Circle of fifths
Chord progression moves through successive perfect fifths relationships
'A Day in the Life' and 'Here Comes the Sun' share the same descending circle-of-fifths chord shape - a structural cousinship across two otherwise unalike songs.
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Songs(95 of 101)
Please Please Me
D→A→E
Ask Me Why
F♯→B7→E
There's a Place
G♯→C♯m→F♯
Do You Want to Know a Secret
C♯m→F♯m→B7, F♯m→B7→E
Thank You Girl
Bm→Em→A
From Me to You
D7→Gm→C7→F
I'll Get You
Bm→Em→A→D, B7→Em→A→D
All My Loving
F♯m7→B7→E, F♯m→B7→E
Hold Me Tight
D7→Gm→C7→F
Little Child
F♯9→B→E
I Wanna Be Your Man
C♯7→F♯7→B7→E, F♯7→B7→E7
This Boy
Bm→Em7→A7→D
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Am→Dm→G→C
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
Am→Dm→G→C
Can't Buy Me Love
Em→Am→Dm7→G7→C
I Call Your Name
F♯→B→E
If I Fell
Em7→A→D→Gm
Tell Me Why
Bm→Em7→A7→D, Bm→Em→A7→D
I'll Be Back
C♯m→F♯m→B
I'll Cry Instead
Em→A7→D
When I Get Home
A→D9→G
Things We Said Today
B7→E7→A→D
What You're Doing
Bm→E→A
I'm a Loser
Am7→D→G
No Reply
Dm7→G7→C, E7→A7→Dm
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
Am→D7→G
I'll Follow the Sun
D7→G7→C→F
Every Little Thing
Bm→E→A
Yes It Is
F♯m7→B7→E→A→D, F♯m→Bm7→E7, Bm7→E7→A
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
F→C→G→D
Yesterday
Dm→G7→C7→F, Em7→A7→Dm
I Need You
C♯m→F♯m→Bm→E
The Night Before
Bm→E→A, A→D→G
You're Going to Lose That Girl
C♯m7→F♯m7→B7, F♯m7→B7→E, G→C→F, D→A→E
You Like Me Too Much
Em7→A7→D7
Michelle
C7→F→B♭m7→E♭
Wait
F♯m→B→E→A
Drive My Car
Bm→E→A→D, A→D7→G7
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
D→A→E
If I Needed Someone
F♯7→Bm→E7sus4, F♯7→Bm→Em
I'm Looking Through You
Dsus4→G→Cadd9, D→G→Cadd9
Girl
Fm→B♭7→E♭
For No One
B→E→A
Doctor Robert
B→E→A
Here, There and Everywhere
F♯m7♭5→B7→Em→Am
Taxman
C7→G7→D7
I Want to Tell You
Bm→E7→A
Good Day Sunshine
F♯7→B7→E7→A, B7→E→A
She Said She Said
Fm→B♭7→E♭, A♭→E♭→B♭
Penny Lane
C♯m7→F♯7→B
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
C7→F→B♭, C7→G→D
A Day in the Life
C→G→D→A→E
Lovely Rita
C♯m→F♯→B→E, C♯m→F♯7→B7, D→A→E→B, E→A→D→G
When I'm Sixty-Four
D7→G7→C
She's Leaving Home
E→Bm7→F♯m7→C♯m, C♯m→F♯9→B9
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
A7→Dm→G, Dm→G→Cm, A→Dm→Gm
With a Little Help from My Friends
E→B→F♯m, F♯m→B→E, D→A→E→B
All You Need Is Love
Em→Am→D7→G, B7→Em→Am
The Fool on the Hill
Bm7→Em7→A7, Em7→A7→D6
Magical Mystery Tour
D→A→E
Your Mother Should Know
A7→Dm→G7→C, A7→D7→G7→C
Lady Madonna
E7→A7→D7→G7→C→F, Dm7→G7→C→F
Hey Jude
E♭→B♭→F
Blackbird
A7→D7sus4→G→C
Dear Prudence
C→G→D
Piggies
Fm7→B♭7→E♭→A♭
Honey Pie
B7→Em7→A7→D7→G→C, B7→E7→A7→D7→G, E7→Am7→D7→G
I Will
Am→Dm→Gm7→C7→F, Am→Dm→G7→C7, D7→Gm7→C7→F
Glass Onion
Gm7→C7→F7
Good Night
Am7→D7→G→C
Long, Long, Long
B♭→F→C→Gm
Rocky Raccoon
Am7→D7→G7→C
Martha My Dear
Gm7→C7→F7→B♭, A7→Dm→Gm7, Dm→G9→C7
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
C♯m→F♯m→Bm
Only a Northern Song
C♯7→F♯7→Bm7→E→A
Get Back
G→D→A
Here Comes the Sun
C→G→D
You Never Give Me Your Money
Am7→Dm7→G7→Cmaj7→Fmaj7, Bm7♭5→E7→Am, D7→G7→C7, E→A→D7→G, B♭→F→C
Oh! Darling
Bm7→E7→A→D
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
D→A→E7, Em→A→D
Golden Slumbers
Em→Am→Dm9→G7→C, E7→Am→Dm9→G7→C, Am7→Dm→G7→C
Polythene Pam
D→A→E
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
A→Dm→G7→C
Carry That Weight
Am→Dm9→G7→Csus4, Bdim→E7→Am
Sun King
F♯m7→B13→E6
Something
A→D→G→C
Her Majesty
B7→E7→A6→D, E7→A→D
The End
B→E→A→D
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
F♯m→Bm→E7, Em→A7→D
I've Got a Feeling
A→D→G, G→D→A
Dig a Pony
G→D→A
The Long and Winding Road
Fm7→B♭7→E♭, Cm→Fm7→B♭7, Fm→B♭7→E♭
Free as a Bird
Dm→G→C
Real Love
C7→Fm→B♭sus4, Fm→B♭→E♭
Now and Then
F→C→G
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