Pop punk chord progressions for ukulele

Singalong four-chord choruses, all downstrokes. These progressions sound loud, bratty and anthemic, usually sit in G major, D major, C major and A major and suit a tempo of around 168 BPM. Every chord has a ukulele diagram for standard GCEA tuning.

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4 Pop punk chord progressions to play now

Pop punk progression 1 in G major

G · F · C · G

I · ♭VII · IV · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 168 BPM

132GCEA
G
21GCEA
F
1GCEA
C

Loud, bratty and anthemic, built on the flat seven rock cadence, ♭VII IV I, open ended, built to loop straight back round

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Pop punk progression 2 in D major

D · Bm · G · A

I · vi · IV · V

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 168 BPM

123GCEA
D
4123GCEA
Bm
132GCEA
G
21GCEA
A

Loud, bratty and anthemic, open ended, built to loop straight back round

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Pop punk progression 3 in C major

Am · C · A♭ · C

vi · I · ♭VI · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 168 BPM

2GCEA
Am
1GCEA
C
1243GCEA
A♭

Loud, bratty and anthemic, a borrowed chord darkening the turn home

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Pop punk progression 4 in A major

D · E · A · D

IV · V · I · IV

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 168 BPM

123GCEA
D
2341GCEA
E
21GCEA
A

Loud, bratty and anthemic, open ended, built to loop straight back round

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A strum pattern for Pop punk 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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