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Classics chord progressions

Every Classics progression Adam posts, with the chord shapes, the strum, the groove and what the changes are doing. Open any of them for the shapes and the feel. No account, nothing to sign in to.

  1. Gm · Bb · C · Eb · Gm · D7

    i · ♭III · IV · ♭VI · i · V7 in G · 104 bpm

    The House of the Rising Sun walk — minor, climbing, inevitable.

  2. G · B7 · C · Cm

    I · III7 · IV · iv in G · 88 bpm

    Major three, then the minor four — the borrowed-chord ache from the Beatles to Radiohead.

  3. Em · C · G · D

    vi · IV · I · V in G · 96 bpm

    The same four as the Anthem, entered from the dark side.

  4. Em · D · C · B

    i · ♭VII · ♭VI · V in E · 100 bpm

    The Andalusian walk-down — four chords, each a step lower. Flamenco to Zeppelin.

  5. E · C#m · A · B

    I · vi · IV · V in E · 84 bpm

    Stand By Me, every slow dance since 1958.

  6. E · B · C#m · A

    I · V · vi · IV in E · 92 bpm

    The four chords under half the radio. Starts home, lifts, aches, resolves.