3 Chord Thurs: Travel

Join us on Thursday 22nd July 2021 for a 3 Chord Thursday thematic song session of songs about travel or traveling. Some of these may overlap with other themes such as vacation, to the beach, or on the water. The theme of next Thursday 29th July is VACATION.

Welcome wherever you are! This one-hour song session in Zoom, online but interactive, is free for anyone anywhere in the world to join as participant, performer, or observer muted with webcam on or off. We aim to start promptly at 3 and end by 4 pm, but usually we run overtime, especially if all 10 song spots get filled.

Doors open at 2:30 pm EDT (7:30 pm BST, 11:30 am PDT, 8:30 am HST) for

• Newcomers to introduce themselves & their ukuleles, where they are located, how they found out about 3 Chord Thurs
• Performers to do sound and light checks, with face, hands, ukulele visible, enable original sound
• Participants to set up, direct message in chat box with others, greet & meet

3:00 pm EDT “mute all” – video recording starts

• livestream Youtube
• Facebook public group post of livestream Youtube
• warm-up and lesson

3:05 pm EDT Ritual of sunglasses

3:10 pm EDT The Line-up (below)

Song Suggestions

Here are some songs to get your creative juices flowing.

• (I’m Gonna Be) 500 Miles – The Proclaimers
• California Dreamin’ – Mammas & Papas
• Chattanooga Choo Choo
• City of New Orleans – Arlo Guthrie
• Dreamboat Annie – Heart
• Here, There, and Everywhere – The Beatles
• Homeward Bound – Simon & Garfunkel
• King of the Road
• I’ll Fly Away – Alison Krauss
• Leavin’ in a Jet Plane – John Denver
• Midnight Train to Georgia
• Riders on the Storm – The Doors
• Running on Empty – Jackson Browne
• So Far Away – Carole King
• Space Oddity – David Bowie
• Take Me Home Country Roads – John Denver
• Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
• Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine
• We Gotta Get Outta This Place – The Animals

The Line-Up

1. Mother of the Sea – Debbie (TN) [4] (1-page PDF)
2. Wagon Wheel in A – Mike (NJ) [4] (3-page PDF)
3. Life is a Highway – Adrienne (TX) [6] (3-page PDF)
4. Hotel California in D – Steve (MA) [7]

Don’t forget your sunglasses!