3 Chords, 30 Songs on Guitar
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- My first "3 chords" video in which I give an example of some of the many songs that can be played using the same three chords.
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The songs I play in order are:
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Shaggy ft. Rayvon - Angel
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
Happy Birthday
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Jonas Brothers - Lovebug
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
The All-American Rejects - Mona Lisa
Savage Garden - Truly, Madly, Deeply
Sheryl Crow - The First Cut is the Deepest
Alison Krauss - When You Say Nothing At All
Sophie B. Hawkins - As I Lay Me Down
Cat Stevens - Here Comes My Baby
Ritchie Valens - Donna
Uncle Kracker - Follow Me
Mr. Big - To Be With You
RipTard - Come On Baby, Make Me Some Food
Hannes Coetzsee - Mahala
The Cranberries - Dreams
The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
Third Eye Blind - Jumper
Bryant Oden - Duck Song
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Don McLean - American Pie
Hanson - MMMBop
The Surfaris - Wipe Out
The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
*A few notes about the three chords:
1) Although all these songs use the three chords at one point or another, they may not be the three chords throughout the whole song.
2) The actual songs are all normally in different keys - I transposed them all to G, D, and C for the purpose of this video.
3) The songs in this video do not all use the three chords in the same order:
-"Louie Louie" through "La Bamba" are G, C, D, C
-"Happy Birthday" is G, D, G, C
-"Sweet Home Alabama" is D, C, G
-"The Middle" through "Mona Lisa" is G, D, C
-"Truly, Madly, Deeply" through "Here Comes My Baby" are G, D, C, D
-"Donna" through "The Duck Song" is G, C, D
-"Brown Eyed Girl" through "The Lions Sleeps Tonight" are G, C, G, D
Thanks to asiannotch for the logo design!
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"I always wanted to learn guitar but the beginning seemed so hard and frustrating."
"What's my line again?"
I just got an ad for that
I see your comments everywhere
Lmao yousician
That was the add for this omg I’m done
The great thing about these videos is you get introduced to songs you haven't heard before.
aaronimpactnz The scary part is when you know all of them.
@@TypeOneg yeahhh we're old lol
sweet home Alabama is what got me here
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I'm an E Minor chord and I find this offensive
What Is So Offensive
+Mrs. CliffWinHoodMings im offensive and i find this eminor
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Do you guys miss Em? Or are you liking the three chord mix? 3 Chords, 30 Songs on Guitar
Nah. Em can take a break.
You made the Song Donna G D G C D Instead of G C D, G C D
Is there such thing as two chords song XD
sean dagle yes, Uriah Heep - Lady in Black (Am, G)
sean dagle Weezer's 'Memories' uses B and E for most of the song
your one of the most funniest, talented ,creative artist, i ve ever seen!
Now do 10 songs with 1 chord.
+McFly any funky song :P
If he will do it i will be a fan X'D
Because it's proportional? Awesome. Imagine 1000 songs with 100 chords
+McFly 1. Djent. 2. Can he use more than one voicing of that chord?
McFly Lol just use G
Not just a normal thumbs up, man, but you turned my miserable afternoon upside down.....I really enjoyed watching this video.....thanks for some of the unknown songs (well, for me) that I did not know I was able to play and the IN THE JUNGLE cover of yours in the end made me smile....thank you......:)
I started FANGIRLING when the middle song came on
clear word pronounciation, nice strumming guitar patterns, awesome fast tongue pronounciation, can sing, can dance and feel the music while strumming.... I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT! woah.... thx man, u made my day happy... :D. just so much starin at my ipad o.O
Hush don't tell everyone. The majority of songs are all 3 to 4 chords even many Mozart pieces. That's the harmony part. The melody is written over those chords and usually involves only 3 to 4 notes. We musicians don't want the world to know that. We want them to think it is complex and that we are genuises. Lol.........
Except when you get into chromatic harmony then the progression expands
SHADOWMAN296 I mean if you're staying true to the key you're playing in, there's only 7 possible roots that you can base chords off of. And only 3 major chords and minor chords each so it's really not that complicated at all. Like if I'm trying to figure out a song in the key of G and I hear a minor chord, I know it has to be either Em, Bm or Am
Corey Liddil you forgot sharp and flat keys.
SHADOWMAN296 Yeah but you forgot to mention that Mozart composed during the era of Classisism. Romantic music is far more complex and uses all the chords you can imagine. Same with a genre like Metal, where there are often very ingenious chords progressions
Very true 😂
WOA!!!! HE CHANGED SO MUCH FROM THE VIDEO OF HIM IN THE RED SHIRT, 4 CHORDS 22 SONGS!! 😍
This man had so much had fun making a video !! You can see his dedication and how much he cares! I subbed :)
How does this guy not have more views xD
this is the most amusing and amazing thing that i have seen in a while. lol love it.
G-D-C --> i miss knocking on heavens door!
Homer Simpson nope there's an Am in that one 😀
nope a C in GNR version
and Helpless
+NerkMineRaiste no its g d am g d c
I have said many times you don't need to know all the chords, 5 years ago l had a stroke which left me with memory loss l forgot so much stuff but l am back on the strings again now after buying a new PRS and loving getting back into it. thanks allan in the UK
That was really entertaining.
dude, awesome use of three cords. watched four times in a row.
You're right, I should go to sleep, shouldn't I?
*clock hits 6 am*
+scubadog2000 Omg my clock just turned 6 am :O
+TheBeggies95 NO WAY MY CLOCK JUST TURNED 11:45 AM
Nunya Bidness Illuminati confirmed
Fuck Its 2am already
I like that you played Ritchie Valens in this video. I was raised around his music.
that ending doe!lol love it!
I'm glad I found your tutorials. You are the only instructor I haven't wanted to scream at! I actually like you!!
I wish the guitar was in tune :/
that was the very thing I noticed... makes a huge difference
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There's an app called "GuitarTuna" and it works magic.
IndigenousOne show me how to tune my guitar
Tune my0 guitar
Show me how to tune my guitar
This is one of my favorite videos ever
had a little moment during love bug. haven't heard that since 2011
YASS this is back! I cannot thank you enough for teaching me the 4 chords :) which is the reason I started learning guitar! Now I know more than 4!
Wait, the first cut is the deepest song isn't by Sheryl Crow... It's by Cat Stevens, right?
True. A lot of these songs have been covered by multiple artists, so I usually give credit to the artist who I think has the most well known cover, not the original artist.
rod stewart has a version of first cut is the deepest
Adam Rains its not a version its his song lol
+RipTard Why is that? Better to inform people of who made the original, isn't it?
+333ferret Nice to see another AnCo fan in the wild!
Just watchin your videos and trying to play along a year ago made all the difference in my chords. Thanks dude. Just Givin credit where it's due
>3 Chord Songs
>D-C-G
>No Sweet Child O' Mine
Feels bad man
its not a good song for acoustic guitar :/
*ahem* Well, last I checked... /watch?v=y4jM9AkfP8o
if you give it a good strumming pattern it works great live! play it at most of my shows acoustically :)
No knocking on heavens door!!!
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Thank you!
How have I been so blind! I've loved your four chords video and I knew most of the solos for the three chords already, just didn't know the actual chords. Thanks, you rock
Have you considered tuning your guitar?
Lon Palmer it sounds tuned
Deepti Vishwakarma you’re deaf
Needs some new strings, they’re tuned but they sound dead
Great stuff! i have always been a stickler about as it should be played, and can do some advanced tricks,, but never took the time to do this.. i bet he is a blast at a party, thanks dude.
ok but that baby was friggin cute
yes
That's awesome. I've just picked up a guitar for the first time in nearly 20 years and you've shown me 30 songs that I can already play. That was just the confidence boost I needed to keep going. Thank you.
Why did he put the spoon in his mouth????(true question)
Really happy for you dude, watched you earlier videos way back when and these days you're looking ripped, groomed and healthy! You deserve the subs too :) Thanks for another awesome medley for parties :)
can you show the strumming
Easy, just don’t use a pick
watching your early videos compared to this is really astonishing; You've grown a lot!
Hahahaha Awesome, great compilation. Very funny and instructional.
Love it. I have the exact same guitar. I'm 12 and I love 60s-80s Classic Rock! Nice!
The V chord on Louie Louie is supposed to be minor.
hate those V chords
Amanda Hill Wtf is V chord?
brody lockwood V = 5
brody lockwood Why don´t you learn roman numbers?????? It´s hard to you?
Marcio Gimenes Ruiz Well when he said The V Chord, i was a little confused. I didn't know he meant the 5th chord. But saying 5th would have been easier. Or the actual chord shape itself.
Just like it takes non-guitarists to find this amazing, it probably takes musicians ears to hear how awefully tuned your guitar is,, but besides that, props
Freakin' lost it at "baby" XD
Luc Verhoeven lmao same
This was by far your best vid, loved the classics!
That attempted Scottish accent at 4:33 lol
Wtf, i knew the song was 500 miles before i heard it in the video
Great video! last thing I expected was to LMAO while learning how to strum my guitar, nearly pissed my pants. That was unexpected and awesome. Thanks for sharing.
His voice reminds me of Stevie T
THANK YOU RIPTARD! This is really helpful because I've just started playing the guitar and I couldn't find any songs that were easy to play! Thanks again!!
You forgot the Adventure Time theme song
lol adventure time's theme song has more than 3 chords
Noname Nosurname No, it has got exactly three chords :} G, D, C, D
William Thomas and I know that pink guy - stfu has 3 chords that are G C D
William Thomas !
I was trying to follow along with my guitar. XD Its really fun! Great video dude!
Why have the piano and stuff over the guitar you can hardly hear it
True but gives more knowing of song in my opinion
You guys deaf? ... listen to it. You can clearly hear the guitar all the way through. Smh.
Baloney! the guitar comes through just fine! I think the other instrument and vocals is distracting to you.
Cheers RipTard, didn't know how good a guitar could be until I saw this video
Rod Stewart did "First cut is the deepest". Sheryl Crow just redid it.
no it was cat stevens
KEIR nicoll no it was rod Stewart
No it was cat stevens
Rod Stewart covered it
You guys do understand that Cat Stevens. P.P.Arnold and Rod Stewart were all decades before Sheryl Crow. Right? So, saying that She covered it is correct. Right?
Why am i much happier after watching this :D GOOD JOB M8!
please people don't follow this by example. explore out of chords if you just play with nothing but chords you will be less satisfied with your playing and eventually get bored. learn some picking techniques and have some fun with it
Thats AWESOME!!!
Thx for the 3 Chords songs.
I'm so happy that I suscribed you last year.
And I wish you very much fun while playing guitar :D
I can now die happy.
Awesome, how you did this !!!!!!!! Niiiiiiice !!!! Can't wait, for whatever you've got !!! Inspired me to think i can enjoy this to get into it ❤❤❤❤❤ !!!!
American Pie is not a 3 chord song..
Nice job man. You had me rolling on the floor with the " lion sleeps tonight"
3 chords...... and the help of extra instruments, and a lead guitar
I was about to say that
makes the songs sound not so similar
+GwD Why do you think this vid has so many views? It's all the same chords! He is making it fun and entertaining : ) Credit where credit is due cranky pants ; )
The extra instruments are to facilitate the lack of imagination that the majority of people have. He never said these songs only used 1 guitar and 3 chords.
It doesn't matter what melody is played over the chords--the root notes are the same.
I wish I knew this when I was 14 60 years ago. I will show this to my granddaughters. Thanks. Ron Annapolis MD
Well this just takes the fun out of guitar.
How does it
why? you can learn a handful of chords and play every song ever how is that not fun
MaxodeX the repetition is whats boring, his hand never moves past the 3rd fret, it's boring to listen to and it's boring to play.
