Songs That Only Use 3 Chords

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Although most songs do use more than just three chords, songs that only stick to three chords are quite common and we shouldn't be surprised by that as, between the three main chords of the key, I, IV and V, we have everything we need to make a functional chord progression.

📌 The first example in this video was originally "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison but that song does actually use a fourth chord during the chorus, so I have cut it out. Sorry for any confusion!

Here's my previous video on the Harmonic Minor:    • What is the Harmonic Minor scale?  

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0:00 Three chord songs
1:27 Chords by number
3:06 I, IV & V
3:38 Three chords and the truth!
4:07 Folk
4:27 Country
5:02 Punk
5:22 Common People by Pulp
5:49 Key change but still just 3 chords
7:04 Minor key
9:04 ToneGym
9:51 Rock 'n' Roll
10:15 Why I, IV & V?
13:00 What counts as a chord?
15:26 Secondary colour chords
17:44 Patreon