Chords for The I VI IV V Chord Progression
Tempo:
155.45 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
C
F
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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So here's our fourth and final chord progression for this course.
and in fact we might as well call it the doo-wop chord progression because it seems
of these four chords.
chord progression is called the 1-6-4-5.
So I will introduce to you the sixth chord, which is a minor chord.
back to the major scale.
now.
D is [E] 2, E is [Fm] 3,
and in fact we might as well call it the doo-wop chord progression because it seems
of these four chords.
chord progression is called the 1-6-4-5.
So I will introduce to you the sixth chord, which is a minor chord.
back to the major scale.
now.
D is [E] 2, E is [Fm] 3,
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G
Am
C
F
Em
G
Am
C
So here's our fourth and final chord progression for this course.
This one is used mainly in ballads and doo-wop and in fact we might as well call it the doo-wop chord progression because it seems
that almost every doo-wop hit is made up of these four chords.
_ _ This chord progression is called the 1-6-4-5.
_ _ _ _ So I will introduce to you the sixth chord, which is a minor chord.
Let's get back to the major scale.
We're in a key of C now.
_ _ _ _ C is [D] 1,
_ D is [E] 2, _ E is [Fm] 3,
_ [G] F is 4, _ G is [A] 5, _ _ and A is 6.
This is our sixth chord.
[Em] It's the minor chord, [Am] so we call it A minor.
_ [C] Remember 1,
_ [G] 4 and 5 _ are [E] major chords.
_ So C [Fm] _ and [G] _ _ _ G are major chords.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
So the chord progression would look like this.
C, _ [Am] _ A minor, _ [F] _
_ F, [D] _ _ [G] _ _
G.
_ _ _ _ Okay.
[C] _
_ Here are some examples for you. _
Rick and Nelson, Poor Little Fool. _ _
I used to [Am] play around with hearts,
[F] _ hastened at [G] my core.
_ _ [C]
When I [Am] met that little [F] girl, I knew that [G] I would fall.
_ _ _ _ We talked about doo-wop.
Here's a Dion [C] song. _ _
[Am] Each time we had a [F] quarrel,
it [G] almost breaks my heart.
[C] _ [Am] Because I am so [F] afraid
that we [G] would have to part.
Teenage Love. _
[Em] I [C] _ got [Am] a girl [F] named Ram [G]-a-lam-a-lam-a-ding [C]-dong. _ _ _ _
_ _ I wonder [Am] why, [F]
like [G] I do,
[C] is [Am] it [F] because you think you love [G] me? _ _ _ _
_ Or _ _ _ _
Warren [Em] Smith.
_ [C] _ _ Who you been [Am] loving since I've been gone?
[F] A long-tailed [G] man with a red coat on.
Red Cadillac and a black mustache.
_ _ [C] Glenn Glenn, Laurie Anne.
_ [Am] My Laurie Anne,
[F] _
speak [G] to me sweet and [C] gentle. _
[Am] Oh, Laurie Anne,
_ [F] say [G] something sentimental.
_ You [Am] can [F] play it faster and [Gm] have something like [C] this.
_ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] When [Am] I think _
[G] we ought to [C] go steady,
[Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] whenever you're ready,
[F] _
[G] let's [C] fall in love. _ _ _
There are millions of songs you can play with these four chords. _
But usually this chord progression doesn't go all the way through the song.
You have a bridge in the middle _ and then it goes back to this chord progression.
So you should learn the 1-6-4-5
This one is used mainly in ballads and doo-wop and in fact we might as well call it the doo-wop chord progression because it seems
that almost every doo-wop hit is made up of these four chords.
_ _ This chord progression is called the 1-6-4-5.
_ _ _ _ So I will introduce to you the sixth chord, which is a minor chord.
Let's get back to the major scale.
We're in a key of C now.
_ _ _ _ C is [D] 1,
_ D is [E] 2, _ E is [Fm] 3,
_ [G] F is 4, _ G is [A] 5, _ _ and A is 6.
This is our sixth chord.
[Em] It's the minor chord, [Am] so we call it A minor.
_ [C] Remember 1,
_ [G] 4 and 5 _ are [E] major chords.
_ So C [Fm] _ and [G] _ _ _ G are major chords.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
So the chord progression would look like this.
C, _ [Am] _ A minor, _ [F] _
_ F, [D] _ _ [G] _ _
G.
_ _ _ _ Okay.
[C] _
_ Here are some examples for you. _
Rick and Nelson, Poor Little Fool. _ _
I used to [Am] play around with hearts,
[F] _ hastened at [G] my core.
_ _ [C]
When I [Am] met that little [F] girl, I knew that [G] I would fall.
_ _ _ _ We talked about doo-wop.
Here's a Dion [C] song. _ _
[Am] Each time we had a [F] quarrel,
it [G] almost breaks my heart.
[C] _ [Am] Because I am so [F] afraid
that we [G] would have to part.
Teenage Love. _
[Em] I [C] _ got [Am] a girl [F] named Ram [G]-a-lam-a-lam-a-ding [C]-dong. _ _ _ _
_ _ I wonder [Am] why, [F]
like [G] I do,
[C] is [Am] it [F] because you think you love [G] me? _ _ _ _
_ Or _ _ _ _
Warren [Em] Smith.
_ [C] _ _ Who you been [Am] loving since I've been gone?
[F] A long-tailed [G] man with a red coat on.
Red Cadillac and a black mustache.
_ _ [C] Glenn Glenn, Laurie Anne.
_ [Am] My Laurie Anne,
[F] _
speak [G] to me sweet and [C] gentle. _
[Am] Oh, Laurie Anne,
_ [F] say [G] something sentimental.
_ You [Am] can [F] play it faster and [Gm] have something like [C] this.
_ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [C] When [Am] I think _
[G] we ought to [C] go steady,
[Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] whenever you're ready,
[F] _
[G] let's [C] fall in love. _ _ _
There are millions of songs you can play with these four chords. _
But usually this chord progression doesn't go all the way through the song.
You have a bridge in the middle _ and then it goes back to this chord progression.
So you should learn the 1-6-4-5