Three Chord Thursdays at Three: 70’s Hits

Who remembers disco queens and rhinestone cowboys? The seventies was the era of ABBA – disco, rock, punk, and reggae. Recorded music became central to culture like never before. To cover all the favorites, we will devote two consecutive weeks to three chord songs of the seventies: Thursdays June 4 and June 11, 2020, from 3 to 4 pm EDT (as usual).

Register in advance via this LINK to get an e-mail with your unique ZOOM meeting ID and link. This is a way to request songs you’d like to lead. If you have already registered and attended previous Thursday sessions in May, you can use the same zoom meeting link.

There are simply too many wonderful three or FEW chorded songs in the seventies to list here from folk to country rock to disco. Bolded titles refer to transposable song sheets.

1. A Horse With No Name – America (Em, D6, D) (C6/9, Dm, Em7)
2. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers – MUJ Songsheet (video MUJ)
3. Alberta Bound – Gordon Lightfoot
4. All Right Now – Free
5. Already Gone – The Eagles
6. Angel From Montgomery – John Prine
7. Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd
8. Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
9. Brand New Key – Melanie
10. Car Wash – Rose Royse
11. (Put the Lime in the) Coconut – Harry Nilsson
12. A Doo Ron Ron – Shaun Cassidy
13. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy – Rod Stewart (p. 6-7)
14. Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
15. Dust in the Wind – Kansas
16. First Cut is the Deepest, The – Cat Stevens
17. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
18. Good Times – Chic (guitar tab)
19. Hot Stuff – Donna Summer (Gm, F, C, D)
20. I Have a Dream – ABBA
21. In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
22. It’s a Long Long Way to the Top – AC/DC
23. The Joker– The Steve Miller Band
24. Kung Fu Fighting – Carl Douglas (D, Em) (guitar tab)
25. Lean on Me – Bill Withers (Parody by Steffi A.)
26. Lady Marmalade- La Belle (Gm, C, Cm, Dm)
27. Le Freak – Chic
28. Let It Be – The Beatles
29. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett (with riff, same key as video) (in C)
30. My Ding-a-ling – Chuck Berry
31. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down – Joan Baez
32. No, No Song – Ringo Starr
33. Old Dan’s Records / Gordon Lightfoot
34. Old Time Rock and Roll– Bob Seger — transpose to G
35. Peaceful Easy Feeling – The Eagles
36. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
37. Seasons in the Sun – Terry Jacks
38. Shambala – Three Dog Night
39. Spanish Pipedream – John Prine
40. Squeezebox – The Who
41. Summertime Blues – Eddie Cochran
42. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot (G, D, C, F)
43. Sunshine Superman – Donovan
44. That’s The Way I Like It – KC and the Sunshine Band
45. Take Me Home, Country Roads (in C) – John Denver (in G)
46. Take the Money and Run – Steve Miller Band
47. Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
48. Tide is High – Blondie
49. Workin’ for a Living – Huey Lewis and the News
50. You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry