Romantic progression 1 in C major
F · C · F · C
IV · I · IV · I
Warm and unhurried, a soft plagal landing
Romantic chord progressions for guitar
Warm, tender, close-slow-dance. These progressions sound warm and unhurried, usually sit in C major, F major and G major and suit a tempo of around 76 BPM. Every chord has a guitar diagram for standard EADGBE tuning.
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Romantic progression 2 in F major
F · G7 · C · Dm
I · V7/V · V · vi
Warm and unhurried, a secondary dominant pulling into the next chord, a deceptive turn away from home
Romantic progression 3 in G major
G · C · D · Em
I · IV · V · vi
Warm and unhurried, a deceptive turn away from home
Romantic progression 4 in C major
C · Am · F · G
I · vi · IV · V
Warm and unhurried, built on the doo wop I vi IV V loop, open ended, built to loop straight back round
A strum pattern for romantic songs
One bar of eighth notes. Down arrows are downstrokes, up arrows upstrokes, dots are misses: keep your hand moving through them.
↓ · ↓ ↑ · ↑ · ↑
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
How to use these progressions
Play each chord for the length shown, repeat the loop, and hum or sing over it until a melody turns up. The Roman numerals under each progression name the chords by their place in the key, so the same pattern works in any key: open it in the generator and change the key to suit your voice. Chord progressions are not covered by copyright, so anything you write over them is yours.
Same mood on ukulele
Romantic chord progressions for ukulele
More moods for guitar
- HappyBright major motion, front-porch energy
- SadMinor-led, slow to resolve
- EnergeticForward motion, driving strum
- ChillLaid-back, hammock-and-porch
- MysteriousModal shadows, minor sevenths
- NostalgicOld-time, folk-song familiarity
- DreamyFloating, soft-edged, unresolved
- TriumphantBroad, major, arms-in-the-air
- TenseCoiled, chromatic, refuses to settle
- PlayfulBouncy, skipping, a bit cheeky