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"Three Chords and the Truth" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in July 1997 as the second single from Evans' debut album of the same name in July 1997. Despite its minor success on the Billboard country chart, it was critically acclaimed for its retro-themed production. Since its ...
"Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.
Songwriter Harlan Howard once said "country music is three chords and the truth." [2] Lou Reed said "One chord is fine. Two chords is pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz." [3] Reed nevertheless wrote many songs with unique or complex chord progressions himself, such as the material on Berlin.
Baez immediately took to the song, which was written by Dylan sometime around 1965, and began performing it, even before it was finished. [2] In the film Dont Look Back, a documentary of Dylan's 1965 tour of the UK, Baez is shown in one scene singing a fragment of the then apparently still unfinished song in a hotel room late at night. [3]
"Only Love Is Real" is a song written and performed by Carole King. The song was included on her 1976 album, Thoroughbred . [ 1 ] The single peaked at No. 28 in the Billboard Hot 100 and was King's fourth and final No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it remained for one week in March 1976. [ 2 ]
"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" is a song written by Bob Dylan, that was originally released on his album Highway 61 Revisited. It was recorded on July 29, 1965. The song was also included on an early, European Dylan compilation album entitled Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2.
The song uses the three blues chords I, IV and V. Structurally, it employs two bridges while avoiding instrumental solos and double verses between bridges. [ 11 ] Among musicologists and authors, several describe "I'll Cry Instead" as country , including Ian MacDonald , Jean-Michael Guesdon & Philippe Margotin, Alan W. Pollack , Tim Riley and ...
The term "chord chart" can also describe a plain ASCII text, digital representation of a lyric sheet where chord symbols are placed above the syllables of the lyrics where the performer should change chords. [6] Continuing with the Amazing Grace example, a "chords over lyrics" version of the chord chart could be represented as follows: