What's your favorite song with only TWO chords? Mine is "Baby Come Back" by The Equals. Yours??

Yep

 

Battleship Chains - I like the Wildhearts version, other versions are of course available!

 

And it's why relying on the Internet for correct song information, be it chords or lyrics, is often a bad idea.

"96 Tears" goes to Em in the bridge.

 

I saw "Trip" and "JA" and immediately thought of Jefferson Airplane.

That led me to another candidate for this thread, "Fat Angel" by Donovan — which, of course, mentions Jefferson Airplane in the lyrics and was also made a part of that band's own repertoire.

 

Can people really not HEAR these chord changes?

 

To be fair, an everyday listener can really enjoy music and yet not take a "musician's" perspective on it, to the point of being able to identify one chord as distinct from another.

My problem is with some of the stuff that appears on chord sites online, which, you would think, would be things created by musicians. I look at some of those and wonder "What song were you listening to? It sure wasn't this one!"

 

Verve - Already There

 

I know what you’re saying but some of the examples given have such an obvious and distinctive change to a third chord. I wonder if people are just replaying the verse part in their heads and forgetting the changes in the chorus or middle eight?
And I know what you mean about those chord (and lyric) sites!

 

Dream Baby - Roy Orbison

 

"Everyday People" by Sly and the Family Stone

 

Spirit of the Age ~ Hawkwind

 

Hey! Not only does my favorite song only have two chords, it also has no middle eight and no solo. I'm surprised Hawkwind weren't able to narrow it down to just one chord.

 

What I Got - Sublime

 

And "Charley's Girl" (Coney Island Baby).

 

I count three. I hear a 5 between the 1 and 4.

 

'speedoo' by the cadillacs.

oh, yeah.

smitquest

 

"So What" by Miles Davis.

D dorian, Eb dorian.

 

Springsteen -- State Trooper

Two chords, some reverb, and a couple of shrieks is all you need to manufacture a lot of spook.

 

In my old covers band we used to play The Crystal Chandelier and Jambalaya, two chords each... at least in the versions with me playing guitar

 

Jambalaya - Hank Williams

 

Can't blame me, I learned how to count from the Pointer Sisters:

 

Has lots of chords.

 

You’re forgetting the bridge.

 

I'm pretty sure Born in the USA is one chord, it just rides the riff all the way