Willie G. Moseley Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Sky Saxon's death got me to thinking about garage rock and simple, bash-fest types of songs from the era in which the Seeds sprang to notice. "Pushin' Too Hard" had two chords, so of course, every teenage band in the country easily learned it, flailing away on their Silvertone amp-in-the-case guitars. Mine did that song in A minor (and G)....or maybe it was E minor (and D).Turns out that there probably weren't that many one-chord or two-chord Top 100 (in their time) songs that might still be considered "classics" or even memorable, but which ones should be considered?Three-chord songs? Ennnh! Different subject/thread material; i.e., no "Louie Louie", no blues should be listed here.In addition to "Pushin' Too Hard", about all I could come up with is "Shotgun", particularly the version by the Vanilla Fudge (at least, the core of it, some parts go out on different chord patterns but it's part of the Fudge arrangement)."Land of A Thousand Dances"? Meh.And how many chords does Tool's "Sober" have?And that's all I can think of with this early in the morning...like I noted in the topic description, while they may be simple songs, compiling a list of 'em might not necessarily be simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry65 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 "guitars and cadillacs" by dwight yoakam is a fave........................................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHalinda Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 2 chords: Horse With No Name by AmericaShould I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash1 chord: Coconut by Harry Nilsson (not sure if the alternating bass note counts as a second chord) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pirateflynn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatlesone chord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidE Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Jane Says? Nah.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Weston Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Whole Lotta Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atquinn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatlesone chordWrong. 2 chords. 1 bass line. Still fits the bill though. Great song!-Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pirateflynn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatlesone chordWrong. 2 chords. 1 bass line. Still fits the bill though. Great song!-AustinWRONG? Me about a Beatle tune? lolThere are some changes going on as they jam but I'm pretty sure that song is a C major drone. We need Brooks or HHB on the phone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockbody Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatlesone chordWrong. 2 chords. 1 bass line. Still fits the bill though. Great song!-AustinWRONG? Me about a Beatle tune? lolThere are some changes going on as they jam but I'm pretty sure that song is a C major drone. We need Brooks or HHB on the phone!I thought it went down to Bb for the "Is it not dying", etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pirateflynn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 That's it ! .. I'm putting it on right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockbody Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 That's it ! .. I'm putting it on right nowLOL! It might just trick the ear because of the bass/vocal lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pirateflynn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 We need a chord builder guy to explain it .. and that's not me! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 We need a chord builder guy to explain it .. and that's not me! lol Dude, I can't believe you got that one wrong. (he ducks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atquinn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatlesone chordWrong. 2 chords. 1 bass line. Still fits the bill though. Great song!-AustinWRONG? Me about a Beatle tune? lolThere are some changes going on as they jam but I'm pretty sure that song is a C major drone. We need Brooks or HHB on the phone!I thought it went down to Bb for the "Is it not dying", etc...Yup. The bass line stays the same throughout, but the chord changes for the first "It is not dying" section and then returns back to C for the second "it is not dying" part.Dammit, how come no one respects my musical authoritah!?!-Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnieZ Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 How about Bb/C over it is not dying?ArnieZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pirateflynn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 The sitar stays at a C chord. What else is playing to determine the chord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialk Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 One or two chord songs? This list should be my entire repertoire, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serial Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 We do an A/D medley that includes Hard to Handle, Fly, What I Got, Daughter and other stuff-sometimes we start and end it with the Schoolhouse Rock "Three (is a Magic Number)". At one point in HTH, we do toss in the E chord though..."Should I Stay or Should I Go" is not a two chord song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorrow Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Gosh! I think I don't know any song with only one or two chords... this one is really hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy p Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 2 chords: Horse With No Name by AmericaShould I Stay or Should I Go - The Clash1 chord: Coconut by Harry Nilsson (not sure if the alternating bass note counts as a second chord)The Clash tune has at least 4 chords, though you were probably thinking of the main verse part which is just D and G.I'll submit Battleship Chains by the Georgia Satellites. C and G with raunchy tone and max rock n' roll attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarseh Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 These Boots are Made for Walkingtwo chords, IIRC, and fun when punked up.Mark B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomteriffic Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 One of my faves, "Night Time In the Switching Yard", Warren Zevon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesterpaul Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 hmmm.."Okie from Muskogee"(ducks...)...take your pick from the recent popular North Mississippi "trance blues" genre/catalog...I dig "Lights Go Out" by the Black Keys...."Goin' Down South", RL Burnside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfun75 Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Another vote for "Whole Lotta Love." Neil Young has some cool one note solos, ex: "Cinnamon Girl." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atquinn Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Gun Street Girl by Tom Waits (2 chords) and probably a number of his other songs as well.-Austin(haven't had a chance to listen to Tommorow Never Knows again yet; my MP3's for Revolver are all f-ed up so I need to dig out the CD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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