Monday, December 12, 2016

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)

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