vi-VI-I-V Progression ("Pessimistic"): 2 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

vi-VI-I-V Progression ("Pessimistic")
2 of 24 different orders these chords can be played in.

Am-F-C-G:
• 3Oh!3 – Don’t Trust Me (whole song)
• A-Ha – The Sun Always Shines on TV (chorus with Em at beginning during ‘Touch Me’)
• Adam Sandler – Secret (most of song)
• Akon - Beautiful (most of song?)
• Alice Cooper - Poison (third part of chorus)
• Andy Hunter – Wonderful (most of song)
• Avicii - Wake Me Up (close for whole song, maybe different key and some slight chord differences)
• Backstreet Boys – This is Us (first part of intro/verse/outro riff)
• Bad Religion – Generator (most of second half of verses – with variations)
• Blake Shelton – A Guy With a Girl (intro)
• Chris Isaak - We Let Her Down (most of song?)
• Coldplay - Birds (outro – played as Am-Fmaj7-C-Gadd4 – half-step up and similar melodic line from The Strokes’ Under Cover of Darkness chorus)
• Don Omar – Danza Kudoro (whole song)
• Eagle Eye Cherry – Save Tonight (verses/chorus)
• Enrique Iglesias - Bailamos (pre-chorus - played as Am-F-C-G-E)
• FireRose; Billy Ray Cyrus – New Day (most of song)
• Flo Rida – Whistle (whole song)
• Gente de Zona - La Gozadera (parts of verses)
• Green Day - Troubled Times (first half of chorus riff, second half is Am-F-C-E)
• Hedley – Perfect (most of song)
• Iggy Pop – The Passenger (first half of main riff)
• Johnny Cash - Hurt (most of chorus)
• Justin Bieber - Love Me (most of song?)
• Kane Brown - One Mississippi (verses)
• Karl Wolf – Yes (first half of main riff)
• Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (chorus except last chord is G/B)
• OneRepublic – Someday (whole song)
• Rascal Flatts – Stand (chorus)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Don't Forget Me (whole song)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside (chorus)
• Robbie Williams - Angels (last part of chorus)
• Roxette - She’s Got Nothing On But the Radio (chorus)
• Tenacious D - Fuck Her Gently (first chorus with Am-F repeated once/first part of middle 8/first part of final chorus)
• The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU (most of song)
• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Disappearing (chorus – end on Am)
• The Offspring – Self-Esteem (intro, verses, chorus - no minor?)
• The Offspring – You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid (verses/chorus - no minor?)
• The Strumbellas – We Don’t Know (intro/first verse)
• The Waifs – Brain Damage (intro/chorus/outro)
• Tinie Tempah - Written in the Stars (most of song)
• U2 - Moment of Surrender (first half of verses, then Em-D-Am - Am not played before first chorus)
A#m-F#-C#-G#:
• Alyssa Reid - Alone Again (most of song)
• Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) (chorus/outro)
• Colbie Caillat - Try (whole song)
• Demi Lovato ft. Joe Jonas - This Is Me (most of verses)
• Enrique Iglesias; CNCO - Subeme La Radio Remix (whole song)
• Flora Cash - You're Somebody Else (most of song)
• Kenny Chesney - Come Over (whole song)
• Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (intro - F#maj7 instead? -- verses are just first 3 chords)
• Portugal.The Man - Modern Jesus (most of song - follow with A#m-F# - in choruses, follow up with A#m-F#-C#-G#-F#-A#m-C#-F)
• Real McCoy - Run Away (most of song)
• Ryan Star – Start a Fire (most of chorus - no minor?)