I don't think it's boring
Carlos Irizarry dumbfucks, read the title. How can you idiots type when you can't fucking READ?!?!
woooohhh very entertaining and at the same time gives you the knowledge to play those songs with 3 chords only....nice job !!!!
AY WHERE MY JO BRO FANS AT?!?
You're amazing! So incredibly talented and very entertaining. Loved the ending! You had me laughing and singing along :) excellent job well done! Please make more vids like this!! :)
Thats a weird way of going from G to C . Jy moet probeer om al die vingers gelyk neer te sit op n chord
Ek dink dat kan net engels verkaan, as jy weet wat ek bedoel.
I was trying to procrastinate sleeping even though I complain I don't get enough sleep before work every morning xP thanks for the laughs. bit informational and funny xP better than sitting on fb
I IV V for president
You are funny man, I didn't think anything else while I watched your video. I love the way you made me glued to the video and taught me to play songs with just 3 simple chords. I now have confidence to play in front of my friends. Thanks Buddy
You're not using "C" chord but C/G chord.
Exactly. And most of those songs change inversions and change tonality and use various non chord tones in the melody and passing chords. This vid gives me cancer.
Dank Chords dude it’s a fucking video to show how a bunch of popular songs have similar chords. It isn’t saying “ALL THESE SONGS ARE THE SAME” it’s pointing out similarities. Take the stick out of your ass.
OWwww the baby is so cute....grrrrrr love it RIPTARD
YOU ARE SILLY MY MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUNNY STUFF TOO....
Wonder wall
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mrbobo606 em7 dsus 4 am7 cad9
mrbobo606 it was for beginners
And here's me taking weeks to learn the guitar, you make it look so easy...maybe I should take your attitude..chill out and just go for it..lol
thanks for the top 40 gay songs
mikr fix ok edgelord.
THIS NEEDS TO BE VIRAL!!
More like how to play mediocre rhythm guitar while you add in the lead...
Captain Cool we want songs we can play with guitar not 2 guitars pianos a drum and a fucking flute
dude, he is just having fun putting a smile on our faces.
MOST OF THESE SONGS SWEET HOME ALABAMA AND THE MIDDLE AND MONA LISA AND LOVEBUG AND WOW I LOVE THESE SONGS SM
who else likes the video but HATES the guy
Why do u hate the guy?
He tries too hard to be fubny
Funny
he was a nice guy ,and i like this video
Rahul Rajgopal ... .
Man I love playing this on garage band.
A Man with lots of sense of humor.. Keep it up you're so good
Love it!! Thank you for this awesome video!! Great job!! 👍😄
Excellent video. Training and entertainment rolled into one. Brilliant
Oh my gosh you are so talented and full of life and zeal. Idk why you don't have a gazillion subscribers. I especially love your song choices and the way you incorporated your beautiful baby girl in this video. Something she will Chrish forever. Im your #1 black fan. Came across your page because my son would love to learn how to play the guitar but since he received it years ago he hasnt really used it. Im determined to learn so I can teach him what I know. Thanks for this video.#rock on my brother 👍💪👌
You are funny and awesome! Love the additional instruments and back-up effects!
You deserve more views for this!
Keep it up ;)
AWESOME vid as always rip much love
Just wnt say I love your video's on guitar Rip Tard, it always make me wnt practice my guitar more,and never give up."Peace"☺✌
I love the baby; ))))
Great video!
When your dad forgets to say no homo after giving you the alskan bull worm: 1:40
In my music class we watch you all the time
I found new inspiration. You're awesome bruh. Good work.
Duck song ftw & The glasses you wore in the proclaimers 500 miles cover gave you a very David Tennant vibe
At 4:47 RipTard won my heart
Outstanding.
Makes me want to go home and find my guitar!
+Mark Kanzler Makes me want to burn mine. This is shite.
I think you should.
Nice job! You made this video really fun to watch :)
youre hilarious man! and a player! loves the pop up "support"... epic mate....subscribed!
Saw your tutorial today. Really liked the way you have demonstrated the use of chords.