Romantic chord progressions for ukulele

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 ukulele diagram for standard GCEA tuning.

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4 romantic chord progressions to play now

Romantic progression 1 in C major

C · F · G · C

I · IV · V · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 76 BPM

1GCEA
C
21GCEA
F
132GCEA
G

Warm and unhurried

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Romantic progression 2 in F major

F · B♭ · B♭m · F

I · IV · iv · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 76 BPM

21GCEA
F
4311GCEA
B♭
2111GCEA
B♭m

Warm and unhurried, built on the IV to minor iv turn that darkens the way home, open ended, built to loop straight back round

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Romantic progression 3 in G major

Em · Am · D · G

vi · ii · V · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 76 BPM

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

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

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Romantic progression 4 in C major

C · F · Fm · C

I · IV · iv · I

4/4 · 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar, 1 bar · around 76 BPM

1GCEA
C
21GCEA
F
123GCEA
Fm

Warm and unhurried, built on the IV to minor iv turn that darkens the way home, a soft plagal landing

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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.

↓ · ↓ ↑ · ↑ · ↑
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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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