Songs from the Anniversary Ukulele Jeopardy Game in Zoom

How does one create and facilitate a jeopardy game online? More specifically, a ukulele jeopardy game in which everyone gets to sing and play as one does in a group song session? Online in Zoom, one microphone is unmuted for the purpose of being heard clearly by everyone else who is muted. How can we make it fun, fair, and fit (within time constraints)? At our Three Chord Thursday first anniversary, our contestants comprised of five teams of five members each (though one had six), randomly assigned into breakout rooms to choose team names and spokespersons. On Thursday 8th April 2021 at 3 pm EDT, we recall some songs from our anniversary jeopardy game of the previous week.

As usual, to participate in this and any Three Chord Thursday session by attending the Zoom session. The previously scheduled Cobra Kai/Karate Kid theme will be postponed until cruel summer is in full swing.

We are introducing a new initiative: share screen and scroll song sheets.

The Line-up

We will go down the list from few chords to more chords. The number of chords in the song is given between the square brackets [ ].

1. Bad Moon Rising – Debbie (TN) (2-page PDF in C) [3]
2. Ring of Fire – Paul (HI), Jane (VA) (2-page PDF) [4]
3. Let It Be – Steve (CA) (2-page PDF) [4]
4. These Boots Are Made For Walking – Andi (PA) (1-page PDF) [5]
5. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Bruce (MI) (8-page PDF) [8]
6. Delilah in Am – Eve (TX) Page 4 of Neil’s 7-page PDF of song sheets [10]
7. Sunny Afternoon – Bruce (IT) (2-page PDF with riff over two strings) [13]
8. Space Oddity – Adrienne (TX), Anne (MA) Page 3 of Neil’s 7-page PDF of song sheets [16]

Jeopardy Theme tune: Think!

• Easiest version: three chords [ (C – G7) x3) – F – G7 – C] x 2
• Two more chords: five chords [ (C – Am – Dm – G7) x3) – F – G7 – C] x 2
• Easier transition exotic: [ (C – Am/c – Dm – G7) x3) – F – G7 – C] x 2
  Note: Am/c is 2003
• More exotic with 7ths chords: [ (C – Am7 – Dm7 – G7) x3) – F – G7 – C] x 2
• Melody & chords 1-page PDF for either high or low G
• Melody & chords 1-page PDF for high G only

Note: Bolded hyperlinked song titles link to song sheets that can be easily transposed. Where there are two or more linked song sheets for a song, use the one furthest to the right on that line.

Three Chord Songs

The following songs can be accompanied by exactly three chords.

1. Happy Birthday — Whose birthday is it???
2. You Are My Sunshine (1-page PDF in C) (blog post: Spice Up You Are My Sunshine)
3. Doo Wah Diddy (1-page PDF landscape) (1-page PDF portrait) – call and response – two people to tag/share
4. Bad Moon Rising (2-page PDF in C)
5. Love Me Do

Riffs

The following songs can be “guessed” or recognized by their famous riffs.

1. These Boots Are Made For Walking – Andi (PA) [5]
2. Ring of Fire – Paul (HI), Jane (VA) (2-page PDF) [4]
3. Imagine
4. Let It Be – Steve (CA)
5. Do Re Mi (blog post) (2-page PDF tabs/notes in G) (2-page PDF tabs/notes in C)

Name that Tune

The following songs require more chords to accompany but are interesting and fun to play. Download the 7-page PDF of song sheets from Neil.

1. I Will Survive
2. Space Oddity – Adrienne (TX), Anne (MA)
3. Delilah in C – Eve (TX)
4. Sunny Afternoon (2-page PDF with riff on one string) (2-page PDF with riff over two strings) (2-page challenging version in Dm) – Bruce (IT)
5. A Whiter Shade of Pale in C – (8-page PDF) Bruce (MI)

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