25 Chord Progressions Great for Songwriting

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Hey guys, I hope you are having a fantastic day! Today I want to show you my top 25 chord progressions for singer-songwriters that anyone can use to write songs.

When it comes to songwriting, it's crucial to have a solid starting point. I feel that starting with a melodic and straightforward chord progression can help you figure out the song or instrumental you want to write.

Musical ideas don't just materialize in our heads. You need a lot of inspiration to ignite your creativity, and the best way to get started is to get inspired by a few chords.

In this video, I want to show you a bunch of cool chord progressions that are perfect for songs. You can learn the chords to improve your chord changes but also write a song or an instrumental.

I think we come across these chord progressions in quite a lot of songs, so I believe this is a good starting point.

As you'll notice in the video, I play the chord progression with basic chords before adding my musical ideas to it. I did this to show you that I can personalize chords based on my experience, background, and taste.

You can do that too. It is not about adding as many things as possible. Instead, it is about making the chords your own so that they sound like your music.

I hope this video helps.

I am going to be adding the tabs little by little as there are way too many to write them in one day. The tabs are available on Patreon.
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[vivalibertasergovivitelibe]

Since this is about songwriting I want to encourage everyone here. Take a look at some additional music theory. For me songwriting got more and more exciting the more I actually knew what chords did and how you can write your own progressions. And most of all just experiment. Playing these chord progressions and writing cool songs with them might be fun but they kinda often sound the same (delve into some music theory and you'll find out they often simply are the same)
Do unconventional stuff. Be creative. I am not trying to talk shit on the creator of this video. I think it is a great start for beginners, I want to encourage you guys to develop from this state of songwriting to look into cool chord progressions and song structures and let the fun of composing begin

[stanvalderrama]

The sound of that guitar is so heavenly.. 😍

[loudman]

This is what i was looking for, just music, just played chords, no tutorials, thank you for the description of the chord names, just perfect, No lessons, No speaking, Just beautiful Guitar chords to Play with, THANK YOU SO MUCH

[katecosettevocals]

I came here for education.I ended up getting education, relief, and I have entered nirvana.

Thank you for the info and for the calming progressions! Beautifully chosen and performed!

[ocirMZ]

The scale degrees:


1. major 1465
2. major 154
3. minor 1637
4. minor 1637
5. minor 145
6. minor 176
7. major 145
8. minor 1675
9. major 1343
10. minor 167
11. major 1564
12. minor 1637
13. minor 1635
14. major 1645
15. major 14
16. minor 15
17. major 1526154
18. major 15654
19. Missing
20. major 1534
21. major 145
22. minor 174
23. major 465
24. major 1564
25. major 1364


There are probably errors somewhere
Doubles:
3, 4, 12
7, 21 (though differently voiced)
11, 24


So only 20 Progressions. Still more than I expected

[GarethThomasTunes]

As soon as you start thinking of the chords as relative to each other (I, IV, V, vi type notation instead of C, F, G, Am type notation) it will open up a whole new world of musicality. This is a good starting point though.

[mrumbrella]

Me while playing the guitar:
H minor, Z minor, K major, etc

[federicovavassori]

So many I V vi IV progressions in different keys

[ryenrafaelyeh]

I'm a pop child and have only been playing guitar for two years. I really appreciated this video because I love that it's not too hard and you showed a lot of variation in terms of chords and colors that I haven't seen. I'm only on #13 but there's already many of them that I'd like to try out. Thank you so much for this vid!!!

[seisappho]

Suddenly everything sounded “This is Me” from camp rock

[vicentecontreras]

So many were the same but in another key
I have three progressions for you guys
P1: Em/Am/B7
P2: Am7/Gm9/C/Fmaj7/E7
P3: Am/D7/F/C

I hope you”ll enjoy it

[nomocooties]

A master of melodies, a string poet of emotion.

[alex-bcsc]

Okay, a chord in a different key is still a different chord.
And F chord, plus two semitones up, is an A flat chord.
Dunno about you, but an F and an A flat chord are very two different chords.
So, stop complaining, this guy is still giving us really helpful chord progressions!
So stop being so mean, jeez

[CosmicHarmony]

Perfect to play when you're looking outside on a rainy day

[bettynacena]

Having a passion for playing guitar and having small hands don't get along... IT HURTS😭

[gg]

Everyone : thank you for these chords !
Me : how the hell is his house so quiet ??
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[JoeTheDude]

A couple of those progressions really made me feel like a 20 something man named Michael with a shitty goatee and an open flannel shirt was about to tell me to “raise my hands up for Jesus”

[Britmysta]

Great video Marco, thank you!
On another note - Damn, the internet never fails to deliver know-it-alls and killjoys. Y'all really don't think he KNOWS exactly what he is doing? OBVIOUSLY, there is a repeat in some progression numbers, but the feeling that is produced is very different when the key is different. It is still good practice and important lessons for players of all levels. You sat and watched the whole video and all you could say was, "Well, actually.." or "Same progression just in different keys.." blah, blah, complain.

[DilonJ]

How his gutiar sounds: 😇🙏😌
How my gutiar sounds : 💥😣😬

[OmniCloud]

Dude this is what I’ve been needing!!!! Thank you so much. I’m trying to learn how to make music and I’m just stuck between learning songs directly, practicing chords and scales but none of it sounds organic or flows when I play on my own. I know it’s just a matter of learning the progressions but this is a major help in making my play sound good enough to dive deeper into the language. Thank