The Steel Guitar Forum

Every few years or so, a few of us old geezers (who are spread out between Indiana and California) try to get together under the pretext of playing a few tunes for old-times sake. We usually manage to slip in some music between other vital activities.

Next time we are initiating a theme of two-chord songs. I came up with a few, and would be interested in other suggestions. What'dya got? Here's mine:

1) A-11
2) The Bottle Let Me Down
3) C'est la Vie (You Never Can Tell)
4) Take Me Back To Tulsa
5) ???

Guitars, Cadillacs
Tennessee Whiskey

Jambalaya.

Tulsa Time

Are you sure Hank done it this way
Waylon

A-11

The Hokey Pokey

Rainy Day Woman

Copperhead Road

Waltz Across Texas

Achy Breaky Heart (I think)

For some non-country:
Horse with No Name
Iko Iko

Thanks for the suggestions, folks. Achy Breaky and Hokey Pokey would likely be a hard sell to at least one of my partners, but the rest of the songs are distinct possibilities.

It's surprising that I could not immediately recall tunes such as Jambalaya, Tulsa Time, and Iko Iko, which I have played innumerous times over the years.

I did come up with one more, however: Bottle Baby Boogie.

Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker

Tom Dooley - Kingston Trio

Merle Haggard The Bottle Let Me Down
Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room

OOPS, sorry. You're already got the Bottle Let Me Down.

He's Got the whole world in His hands

Life in Prison-Haggard

Paperback Writer
Memphis
Eleanor Rigby
My Darlin' Clementine
Horse With No Name
Down In The Valley
Fire On The Mountain
Okie From Muskogee

Etta James "I'd rather go blind"

One more for you : La Paloma

Hank Williams - Where the Soul of Man Never Dies

"Drivin' Nails In My Coffin"

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Stars On The Water - George Strait
Chase Each Other Round The Room - Merle Haggard

Jack Hanson wrote: I did come up with one more, however: Bottle Baby Boogie.

Best of all, unlike the other two-chord songs listed here that consist of a I and a V chord, the two chords in "Bottle Baby Boogie" are a I and a II chord!!

I read somewhere that Buddy Emmons' original plan for what became his Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills album was to play all Bob Wills instrumentals with only one vocal--"Bottle Baby Boogie"!

- Dave