The public holiday 4th of July falls on a Thursday, so we will celebrate the theme of “Across America” on the second Thursday of the month on 11th July 2024 at the usual time of 3 PM EDT. We welcome songs of location and travel in the United States. Dress code: wear something to show a location in the USA.
The Line-Up
- Promised Land in G [3] – Paul (GA) (play along video)
- Massachusetts in C [4] – Boni-esther (MA) (1-page PDF)
- Banks of the Ohio in G [4] – Erich (CA) (Chordie song sheet)
- Old Cape Cod in G [15] – Kristine (MA) (2-page PDF)
- Carolina On My Mind in G [4] – Anne (MA) (2-page PDF)
Song Suggestions
Listed in increasing order of number of chords
- Deep in the Heart of Texas – Perry Como C, F
- Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen C, G
- Charlie on the MTA – Kingston Trio C, F, G7
- Sweet Home Chicago (blues song) – Robert Johnson C, C7, F, G
Blues Brothers in E, E7, B, A - Banks of the Ohio C, C7, F, G7
- 59th Bridge Song “Feelin’ Groovy” – Paul Simon C, F, G
- Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed C, F, D
- Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show / Bob Dylan Am, C, F, G
- The Night Chicago Died – Paper Lace Dm, G, G7, C
- Jersey Girl – Tom Waits D, D7, A, G
- Massachusetts – Bee Gees Am, C, D7, G
- Carolina in My Mind – James Taylor Bb, C, Dm, F
- Blue Moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe / Elvis Presley A, A7, D, D7, E7
- Breakfast in America – Supertramp Am, F, G, Dm, E7, E
- Rocky Mountain High – John Denver A, A7, C, D, Em, G
- Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver Am, C7, C, F, G, G7, Bb
- San Francisco Bay Blues – Jesse Fuller C, F, C7, A7, D7, G7, CM7, E7
- Do You Know the Way to San Jose – Burt Bacharach Am7, CM7, C, F, Em7, Em6, G, Dm7
- California Dreamin’ – Mamas and the Papas Am, G, F, E7sus4, E7, C, Fmaj7
- Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page C, CM7, C7, F, A7, D7, G7, E7
- Please Come to Boston – Dave Loggins G, D, A, Dsus4, Dsus2, Bm, Em
- City of New Orleans – Steve Goodman C/9
- San Francisco – Scott McKenzie Em/10 or Dm/10
- Georgia on My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael F/10
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glenn Campbell F/11
- Wichita Lineman – Glenn Campbell D/12
- Galveston – Glenn Campbell C/12
- Old Cape Cod – Patti Page G/16
What time do we meet?
- 21:00 CEST (Venice, Italy)
- 20:00 BST (UK)
- 3:00 PM EDT (East Coast USA)
- Noon PDT (West Coast USA)
- 9:00 AM HST (Hawaii)
There are many three chord songs but 3 Chord Thursday is not limited to 3 chords!! We always start with a warm up at 3 pm EDT followed by two poses for a group photo with our sunglasses and ukuleles. Then we announce our line-up. If there’s no request beforehand, we take impromptu requests and line them up. We aim to end an hour later at 4 pm EST.
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