I'm working on learning Ben Harper's Steal My Kisses to play with the band I'm in.
I've always loved when "jam bands" string several songs together using the same chord progression
throughout.
So what other songs can I sing over a simple G - C - D - G progression?
So far I have come up with Lay Down Sally and Jamaica Farewell
can anyone think of any others?
thanks!
pretty much all of them
Most blues songs has a I IV V progression in 12 bars
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Bluegrass is mostly G-C-D or I-IV-V
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You could check out any live recording of Daugther by Pearl Jam. They do all sorts of tags with that song, it's amazing.
That's a pretty common progression though, so you could pick pretty much any song and change the key to match that of the original song.
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literally any blues song can be played in that key. simply change the key; ie, Stormy Monday, Ive played in A. just start off in G.
that's the beauty of the I IV V I signature.
the I can be anything.
Umm, aren't all of you missing the point?
The OP was (I believe) asking specifically about the I-IV-V-I progression, i.e. |G |C |D |G |
One bar each chord.
Not blues (I-I-I-I-IV-IV-I-I-V-IV-I-I), not I IV V progressions in general and not songs in G.
Anyway, I apologise if I'm wrong.
Many, many well known country songs use this progression.
The only ones in my personal repertoire are "Hotel Yorba" by the White Stripes and "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" by Gerry Rafferty (Pogues version) , but a quick perusal of the COWPIE Song Corral turns these up in 2 minutes:
Ballad of Forty Dollars, Waylon Jennings.
Mamas don't let your Babies grow up to be Cowboys, Willy Nelson.
A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash and others.
Sunday Morning Coming Down, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.
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Thanks Helgi,
You got it right... I am looking for the |G |C |D |G | progression
not |G |C |D |C | which are so easy to find! (I was in a Christian Praise Band for a while
and 75% of the songs seemed to be what I called "GCDC" songs!)
I do realize, as some of the other posters mentioned, that the progression
doesn't have to start with G.... E/A/B/E would work too...
I have a good start now... thanks!
Beando
Thanks Helgi,
You got it right... I am looking for the |G |C |D |G | progression
not |G |C |D |C | which are so easy to find! (I was in a Christian Praise Band for a while
and 75% of the songs seemed to be what I called "GCDC" songs!)
I do realize, as some of the other posters mentioned, that the progression
doesn't have to start with G.... E/A/B/E would work too...
I have a good start now... thanks!
Beando
Beando. you have it right. you can substitute (transpose) any chord for the I position. the other chords shift the same interval. it works great because you can change the key of a song to suit your voice range.
.... E/A/B/E would work too...
Yes. Or CFGC or DGAD or ADEA or F-Bb-C-F or any other key.
Country and Christian songs often use the Nashville numbering system. You may have some luck searching for 1-4-5-1.
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