Three Chord Songs

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Lyrics List ... List of Lists ... 1 6 2 5 Songs ... Keyboard Topography

  • Blue Suede Shoes
  • Breakdown Am G F
  • Bye Bye Love
  • Everybody's Talkin at Me
  • For the Good Times Almost entirely 3 chords except one
  • Have You Ever Seen the Rain can be played with three chords
  • He'll Have to Go
  • Help Me Make It Through the Night Almost entirely 3 chords except one
  • I'm All Shook Up
  • Log Driver's Waltz
  • Margaritaville
  • Me and Bobby McGee
  • Midnight Hour Almost entirely 3 chords except one
  • Mustang Sally
  • No Expectations by the Stones (they did it E,A,D)
  • No Sugar Almost entirely 3 chords except one
  • O Christmas Tree Almost entirely 3 chords except one
  • Thrill is Gone, The
  • Happy Birthday
  • Home On The Range Has G and Gm which is the IV iv chords
  • If I Had a Hammer
  • Jimmy Crack Corn
  • Johnny B. Good
  • Red River Valley
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • Supercalifragillisticexpialidocious
  • This Land Is Your Land
  • Yellow Bird
  • You Are My Sunshine
  • Most of these songs use the same chords that are commonly referred to as
    I, IV and V or Do Fa So or "one", "four" and "five" chords

    In the Key of C, no sharps or flats
    build on C, F and G
    C Major - I, IV and V Chords
    I- C E G
    IV-F A C
    V-G B D
    In the Key of F, one flat - Bb
    build on F, Bb and C
    F Major - I, IV and V Chords
    I - F A C
    IV - Bb D F
    V - C E G
    In the Key of G, one sharp, F#
    build on G, C and D
    G Major - I, IV and V Chords
    I - G B D
    IV - C E G
    V - D F# A
    Solfa for any key
    build on do, fa and so
    Solfa (Any Key) - I, IV and V

    I - do mi so
    IV - fa la do
    V - so ti re
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