• Sara Bareilles - King of Anything (chorus)
• Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie (chorus)
• Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally (chorus)
• Tegan and Sara - Hold My Breath Until I Die (chorus)
• The Pines - Hanging From The Earth (most of chorus, followed by C#-A#m)
• The Pretty Reckless - House on a Hill (most of song)
• The Offspring – The Kids Aren’t Alright (chorus)
• Tyrone Wells - Sink or Swim (most of chorus)
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings (chorus - played half-step down as B5-G-D-Asus2-Em-G5)
Bm-G-D-A:
• A Great Big World - Say Something (intro/chorus)
• Ace of Base - Never Gonna Say I’m Sorry (most of intro/chorus)
• Alex Cameron – Candy May (chorus)
• Avril Lavigne – My Happy Ending (intro/verses)
• Britney Spears – I Was Born To Make You Happy (intro/first half of chorus/first middle 8)
• Charli XCX - Boys (most of song)
• Daft Punk - Contact (chorus - instrumental riff)
• David Bisbal & Greeicy - Perdón (most of song)
• Death Cab for Cutie - When We Drive (first part of middle 8 - “climb into the back seat…”)
• Ed Sheeran – Shivers (most of song)
• Evanescence – Going Under (chorus – with Bm riff at end)
• Faber Drive - G-Get Up and Dance (most of song)
• Foo Fighters - Everlong (last part of chorus - played in drop D tuning as B5-G5-D5-A5-G5)
• Forest Blakk – Fall Into Me (second verse –played as B-G-D-A/C#?)
• ItaloBrothers – Stamp On the Ground (most of song)
• JAM Project – The Hero (first part of intro/chorus)
• Jay Sean - Down (parts of verses and chorus)
• Jazon Mraz - Love Someone (second half of chorus - end on G-D-A-D)
• John Taylor - Immortal (second half of chorus - riff just before chorus)
• Justin Bieber – Ghost (most of song)
• Liam Gallagher - Shockwave (first half of pre-chorus - played as Bm-E-G-D-A)
• Lissie – Just Because I Can (chorus/outro)
• Los Enanitos Verdes – Mariposas (first part of verses and choruses)
• Lovelytheband – Broken (most of song)
• Loverboy – Love Will Rise Again (first and third parts of chorus)
• Luis Fonsi Feat. Daddy Yankee – Despacito (whole song)
• Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy (‘surely is a dream’ part of chorus - maybe not a Bm?)
• McClain Sisters - Rise (most of first two choruses)
• Morat; Juanes - Besos En Guerra (most of song)
• Natasha Bedingfield – Angel (whole song)
• NEEDTOBREATHE; Serena Ryder – Hard Love (middle 8)
• Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me (last verse)
• Nine Inch Nails - Hurt (most of chorus)
• Oasis - Some Might Say (intro/verses - played as D-Bm-G-D-A)
• One Republic - If I Lose Myself (whole song - Em instead of A?)
• Pink - Try (most of song except first half of chorus)
• Pullman Standard – Up n Up (most of song)
• Roxette – Listen to Your Heart (first half of regular chorus, , then D-A-G-D and Bm-G-A-Bm)
• Sarah McLachlan – Building a Mystery (whole song except pre-chorus)
• Scars on 45 - Take You Home (first half of pre-chorus verse, with second half being Bm-G)
• Simple Plan Feat. Sean Paul - Summer Paradise (first half of pre-chorus)
• Soda Stereo - De Música Ligera (whole song)
• Taproot – Poem (minus the minor in B)
• The Boxer Rebellion - Big Ideas (chorus)
• The Bravery - Tyrant (chorus)
• The Cab - Angel With A Shotgun (whole song)
• The Cure – Friday I’m In Love (last two lines of verses, chorus after G-A, whole middle 8)
• The Jerry Cans – Ukiuq (most of song)
• The Script – Science and Faith (chorus)
• The Teddy Bears - To Know Him Is To Love Him (middle part of verses)
• The Wallflowers - When You’re On Top (first half of middle 8, followed by Bm-G-E-D-G-D-G)
• Tones and I – Johnny Run Away (verses)
• U2 – In a Little While (chorus)
• X Ambassadors - Unsteady (chorus)
• Zayn; Sia – Dusk Til Dawn (intro/verses/pre-chorus – played as Bm7-G-D-A/C#)
Cm-G#-D#-A#:
• Against Me - White People for Peace (chorus)
• Alice Cooper - Poison (second part of chorus)
• Alyssa Reid – The Game (intro/chorus)
• Bon Jovi – It’s My Life (chorus)
• Bethel Music & Amanda Cook - You Make Me Brave (uplifting part of middle 8)
• Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (at least half of intro/chorus)
• Carrie Underwood – So Small (verses)
• Danny Gokey - Hope in Front of Me (chorus – alternate Gm with A# every second time and for rest of song) 
• Eminem - Not Afraid (most, if not all, of song)
• Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (chorus/outro)
• Jason Derulo & Jawsh 685 - Savage Love (most of song)
• Jeff Lynne – What Would It Take (“ohhhhh… what would it take” part)
• Lonely Island - Jack Sparrow (chorus)
• Loud Luxury; Brando – Gummy (most of song)
• Maino - All the Above (whole song?)
