V-I–vi–IV Progression ("50s progression" chords): 8 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

V-I–vi–IV Progression ("50s progression" chords)
8 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

A-D-Bm-G:
• Filter – Take a Picture (chorus)
• R.E.M. - What’s the Frequency Kenneth? (first half of main verse riff)
• The Shins - Phantom Limb (first half of verses - played as A-D-Bm-G-D)
A#-D#-Cm-G#:
B-E-C#m-A:
C-F-Dm-A#:
C#-F#-D#m-B:
D-G-Em-C:
D#-G#-Fm-C#:
E-A-F#m-D:
• Low - What Part of Me (whole song)
F-A#-Gm-D#:
F#-B-G#m-E:
G-C-Am-F:
G#-C#-A#m-F#:

IV–V-I-vi Progression ("50s progression" chords): 7 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

IV–V-I-vi Progression ("50s progression"  chords)
7 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

A-B-E-C#m:
• Bob Dylan – Blowin’ In the Wind (first half of chorus)
• Sublime – Santeria (most of chorus)
• The Escape Club - I’ll Be There (first half of chorus, then A-B-E, E-B-A, then verse riff)
A#-C-F-Dm:
• Frida – I Know There’s Something Going On (pre-chorus – played as A#-C-F-Dm-G-A)
• Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am (chorus – skip Dm second time?)
• New Order – Round and Round (chorus)
• Suede – Everything Will Flow (first line of chorus, A replaces F in second, end on A#-A)
• Plushgun – Let Me Kiss You (And I’ll Fade Away (most of song – tab says Am instead of F, but might be wrong? – end on F instead of Am in chorus though)
B-C#-F#-D#m:
C-D-G-Em:
• Tate McRae; Khalid - Working (whole song)
• The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand (chorus – skip Em before going back to verses)
• The Cars – You Are The Girl (first part of chorus)
C#-D#-G#-Fm:
• Coldplay – Viva la Vida (main riff - no minor?)
• Julia Michaels – Issues (most of song)
D-E-A-F#m:
• Casual Vice - Personality (intro/verses)
• Matchbox Twenty - Unwell (verses - played as Dadd9-E-A-F#m7)
• No Doubt – Settle Down (first half of chorus)
D#-F-A#-Gm:
• Bruce Springsteen - Lucky Town (chorus - played as D#-F-A#-F-Gm - with A#-F after second time)
• Jimmy Soul - If You Wanna Be Happy (first half of main riff)
• No Doubt - Spiderwebs (pre-chorus - no minor?) (end on D#-F)
E-F#-B-G#m:
• Green Day - Hitchin’ a Ride (chorus - played as E-F#5-B5-A5-G#5, then G5-E-F#5)
• Kim Petras - Heart to Break (second half of verses/chorus)
• Old Dominion - Hotel Key (most of song except verses)
F-G-C-Am:
• Jet - Look What You’ve Done (chorus - played as F-G-C-Am-C/G-G - replace G with D at end)
• Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis (verses, w/o Am at very end)
• Niall Horan – Slow Hands (fourth part of chorus – repeat C-Am once at end)
• Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (chorus - only play Am during “fa fa fa…” part - end on F-G)
• Taylor Swift - The Man (whole song)
F#-G#-C#-A#m:
G-A-D-Bm:
• Bruce Springsteen - Sad Eyes (chorus)
• Michael Jackson – Human Nature (first and third parts of chorus – played as G-A-D-D/C#-Bm-A#)
• Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah (middle 8 - play and F#m before Bm the final time around)
G#-A#-D#-Cm:
• Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name (second half of chorus - end chorus on G#-A#-Cm)
• Chvrches – Call It Off (most of chorus/outro)
• Crowded House - Don’t Dream It’s Over (most of chorus - end on G#-A#)
• Liam Gallagher - Come Back to Me (first half of chorus - played as G#-A#-D#-D#/D-Cm)
• Scott Helman – Gaslight (chorus – switch D# and Cm the third and fifth times)

vi–IV–V-I Progression ("50s progression" chords): 6 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

vi–IV–V-I Progression ("50s progression" chords)
6 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

