Level 1 class: Kathryn, Andi, Ralph, Tricia. (3-page pdf G – Em – C – D throughout) [4]
14. Purple People Eater – Maureen D. (MA), Annie L. (CA) (2-page pdf D – A7 – D – G -A7 throughout) [3]
15. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads – Mike S. (NJ) (UOGB 1-page PDF) [6]
16. Ra Ra Rasputin – Boney M
17. Rickety Tickety Tin a.k.a. the Irish Ballad – Virginia K. (NY) ,Beth A. (MA) (1-page pdf) [3]
18. Runnin’ with the Devil – AC/DC – RIP Eddie Van Halen
19. Spooky – Emily S. (FL) (2-page pdf) [5]
20. This is Halloween
21. Thriller – Michael Jackson
22. Time Warp – Tina J. (WA) starts in A (1-page pdf) [8]
23. Tubular Bells (tabbed melody)
24. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon (2-page PDF) – Bruce C. (MI) (4-page pdf D – C – G throughout) [3]
25. Zombie – The Cranberries

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The line-up @ 10/29/2020 at 12 noon EDT

We will use the song sheets linked from the pdf in bold in parentheses to the right side of the performer’s name. Visit the Dropbox for all song sheets below in the following order, thanks to Virginia Kaycoff for editing and assembling.

1. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo – Adrienne (TX) (2-pdf Am & G throughout) [2]
2. Bad Moon Rising – (chord melody arr.) Creedence Clearwater Revival –Lennart B. (MA), Anne (UK), Kathryn P. (MA) – in D and G keys (2-page pdf) [3]
3. Purple People Eater – Maureen D. (MA), Annie L. (CA) (2-page pdf D – A7 – D – G -A7 throughout) [3]
4. Little Red Riding Hood – Mike & Emily S. (FL) (2-page pdf) [4]
5. Spooky – Emily S. (FL) (2-page pdf) [5]
6. Monster Mash – Ukulele Bootcamp Level 1 class: Kathryn, Andi, Ralph, Tricia. (3-page pdf G – Em – C – D throughout) [4]
7. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon (2-page PDF) – Bruce C. (MI) (4-page pdf D – C – G throughout) [3]
8. Rickety Tickety Tin a.k.a. the Irish Ballad – Virginia K. (NY), Beth A. (MA) (1-page pdf) [3] *
9. Black Magic Woman – Santana – Pat B. (CT) (1-page pdf 12-bar blues) [3] *
10. Ghost Chickens in the Sky – Eve M. (TX) (1-page pdf) [4] *
11. Addams Family Theme, The – Sue B. (UK) in C (1-page pdf) [5] *
12. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads – Mike S. (NJ) (UOGB 1-page PDF) (1-page pdf) [6] *
13. Dark as a Dungeon – Paul M. (HI) (2-page pdf) [6]
14. Time Warp – Tina J. (WA) starts in A (1-page pdf) [8] *

Asterisk * means Anne will share screen. All others screen shared by Virginia K. (NY)

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Three Chord Thursdays are free for anyone anywhere in the world 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.

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What makes a song suitable for Halloween? What are the characteristics of music that spook and scare? Join us for a one-hour workshop in Zoom to explore the use of ukulele in producing such music appropriate for Halloween. Wednesday 18th October 2023 at Noon EDT. Register in Zoom in advance for the link and materials.