• McClain Sisters – Rise (most of final chorus)
• Miley Cyrus - Nobody's Perfect (chorus)
• Muse - Dead Inside (middle 8 - end on G#)
• Neon Dreams – House Party (intro/first half of second verse)
• OneRepublic - Apologize (whole song)
• Pitbull - International Love (most/all of song)
• Sia - The Greatest (verses/chorus)
• Sultan + Shepard; Nadia Ali; IRO - Almost Home (most of song)
• Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (whole song)
• The Killers - West Hills (whole song except brief bridge changes)
• The Killers – Be Still (second half of verse riff/first part of chorus/middle 8)
• The National - I Need My Girl (whole song)
C#m-A-E-B:
• Avril Lavigne - Don’t Tell Me (chorus)
• Basshunter – All I Ever Wanted (most of song)
• Bastille - Laughter Lies (second half of chorus)
• Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day (most of chorus)
• Boston – Peace of Mind (intro/chorus)
• Blue Man Group - Rods and Cones (intro/chorus) (no minor?)
• Britney Spears – I Was Born To Make You Happy (first half of final chorus after step raised)
• Coldplay - Everglow (second riff of most of song - first is with B replaced by G#m7, with another variation as C#m-A-E)
• Dierks Bentley - Different for Girls (most of verses)
• Duran Duran – Faster Than Light (chorus – no B?)
• Ed Sheeran - Photograph (pre-choruses)
• Foo Fighters – Arlandria (first part of chorus - played as C#m-A-E-B-F#, then C#m-A-#-B-C)
• Frank Black – Sing for Joy (most of song)
• Gin Blossoms – Until I Fall Away (chorus)
• Jamie N Commons - Won't Let Go (pre-chorus – skip B before chorus)
• Jason DeRulo – In My Head (whole song)
• Jason Mraz – Have It All (pre-chorus)
• Kai Stone – Volcano (most of song)
• Lifehouse – Halfway Gone (chorus)
• Linkin Park - Crawling (chorus)
• lovelytheband - Loneliness for Love (most of song)
• Marshmello; Kane Brown - One Thing Right (most of song)
• MIRANDA - Vamos A La Playa (part of intro/chorus)
• MÖWE; Jerry Williams - Boy Oh Boy (most of song)
• Natalia Kills - Mirrors (chorus)
• New Hollow – She Ain’t You (chorus)
• OneRepublic & Seeb – Rich Love (most of song)
• Parachute - Dance Around It (chorus/outro)
• Selena Gomez - Slow Down (chorus)
• Shakira - Whenever, Wherever (chorus)
• Silvestre Dangond; Nicky Jam - Cásate Conmigo (most of song)
• State of Shock – Money Honey (most of song)
• Sum 41 – With You (pre-chorus/chorus – put C after each time in chorus, end on C#m-A
• Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without the 'E' (intro/outro)
• Tate McRae – You Broke Me First (whole song)
• The Script - Six Degrees of Separation (chorus)
• Train – Drive By (verses)
• U2 – Lady with the Spinning Head (chorus)
• U2 - Magnificent (verses - played as F#m-C#m-A-E-B-Bm)
• U2 - Ultraviolet (Light My Way) (first half of “baby, baby, baby…” part after final chorus)