Am-F-G-C:
A#m-F#-G#-C#:
• Adrien Gallo – Crocodile (parts of song)
• Ellie Goulding - Burn (intro/choruses)
• Glenn Morrison; Islove - Goodbye (chorus)
• Shania Twain - That Don’t Impress Me Much (verses, most of chorus)
Bm-G-A-D:
• Naked Eyes - Always Something There to Remind Me (first part of middle 8 - played as F#m-Bm-G-A-D)
• Pixies – Here Comes Your Man (pre-chorus)
Cm-G#-A#-D#:
• Enya – Only Time (chorus)
• Fabolous - My Time (chorus)
• Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (verses)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – This Ticondorega (first half of chorus riff)
C#m-A-B-E:
• Bleachers; Bruce Springsteen - Chinatown (most of song - played as C#m-A-B-E-B - just C#m-A-B in parts)
Dm-A#-C-F:
• ABBA – Keep an Eye on Dan (chorus – played as Dm-A#-C-F-C)
D#m-B-C#-F#:
• Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (chorus - played as D#m-B-C#-F#-C#)
Em-C-D-G:
• Bon Jovi - Livin’ on a Prayer (chorus - played as Em-C-D, G-C-D)
• Bruce Springsteen - The River (most of chorus)
• Neil Young – Heart of Gold (most of song?)
• The Wallflowers – Closer to You (most of song – start on G in verses from last riff before it)
Fm-C#-D#-G#:
• Bastille - Another Place (whole song)
• Lady Gaga – The Cure (chorus)
F#m-D-E-A:
Gm-D#-F-A#:
G#m-E-F#-B:
• Brandon Flowers - Hard Enough (chorus)

I–vi–IV–V Progression ("50s progression"): 5 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

I–vi–IV–V Progression ("50s progression")
5 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

A-F#m-D-E:
• Aerosmith - Crazy (chorus/middle 8 - play Dm instead of E first and third times)
• Ben E. Smith - Stand By Me (whole song)
• Chumbuwumba - She’s Got All The Friends That Money Can Buy (most of song)
• Eagles - Love Will Keep Us Alive (most of song - end on A before verse/chorus changes)
• Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line (chorus/bridge – some variations of D-E in parts)
• Fastball - Are You Ready For the Fallout (verses/chorus - played as A-F#m-D-E7)

• Kelly Clarkson  - My Life Would Suck Without You (most of chorus, except Am-C in last two chords of third line)
• Pink - Just Like a Pill (most of song)
• Rachel Platten - Stand By You (chorus - come in from E and end on D)
• Sam Cooke – Wonderful World (verses)
• Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls (use A at end before starting riff again)
• Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson (chorus – repeat G-Em after first time once, end on E)
• The Beatles - Please Mr. Postman (whole song)
• U2 - Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own (first half of middle 8 - play A at end)
• Westlife - Sweat It Again (chorus) (played as A-F#m-D-G-E)
• Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (first two choruses – verses played as A-F#m-E-D-E)
A#-Gm-D#-F:
• Beverly Hills 90210 Theme (main part of theme song when lead is playing – played as A#-Gm-D#-F-A#)
• George Strait - Carrying Your Love With Me (chorus)
• Marc Anthony - You Sing to Me (chorus – played as A#-Gm-D#-Cm7-A#-F)
• Taylor Swift – Teardrops on My Guitar (first half of verses)
• The Penguins - Earth Angel (most of song)
B-G#m-E-F#:
• Madonna - True Blue (most of song - F#7 after F# in some places)
• Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone (first half of verses)
• Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (last chorus)
C-Am-F-G:
• Bryan Adams - Back to You (verses)
• Captain and Tennille - Do That To Me One More Time (most of song)
• Daughtry - What About Now (first part of chorus - F and G switched?)
• Led Zeppelin – D’yer Maker (most of song)
• Marc Cohn - Walking in Memphis (chorus with Gsus at end)
• Rebecca Black - Friday (whole song - played as C-Am7-F-G)
• Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool (most of song)
• Ricky Nelson - String Along (most of song - played as C-Am-F-G7)

