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The Best Free Jazz/Standard Chord Changes on the Web

Click a song title to view The Vanilla Book chord changes.

This web page contains a list of songs that have similar chord progressions and tonal shifts (modulations) and then links them to the "Vanilla Book".

The Buddy Holly - VIb-chord

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Basic Rhythm Changes

While there are many possible chord progressions, there are a few basic building blocks that account for many of the chord changes you will see

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Guitar Chord Progression

Here are some examples of the I-V-VI-IV chord progression

The I - V - vi - IV (or C - G - Am - F) is a very common chord progression in popular music, and I put together all the songs I could find that fit it. All of the songs fit this chord progression in some way (I - V - vi - IV, V - vi - I - IV, vi - IV - I - V, or IV - I - V - vi).

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(2 per bar): D ABm F#mG DG A I-Vvi -iiiIV-IIV-V

vi-IV-I-V Sensitive Female Chord Progression

I IV (one of the most basic, and most overused progressions around. Used in James Brown - Sex Machine)

I IV V (happy pop sound. Used in Green Day - Time of Your Life)

I V IV (thanks, Third Eye Blind, all your latest hits use this progression. Also used in Blink 182 - All The Small Things (chorus))

I V vi IV (hooray for Blink 182, *cough*)

i VII VI V (Hit the Road Jack, and several Flamenco pieces)

I VII IV (rock)

ii V I (jazz standard. Autumn Leaves begins with these chords)

I IV I I IV IV I I V IV I I (12 bar blues, another jazz standard. Used in Jimmy Hendrix - Red House and B.B.King - Everyday I Have The Blues)

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