• V V Brown - Shark In The Water (chorus/middle 8)
Dm-A#-F-C:
• AJ Mitchell - I Don't Want You Back (whole song)
• Alice Cooper - Poison (fourth part of chorus - repeat as needed - end on A#)
• Arcade Fire – Normal Person (second half of chorus/outro)
• Avril Lavigne - Complicated (intro/most of chorus)
• Avril Lavigne – Head Above Water (chorus)
• Backstreet Boys - All of Your Life (You Need Love) (chorus)
• Bruno Mars – Grenade (most of chorus)
• Carlos Vives, Sebastian Yatra - Robarte un Beso (parts of verses)
• Chvrches – Miracle (first half of main riff)
• Coldplay - Paradise (parts of verses)
• David Vertesi - Waste (most of song)
• Daughtry - Life After You (verses)
• Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (chorus)
• Florence and the Machine - Shake It Out (first half of pre-chorus)
• Green Day – 21 Guns (nearly all of verses, with A-C used to end once or twice)
• Guns n’ Roses – Shackler’s Revenge (chorus in standard tuning)
• Jewel - Foolish Games (verses)
• Kyle Andrews - Call and Fade (most of song)
• Liz Phair - Everything to Me (middle 8)
• Mana - La Prisión (chorus)
• Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok (first half of chorus - C is C/E and add Dm to end of riff)
• Neil Young - Be the Rain (most of song)
• Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life (most of song)
• Orianthi - According to You (middle 8 - end on Dm-A#)
• Pet Shop Boys – Integral (some of intro/chorus - A#m instead?)
• Pink – Bridge of Light (pre-chorus)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - 21st Century (intro/verses - played as Dm-A#-F-C-A#)
• Ria Mae - If You Don't Love Me (most of song)
• Richard Marx - When You’re Gone (chorus - played as Dm7-A#-F-Csus-C - end on Gm7-A#-F)
• Rob Thomas – Pieces (intro/verses/second half of chorus)
• Starship - It's Not Enough (most of chorus)
• Sum 41 - Pieces (intro/chorus – played as Dm-A#sus2-F-C)
• Tate McRae - she's all i wanna be (whole song)
• Taylor Swift – Sparks Fly (most of song)
• Tez Cadey - Seve (first half of main riff – second half is just Dm-A#-F)
• T.I. - Whatever You Like (whole song)
• The Unlikely Candidates – Ringer (middle 8)
• The Virgins – Private Affair (chorus)
• Tom Walker - Leave a Light On (whole song)
• Tracy Chapman – Change (most of song)
• Vance Joy - Fire and the Flood (chorus, first part is just Dm-A#-F twice, then this riff twice)
D#m-B-F#-C#:
• Amaranthe – Amaranthine (main riff)
• Amy Shark – I Said Hi (most of song)
• Beyonce – If I Were a Boy (whole song)
• Calvin Harris and Rihanna – We Found Love (most of song)
• Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come (most of verses)
• Heart - Alone (first half of chorus, rest is F#-B-C#)
• J Alvarez - La Temperatura (whole song?)