• Sister Hazel – Change your Mind (second half of verse riff)
• Taylor Swift; Brendon Urie – Me! (most of song)

• The Beatles - Happiness is a Warm Gun (chorus - end with G7-C)
• The Head and the Heart – All We Ever Knew (verses)
• The Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (first half of verse riff, then C-Am-G)
• Van Halen – Dreams (second half of chorus)
• Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love (chorus – play Am instead of C when transitioning to other part)
C#-A#m-F#-G#:
• Britney Spears – Lucky (pre-chorus/chorus)
• Daddy Yankee – Dura (most of song)
• Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia (first half of song’s verses)
• No Mercy - Where Do You Go (chorus)
• Sean Kingston - Me Love (whole song - F# and G# switched around?)
• The Four Seasons - December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (intro/most of verses)
• Weezer – Weekend Woman (chorus – repeate first two chords twice, then last two chords twice in a row)
D-Bm-G-A:
• Alanis Morrisette – Head Over Feet (chorus – F-C-G at end – A# replaces G at second line)
• Cage the Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams (second half of verse riff - played as D-Dmaj7-Bm-G-A)
• Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (verses/most of chorus - played as D-Bm7-G-A)
• Jackson Browne – Somebody’s Baby (most of chorus/outro)
• Jann Arden – Insensitive (intro/verses)
• John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - We Go Together (most of song)
• Marianas Trench – One Love (first half of verses/second chorus – end second time on D for verses)
• Meghan Trainor - All the Ways (whole song)
• The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman (most of song except D-Bm at beginning)
D#-Cm-G#-A#:
• Britney Spears – Lucky (final pre-chorus/final chorus)
• Celine Dion - I’m Alive (most of song - played as D#-Cm-G#-A#-Dm)
• Jann Arden – Insensitive (intro/verses)
• Jay and the Americans - This Magic Moment (most of song)
• Justin Bieber - Baby (whole song)
• Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go (verses)
• Selena - No Debes Jugar (verses and first two choruses)
• The Beatles – Real Love (chorus)
• TOPS – Party Again (main riff – played as D#-A#-Cm-G#-A#)
E-C#m-A-B:
• Anne-Marie – 2002 (verses)
• Bruce Springsteen - Meet Me in the City (first half of verses)
• Charlie Puth - Marvin Gaye (at least half of the song)
• Hoobastank – The Reason (chorus)
• J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers - Last Kiss (most of song)
• James Blunt – Goodbye My Lover (first and third parts of verses/chorus – end on E)
• Jason Mraz – Have It All (intro/verses)
• The Escape Club - I’ll Be There (verses, last part of chorus - add E at end each time)
• Zac Brown Band – My Old Man (intro/bridge)
F-Dm-A#-C:
• Alyssa Reid; The Heist - Dangerous (most of song - played as F-Dm-A#-C-F)
• Celine Dion - I’m Alive (most of final chorus - played as F-Dm-A#-C7)
• Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do is Dream (most of song - C7 at end of riff?)
• Flans - Corre Corre (En el Boulevard) (intro/first half of chorus)
• Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl (whole song)
• George Strait - Check Yes or No (chorus - throw in A#-C at end)
• George Strait - Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her (most of chorus - play A#7 instead of C the first time)
F#-D#m-B-C#:
• Simple Plan – Untitled (chorus – end on F#)
• Starship - Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (verses, pre-chorus with E before final C#, most of chorus - ends on E-C#)
G-Em-C-D:
• Ace of Base - The Sign (most of verses/chorus - end chorus on C-D)
• DJ Khaled; Justin Bieber; Quavo; Chance the Rapper; Lil Wayne – I’m the One (most of song)
• Enrique Iglesias – Hero (verses – end on G)
• Eve 6 - Here’s To the Night (intro/verses)
• Green Day - Walking Alone (verses/bridge with solo)
• Marshmello; Jonas Brothers - Leave Before You Love Me (most of song)
• Nazareth - Love Hurts (opening part of verses)
• Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (most of song)
• Nicki French – Total Eclipse of the Heart (chorus – end on Am-D-G)
• Rod Stewart - My Heart Can’t Tell You No (first part of chorus)
• The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night (second half of middle 8)
• The Marcels - Blue Moon (most of verses/chorus/whatever you call it)
• Virginia To Vegas - Just Friends (chorus)
• Weezer – The Garden of Eden (most of song)
• Young Rising Sons – High (most of choruses)
G#-Fm-C#-D#:
• Dolly Parton – I Will Always Love You (chorus – verses played as G#-Fm-G#-C#-D#)
• Ed Sheeran – Perfect (verses/pre-chorus – put G# before D# in first pre-chorus riff)
• Flans - Bazar (second half of chorus)
• The Police - Every Breath You Take (verses - end on G#)

IV-I-V-vi Progression: 4 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

IV-I-V-vi Progression
4 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

A-E-B-C#m:
• Fountains of Wayne - Stacy’s Mom (first two lines of chorus, third has G# as third chord)
• Hillsong - Love Goes On (first half of chorus riff)
• Jakob Dylan - Everybody’s Hurting (second part of chorus)
• Jamie N Commons - Won't Let Go (chorus)
• Jason DeRulo - It Girl (whole song)
• Liam Gallagher – Everything’s Electric (chorus)
• Lil Nas X - That's What I Want (chorus – end on A-E-B)
• Linkin Park - Castle of Glass (chorus)
• Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind (most of song - played as A-E-B-C#m-B)
• Sum 41 - With You (first part of middle 8/part of second half of middle 8 - played as A-E-B-C#m-B)
• The Band Perry - If I Die Young (whole song - C#m may be Bm4)
• The Panics - Don’t Fight It (most of song)
• Train - Drive By (first part of chorus with B at end, variations there out)
A#-F-C-Dm:
• Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You (whole song)
• Daughtry - Life After You (chorus)
• Death Cab For Cutie – Million Dollar Loan (chorus – end on A#-F)
• Fletcher - Undrunk (most of song - alternate between this and A#-F-C)
• Flight School; Kayla Diamond – Somebody’s Gonna Love You (whole song – take Dm out in parts and end song on F)
• HA-ASH; Prince Royce - 100 Anos (chorus)
• John Mayer - Half of My Heart (first half of main intro/verse/chorus riff)
• Madonna – Ghosttown (most of chorus) 
• Madonna - Like a Prayer (verses - Dm held out at end of second and fourth riffs)
• Matt Maeson – Cringe (most of song)
• Plushgun – I Like It (intro/chorus)
• Steve Winwood - Higher Love (chorus, except Dm7 instead and Dm-C switched in last part)
• The Parlotones - Can You Feel It (chorus/outro)
• Walk the Moon - Different Colors (intro/pre-chorus/chorus)
B-F#-C#-D#m:
• Avicii – The Nights (chorus)
• Kevin Rudolf - Welcome to the World (most of song - no minor?)
• Operators – I Die (chorus)
• T.I. – What You Know (whole song – played as B-F#-C#-G#-D#m)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Black Summer (first half of chorus riff)
• Weezer - Ruling Me (first line of chorus - third line is B-F#-D#/D-D#m)
C-G-D-Em:
• AWOLNATION - Handyman (first part of second and fourth verses/third part of chorus and middle 8)
• BBMak – Back Here (most of chorus – played as Csus2sus4-G-D-Em7)
• Eve 6 - Here’s To the Night (chorus - end on D-C)
• Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry (second and third parts of chorus)
• Fitz and the Tantrums - A Place for Us (most of song)
• Jakob Dylan – Truth for a Truth (chorus)
• Mating Ritual – U.N.I. (first half of chorus riff)
• Passenger - Let Her Go (chorus - don’t play Em every second time through)

