Three Chord Thursday: animals and pets

For 19th November 2020, we explore three chord songs about animals and pets. As this is such a popular tune, we will schedule Part 2 at a later date. Did you know that “A Horse With No Name” can be accompanied by just two chords?

Bring your pet and/or stuffed animal to this Zoom session! Scroll to the bottom of this page to see the updated line-up (set list) for today.

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. The number of chords are indicated in brackets where shown. Performers are encouraged to transpose and format the song sheets to their liking and share with participants.

NOTE: We are now taking requests for part 2 as the list is full for 19th November 2020.

1. A Horse With No Name – (3-page PDF) [2]
2. Albuquerque (2-page PDF) [2]
3. Alice the Camel
4. Animal – Neon Trees – Mike S. (NJ) (1-page PDF) [4]
5. At the Zoo – Simon & Garfunkel
6. Baby Elephant Walk – (chord melody arr.)
7. Baby Shark
8. Bare Necessities, The
9. Blackbird – The Beatles – Mike S. (FL)
10. Bright Eyes
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. Cats in a Bowl
13. Cat’s in the Cradle – Harry Chapin – TikiDave (1-page PDF) [5]
14. Crocodile Rock – Paul M. (HI), Sue B. (UK) (1-page PDF in C) [3]
15. Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road
16. Delilah – Queen
17. Doggie and Butterfly – Heart
18. Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
19. Four Wet Pigs
20. Froggy Went A-Courtin’
21. Gnu Song, The
22. Gone Fishin’
23. Hippopotamus Song, The – Flanders & Swan
24. Hound Dog – Sue B. (UK) [3]
25. House At Pooh Corner – Emily S. (FL) in C [9]
26. Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran (1-page PDF) (another 1-page PDF)
27. I Am the Walrus – The Beatles
28. I Don’t Eat Animals
29. I Love My Dog
30. I Wanna Be Like You (UOGB 1-page PDF)
31. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas
32. Inchworm
33. Joy to the World – Tina J. (WA)
34. Lion Sleeps Tonight, The
35. Martha My Dear – The Beatles
36. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
37. Move It On Over – Richard W. (WA) (1-page PDF in G) [3]
38. Muskrat Love – Captain & Tennille
39. My Dog Has Fleas
40. Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles – Patty D. (MA) [7]
41. Poor Butterfly – Pat B. (CT) (1-page PDF) [6]
42. Pretty Flamingo – Anne K. (MA), Dr John (UK) (1-page PDF) [4]
43. Rainbow Connection, The – Emily S. (FL)
44. Rock Lobster – B52
45. Rockin’ Robin
46. Stray Cat Strut – Adrienne (TX) [9]
47. Teddy Bear’s Picnic – Bruce C. (MI) (10-page PDF) [10]
48. Three Little Birds
49. Union of the Snake – Duran Duran
50. Verdronken Vlinder – (chord melody arr.)
51. Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog – Andi R. (PA) (1-page PDF) in C [5]
52. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon (2-page PDF)
53. White Rabbit – (1-page PDF) Jefferson Airplane – Tina J. (WA) (1-page PDF) [6]
54. Wild Butterfly
55. Year of the Cat – Al Stewart (1-page PDF)

Line-up @ 11/19/2020 2:57 pm EST

Bring your pet and/or stuffed animal to this Zoom session! We start with a warm-up at 3 pm and then wear our sunglasses. The number in the brackets refer to number of chords in the song.

1. Hound Dog – Sue B. (UK), Anne (MA), Lisa (UK) (1-page PDF in A) [3]
2. Move It On Over – Richard W. (WA) (1-page PDF in G) [3]
3. Crocodile Rock – Paul M. (HI), Sue B. (UK) (1-page PDF in C) [6]
4. Animal – Neon Trees – Mike S. (NJ) (1-page PDF) [4]
5. Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog – Andi R. (PA) (1-page PDF) in C [5]
6. White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane – Tina J. (WA) (1-page PDF) [6]
7. Cat’s in the Cradle – Harry Chapin – TikiDave (1-page PDF) [6]
8. Poor Butterfly – Pat B. (CT) (1-page PDF) [6]
9. Octopus’s Garden – The Beatles – Patty D. (MA) [7]
10. House At Pooh Corner – Emily S. (FL) in C [9]
11. Stray Cat Strut – Adrienne (TX) [9]

Three Chord Thursdays are free to join as participant and/or performer. If you’d like to further support this weekly song series, consider donating any amount into a tip jar for musicians.