• Jennifer Lopez - On the Floor (intro/chorus)
• Lifehouse Feat. Natasha Bedingfield – Between the Raindrops (chorus)
• Nelly - Just a Dream (whole song)
• Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie (verses)
• Snow Patrol - Don't Give In (whole song except middle 8)
• Taylor Swift – You’re Not Sorry (most of song)
• The Lonely Island (Feat. Akon) - I Just Had Sex (whole song)
• The Smiths – You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby (chorus/outro – replace C# with B final times)
• Weezer - Can’t Stop Partying (most of song - C#/F replaces D at “girls getting loose” part - played half-step down as Em-G-D-A)
Em-C-G-D:
• Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean (middle 8)
• Atlas Genius - Trojans (whole song)
• Bad Bunny; Rosalia – La Noche de la Anoche (most of song)
• Bastille - Icarus (chorus - D might be D/F#)
• Bastille - WHAT YOU GONNA DO??? (whole song except pre-chorus)
• Beyonce – I Was Here (most of song)
• Black Label Society – In This River (verses/middle 8)
• Bon Jovi - Misunderstood (chorus - played as Em-C-G-D/F#)
• Carrie Underwood – Little Toy Guns (most of song)
• Coldplay – Lost! (verses)
• Coldplay – Lovers in Japan (most of chorus)
• Enrique Iglesias - Bailando (intro/verses)
• Incubus - The Warmth (chorus)
• INXS – God’s Top Ten (first line of verse)
• Jewel - Hands (verses - end on G before chorus)
• Katy Perry - Hot n’ Cold (middle 8)
• Kiethevez - Always a Boy (first half of chorus riff)
• Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance (chorus, no G the second time around)
• Linkin Park - Pushing Me Away (whole song - end on just G)
• Mat Kearney - Undeniable (most of song)
• Natasha Bedingfield - Neon Lights (chorus)
• Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (bridges)
• Nicki Minaj – Marilyn Monroe (most of song)
• Pink! – U + Ur Hand (first part of chorus)
• Ricky Martin – Mas (whole song - no minor?)
• Sam Fischer; Demi Lovato - What Other People Say (chorus - end on G-Am-Em once or three times)
• Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure to Where Flowers In Your Hair) (most of song?)
• The Cranberries – Zombie (most of song?)
• The Offspring - Coming for You (first 3x of chorus - slide into E after last 5 chord - no minor?)
• The Offspring - Dividing by Zero (chorus)
• The Offspring - Gotta Get Away (chorus - no minor?)
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (verses - chords actually Em7-Cadd9-G-D/F#)
• The Wild Feathers – Help Me Out (most of chorus)
• Therapy? – Screamager (first part of choruses? – no minor?)
• U2 - The Wanderer (chorus - reverse D and G the second time around)
• U2 - Volcano (most of chorus)
• U2 – Wild Honey (chorus)
• Young Rising Sons – High (middle 8)
Fm-C#-G#-D#:
• Adele - Hello (chorus)
• Charice – In Love So Deep (most of song before outro)
• Chris Cornell – The Promise (first half of chorus)
• Echosmith - Cool Kids (chorus)
• Ed Sheeran – Perfect (chorus)
• Felix Cartal – Mood (most of main riff)
• Green Day - Holiday (intro/verses - end on C in verse riffs), use C instead of D# in chorus the second time through)
• Isaiah - It’s Gotta Be You (whole song - played as Fm-C#-G#-D#/G)
• Jason Derulo, Nuka - Love Not War (The Tampa Beat) (most of song)
• Jewel - Hands (verses)
• John Legend - All of Me (verses - C# had maj7 or add9 variations - ends on A#madd9)
• Madonna – The Power of Goodbye (most of song)
• Michael Bublé - I Believe in You (part of verse and chorus before outro)
• Nicky Jam & Enrique Iglesias - El Perdón (Forgiveness) (most of song)
• Plushgun - Union Pool (chorus)
• Ryan Cabrera - On the Way Down (most of song)
• Stacie Orrico - More to Life (There's Got to Be) (first part of chorus riff – then Fm-C#-D#)
• The Script – I Want it All (most of song)
F#m-D-A-E:
• Akon – Be With You (whole song except bridge towards end)
• Alexandra Stan - Lemonade (whole song)
• Backstreet Boys - The Answer to Our Lives (intro/verses)
• Blake Shelton - Sangria (most of song except chorus)
• Bruce Springsteen – Radio Nowhere (most of song)
• Chris Cornell  – Scream (first half of main riff)
• Fall Out Boy - Bob Dylan (most of song)
• Fall Out Boy - Immortals (chorus)
• Fefe Dobson – Stuttering (whole song)
• Gym Class Heroes ft Adam Levine - Stereo Hearts (most of song)
• Iyaz - Replay (at least half of the song)
• Jason Gray - More Like Falling in Love (verses)
• Joan Osborne - One of Us (intro/verses/most of choruses)
• Karl Wolf ft. Kardinal Offishall - Ghetto Love (most of song)
• Keith Urban - You’ll Think of Me (verses)
• Liam Gallagher – Be Still (first half of chorus)
• Linkin Park - Numb (whole song - except pre-chorus)
• Live - Overcome (middle 8)
• Mat Kearney - Air I Breathe (most of choruses)
• Mat Kearney – Ships in the Night (whole song)
• Mat Kearney - Sooner or Later (second half of verse riff, then just F#m-D the second time)
• Metric - Gimme Sympathy (most of chorus)
• MGMT – Kids (whole song except bridge)
• Sia and Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills (whole song)
• Sia - Never Give Up (most of song)
• The Offspring - This is Not Utopia (most of song)
• The Offspring - Race Against Myself (intro/chorus)
• The Offspring - All I Want (chorus)
• The Script - For the First Time (chorus)
• Toto – Africa (most of chorus until very end)
• U2 - So Cruel (first half of middle 8)
• Yanni – Almost a Whisper (“middle 8”?)
