Super Simple Chords

Chord progression

The V7–I–VI7–ii chord progression

G7 – C – A7 – Dm in C. 14 songs in the library go round it. Hear it in any style and key, and see it in all twelve keys.

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The loop

4 chords, round and round, in C. Each chord on the keys:

G7V7CIA7VI7Dmii

In every key

Find your song's key on the left: its chords are the row. Each column keeps its colour, whatever the key.

KeyV7IVI7ii
CG7CA7Dm
DbAb7DbBb7Ebm
DA7DB7Em
EbBb7EbC7Fm
EB7EC#7F#m
FC7FD7Gm
F#C#7F#D#7G#m
GD7GE7Am
AbEb7AbF7Bbm
AE7AF#7Bm
BbF7BbG7Cm
BF#7BG#7C#m

Songs that go round it

14 songs, best known first. Rest the mouse on one to hear it.

All of them

Left hands these songs use

The patterns most often played under this loop.

The same loop, starting elsewhere

The same chords in the same order, begun on another chord: songs often move between them.

Questions about V7–I–VI7–ii

What is the V7–I–VI7–ii chord progression?

A loop of 4 chords: G7 – C – A7 – Dm in C. The numerals say each chord's place in the key, so the same loop can be played in any key.

What songs use the V7–I–VI7–ii progression?

14 songs in the library repeat it, including At Last, My Ship, Bidin' My Time, Gotta Be This Or That and Big Girls Don't Cry.

How do I play V7–I–VI7–ii on piano?

Hold each chord with the right hand while the left hand plays its root, then swap in a pattern: jazz walk is the left hand these songs use most. The player above plays it in any style and key.