Three Chord Thursday: food glorious food!

Thanksgiving falls on November 26, 2020, a day we celebrate with food, wine, and the company of loved ones. Join us with three chord songs about food.

Please scroll to the bottom to see the line-up (set list). We will start with the easiest song by fewest chords and work our way up. Do bring something to eat and drink as it’s Thanksgiving!

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 at the end of each song title entry. Performers are encouraged to transpose and format to their liking and share with participants. Morristown Ukulele (MUJ) has a songbook full of songs in the FOOD theme.

1. A Taste of Honey
2. Albuquerque the Turkey – Beth A. (MA) (1-page PDF) [3]
3. American Pie
4. Big Buffet by Eric “Two Scoops” Moore
5. Breakfast in America – Supertramp – Anne K. (MA), Adrienne (TX) (2-page PDF) [6]
6. Candy Man, The
7. Caramel – Suzanne Vega
8. Cheeseburger in Paradise – Jimmy Buffet – TikiDave (HI) (1-page PDF) [5]
9. Chewy Chewy – Ohio Express
10. Cockles and Mussels
11. Cornbread and Butterbeans – Susan H. & Peter L. (CT) in G [3]
12. Food Glorious Food
13. Honey, Honey – ABBA Tina J. (WA) (1-page PDF in F) [11]
14. Honey Pie – The Beatles – Emily S. (FL) (3-page PDF) [14]
15. Hot Dog – Ohio Express
16. If I Knew You Were Coming (I’d Bake a Cake) – June B. (MA) [5]
17. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – Paul M. (HI), Adrienne (TX) (1-page PDF) [2]
18. Java Jive – Virginia K. (NY) (1-page PDF) [7]
19. Ketchup Song, The
20. Lady Marmalade – also qualifies as nonlexical vocables & non-English lyrics
21. Lasagna – from MUJ Songbook of Food
22. Making Pies
23. Margaritaville – Irene F. (MA) in C [3]
24. Popcorn (chord melody arrangement)
25. Popcorn Popping
26. Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch (I Can’t Help Myself) – The Four Tops
27. Sugar Sugar
28. Sweeter Than Sugar – Ohio Express
29. Tapioca Tundra – The Monkees
30. Tea for Two – Lisa H. (UK) [19]
31. We’re Happy Little Vegemites
32. Yummy, Yummy, Yummy – Ohio Express [3]

The line-up (set list) (updated 11/28/2020)

1. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – Paul M. (HI), Adrienne (TX) (1-page PDF) [2]
2. Cornbread and Butterbeans – Susan H. & Peter L. (CT) in G (2-page PDF) [3]
3. Margaritaville – Irene F. (MA) in C (2-page PDF) [3]
4. Albuquerque the Turkey – Beth A. (MA) (1-page PDF) [3]
5. If I Knew You Were Coming (I’d Bake a Cake) – June B. (MA) [5]
6. Cheeseburger in Paradise – Jimmy Buffet – TikiDave (HI) (1-page PDF) [5]
7. Breakfast in America – Supertramp – Anne K. (MA), Adrienne (2-page PDF) [6]
8. Honey, Honey – ABBA Tina J. (WA) (1-page PDF in F) [11]
9. Honey Pie – The Beatles – Emily S. (FL) (3-page PDF) [14]
10. Tea for Two – Lisa H. (UK) (2-page PDF) [19]
11. Java Jive – Virginia K. (NY) (1-page PDF) [7]
12. Cockles and Mussels – Jean W. (RI) (2-page PDF) [3]

Three Chord Thursdays are free to join as participant and/or performer. ur spare change into a tip jar for musicians.