Gm-D#-A#-F:
• Alice Cooper - Poison (first part of chorus)
• Avicii – Hey Brother (first part of verses, with 6/4 break in middle of riff -  end on Gm too)
• Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings (chorus) (first time through, just Gm-D#-A#, then D#-A#-F the fourth time)
• Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (guitar solo after first “la la…” chorus)
• Coldplay – The Hardest Part (verses)
• Dizzy Mizz Lizzy – Silverflame (most of verses)
• Foo Fighters - The Neverending Sigh (chorus - Gm might just be G5)
• Eminem & Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie (most of song?)
• Heart – What About Love (verses – end on D# or D#-F)
• INXS – Hear the Sound (chorus)
• Jimmy Eat World - Kill (last part of verses/choruses - end on Gm in chorus)
• Joseph Arthur - In the Sun (most of song - might have variations)
• Michael Schulte - Falling Apart (most of song except pre-chorus and bridge)
• Khaled - Aicha (whole song)
• Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes (first half/last part of chorus)
• Melissa Etheridge – Angels Would Fall (most of song, except last lines of verses and choruses, and pre-chorus)
• Shaggy - Only Love (most of song)
• The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus – Face Down (whole song)
• Tristan Prettyman - My Oh My (chorus)
• The Script - Hall of Fame (whole song)
• Walk Off the Earth - I'll Be There (most of song)
• Walk Off the Earth – Rule the World (most of second half of chorus – comes in during the “they say… they say…” part)
• Walk the Moon - Anna Sun (first half of chorus riff)
G#m-E-B-F#:
• Amir - États D'amour (intro/verses/chorus)
• Deborah Cox – Beautiful U R (most of song – C#m-B to end in most of other parts)
• Loic Nottet – Million Eyes (most of chorus)
• Eve 6 – Think Twice (most of song)
• Foo Fighters – Sunday Rain (bridge – played as G#m-E-B-F#m)
• Hilary Duff – Come Clean (first half of chorus riff)
• Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson – Don’t You Wanna Stay (intro/most of verses)
• Jennifer Lopez – Ain’t Your Mama (whole song)
• Jesse Labelle - Heartbreak Coverup (first half of main song riff)
• Jesse Labelle - One Last Night (most of song)
• Kayla Diamond - Carnival Hearts (verses)
• Kelly Clarkson – War Paint (most of song)
• Lady Gaga – Poker Face (chorus)
• Liz Phair - Why Can’t I (most of chorus)
• Morrissey – You Have Killed Me (chorus – played as G#m-E-B-F#-G)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh) (most of song)
• Sum 41 - The Hell Song (most of song)
• Sum 41 – Walking Disaster (first part of chorus)
• Tacabro - Tacata (main riff)
• The Fray – You Found Me (chorus)
• The Strokes – Under Cover of Darkness (chorus/outro)