• Tatum Lynn - Later Baby, XO (most of song)
• Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (whole song)
• Taylor Swift – Mine (chorus – played as C-G-D-Em-D)
• Train - Bulletproof Picasso (most of song)
• Walk Off the Earth; Steve Aoki - Home We’ll Go (first half of chorus)
C#-G#-D#-Fm:
• Bastille - Quarter Past Midnight (chorus - skip final Fm at very end)
• Chromeo – Old 45’s (chorus/outro)
• Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (most of song)
• KALEO - I Want More (chorus - skip Fm the final time)
• Simple Plan – I’d Do Anything (chorus)
D-A-E-F#m:

• Little Boots – Remedy (chorus/most of middle 8)
• Nelly - Hey Porsche (whole song)
• Nickelback – If Everyone Cared (chorus – alternate with F first and then F#m)

• Oasis – Supersonic (chorus)
• Paramore – Misery Business (most of chorus)
• Rob Thomas - Can’t Help Me Now (most of song - revolves with D-A-E)
• Sia - Elastic Heart (whole song)

• U2 - California (There Is No End to Love) (verses - alternate F#m with B every other time and end on just E before chorus)

D#-A#-F-Gm:

• The Script - Breakeven (chorus)
• Gym Class Heroes – Get Yourself Back Home/Ass Back Home (most of song)

E-B-F#-G#m:

• A Great Big World – Younger (most of song)
• Arcade Fire - Afterlife (most of verses)
• Brandon Flowers - Lonely Town (most of middle 8)
• Dan + Shay – Tequila (most of song)
• Frank Turner - The Way I Tend To Be (every other time in verses)
• Kayla Diamond - Carnival Hearts (first half of intro/chorus riff)
• Luke Bryan - Play It Again (middle of verses/chorus - played as E-B-F#-G#m-F#)
• Ryan Adams - Bad Blood (most of song - played as E/F#-Bmaj-F#sus2-B/G#)
• Scott Helman – You Made Her (chorus/middle 8/most of outro)
• Secret Weapons - Something New (first half of intro/chorus)
• St. Lucia - All Eyes on You (intro/chorus)
• Stereos – Summer Girl (most of song - played as E-B-F#-G#m-F#)
• Switchfoot - Live It Well (whole song - end on F# in verses and end on E for song)
• The Chainsmokers Feat. Daya - Don’t Let Me Down (most of song)
• The Killers – Have All the Songs Been Written? (chorus - played as E-B-F#-G#m-F#)
• The Killers - Losing Touch (first half of intro/chorus - played as E-B-F#-G#m-F# - end verse as E-B-F#)

• U2 - Song for Someone (pre-chorus/chorus/first half of outro)
F-C-G-Am:

• Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Cecilia And The Satellite (part of middle 8/outro)
• Audioslave - I Am the Highway (first half of verses)
• Backstreet Boys – This is Us (first half of chorus riff)
• Blake Shelton - A Guy With a Girl (most of chorus - end on F-C-G)
• Blue October - Moving On (So Long) (most of pre-chorus, end on F-C-G/chorus – played as F-C-G-Am-G)

• Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered (most of song)
• Dreamers – Sweet Disaster (second half of intro and verses/chorus)

• Duran Duran - Pop Trash Movie (second part of chorus)
• Flavour - Baby Oku (whole song)
• Helene Fischer - Atemlos (pre-chorus/chorus – end pre-chorus on F-C-G)
• Lorde – Tennis Court (second half of chorus)
• Luis Fonsi; Demi Lovato - Échame La Culpa (most of song)
• Mat Kearney - Closer to Love (second half of chorus - played as Fmaj7-C-G-Am - skip Am the second time)
• Mating Ritual – Game (whole song – Em or C before Am?)
• O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (most of song)
• One11Twenty – Blame (chorus)

• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tell Me Baby (first and fourth parts of chorus)
• SafetySuit – Let Go (most of song)
• Sorcha Richardson - High in the Garden (most of chorus and outro)
• The Bravery - Time Won’t Let Me Go (most of song)
• The Mowgli’s – I’m Good (most of song)
• The Lumineers - Stubborn Love (chorus – played as F-C/G-G-Am)
• Train - Angel in Blue Jeans (first half of chorus)

• Yoke Lore - Goodpain (chorus)
• Zayn & Taylor Swift – I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (whole song)
F#-C#-G#-A#m:

• Ava Max – Sweet But Psycho (whole song – played as played as F#-C#-G#-A#m-G#)
• Brandon Flowers - Only the Young (pre-chorus/chorus - played as F#-C#-G#-A#m-G#)
• Demi Lovato ft. Joe Jonas - This Is Me (first part of chorus riff, then F#-C#-G#)
• JP Saxe - A Little Bit Yours (chorus)
• Julia Michaels – All Your Exes (chorus)
• Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (chorus)
• Mat Kearney - Billion (chorus, second to last riff leave out A#m - before going back one more time with A#m)
• Morat & Alvaro Soler - Yo Contigo, Tú Conmigo (The Gong Gong Song) (most of chorus)
• OneRepublic - Preacher (most of song)
• Rihanna - Umbrella (chorus)
• Ryan Cabrera - Shine On (most of chorus)
• Selena Gomez - When the Sun Goes Down (chorus - played as F#-C#-G#-A#m-G#)

• U2 – Last Night on Earth (first and third parts of chorus)
G-D-A-Bm:

• Bebe Rexha – Last Hurrah (most of song)
• Creed - My Sacrifice (chorus - played as G-D-Asus-Bm-G)
• Flo Rida & 99 Percent – Cake (whole song – end on D)
• Hawk Nelson – Drops in the Ocean (most of chorus)
• Hillsong Worship - In God We Trust (verses/chorus - played as G-D-A-Bm-A)
• Kayla Diamond – Crazy (most of song – played as played as G-D-A-F#m-Bm-A)
• Kayla Diamond – I Should Have Listened to My Friends (most of chorus - played as G-D-A-Bm-A)
• Lady Antebellum - Bartender (first part of chorus)
• Lady Gaga - Alejandro (chorus)
• Liz Lawrence - Navigator (most of song except chorus - G-D-A-E, G-D-A right before chorus)
• Midnight Red - Take Me Home (chorus - played as G-D-A-Bm-A)
• Owl City; Adam Young – Gold (whole song with breaks in parts – played as G-D-A-Bm7)
• Pedro Capó, Alicia Keys, Farruko - Calma (whole song, except G-D-A in parts)
• Pink - Try (first part of chorus)
• Simple Plan Feat. Sean Paul - Summer Paradise (chorus - played as G-D-A-Bm-A-G - end on A-G-D twice then play A)
• T.I. & Rihanna - Live Your Life (whole song)
• The Strumbellas - I’ll Wait (chorus)
• U2 – Get Out of Your Own Way (most of song – alternates with G-D-A in variations)
• U2 - You’re the Best Thing About Me (chorus/outro)

G#-D#-A#-Cm:

• Band of Horses - The Funeral (most of song)

• Gavin DeGraw – I Don’t Want to Be (chorus – played as G#-D#-A#-Cm7-A#)
• Linkin Park - Final Masquerade (chorus)

• Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (whole song?)
• Sia - The Greatest (pre-chorus - play G# instead of Cm the second time before chorus)
• The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You (first part of chorus - played as G#-D#-A#7-Cm)
• Toya – No Matta What (Party All Nite) (chorus)