Chill chord progressions for ukulele

Laid-back, hammock-and-porch. These progressions sound loose and unhurried, usually sit in C major, G major and F major and suit a tempo of around 84 BPM. Every chord has a ukulele diagram for standard GCEA tuning.

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4 chill chord progressions to play now

Chill progression 1 in C major

C · F · C · F

I · IV · I · IV

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 84 BPM

1GCEA
C
21GCEA
F

Loose and unhurried, built on a two chord I IV shuttle, open ended, built to loop straight back round

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Chill progression 2 in G major

Em · Am · D · G

vi · ii · V · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 84 BPM

321GCEA
Em
2GCEA
Am
123GCEA
D
132GCEA
G

Loose and unhurried, built on the vi ii V I circle of fifths

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Chill progression 3 in F major

Dm · Gm · C · F

vi · ii · V · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 84 BPM

231GCEA
Dm
231GCEA
Gm
1GCEA
C
21GCEA
F

Loose and unhurried, built on the vi ii V I circle of fifths

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Chill progression 4 in C major

C · Am · G · C

I · vi · V · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 84 BPM

1GCEA
C
2GCEA
Am
132GCEA
G

Loose and unhurried

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A strum pattern for chill songs

One bar of eighth notes. Down arrows are downstrokes, up arrows upstrokes, dots are misses: keep your hand moving through them.

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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.

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