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Songs You Can Play with C, F, G

Popular guitar songs built on the C–F–G progression, a common shape that's great for jamming and practice.

The C–F–G progression uses just 3 chords (C, F, and G) and powers 1,612 of the most-played songs on ChordLines. It's one of the most common progressions in pop, rock and worship, so learning it unlocks a huge amount of music at once. The songs below all use these chords; try Walk Hand In Hand With Me and Louez-le to hear it in action.

  1. 541 Walk Hand In Hand With Me Gerry And The Pacemakers A 910
  2. 542 Louez-le Glorious C 910
  3. 543 Christmas Blues Traveler C 910
  4. 544 Memory Barry Manilow C 910
  5. 545 Something About The Way You Look Tonight Elton John G 910
  6. 546 Wieviel Farben Hat Die Welt Rolf Zuckowski C 910
  7. 547 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ABBA Dm 910
  8. 548 Bus Stop The Hollies Am 910
  9. 549 Ashoka Mal Mala Nelala Sinhala C 909
  10. 550 My Girl The Temptations C 907
  11. 551 Secret Place City Harvest Church C 907
  12. 552 Blue Wonderful Elton John E 906
  13. 553 I Walk The Line Halsey G 906
  14. 554 Seek Ye First Praise and Worship C 905
  15. 555 Summer of 69 Bryan Adams D 905
  16. 556 My Baby Cold Chisel C 904
  17. 557 What You Give Tesla G 903
  18. 558 The Passenger Iggy Pop Am 903
  19. 559 Summer '68 Pink Floyd D 903
  20. 560 Hold Me Before I'm Gone Forever Reina del Cid C 903
  21. 561 Chameleon Elton John G 902
  22. 562 There Must Be More To Life Than This Queen E 901
  23. 563 Im happy just to dance with you The Beatles Am 901
  24. 564 Rooftop Superman Love Positions C 900
  25. 565 Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues Em 900
  26. 566 Matthew England Dan and John Ford Coley Am 900
  27. 567 Un Adorador Ebenezer F 900
  28. 568 Control Adam Brand D 899
  29. 569 Adagio Lara Fabian Am 899
  30. 570 Slow Down The Beatles C 899
  31. 571 Darling Baccara Dm 899
  32. 572 DotA Basshunter Am 898
  33. 573 Sunrise Uriah Heep Am 898
  34. 574 January Elton John G 898
  35. 575 Be Prepared Elton John F 898
  36. 576 I Don't Want To Spoil The Party The Beatles G 897
  37. 577 Saturday Night`s Alright for Fighting Elton John G 897
  38. 578 Bawat Daan Ebe Dancel C 897
  39. 579 Every strangers eyes Pink Floyd C 897
  40. 580 Remember Me CoCo C 897
  41. 581 74-75 The Connells F 897
  42. 582 The Last Song Elton John C 897
  43. 583 Too Old Wallflowers G 896
  44. 584 Electricity Elton John A 896
  45. 585 Music To Watch Boys To Lana Del Rey Am 896
  46. 586 Emily Elton John C 895
  47. 587 Wind of Change Scorpions C 895
  48. 588 Leaving So Soon Keane C 894
  49. 589 Coração Israel e Rodolffo C 894
  50. 590 Watching the wheels John Lennon C 893
  51. 591 Chador Fossils Am 892
  52. 592 Hasta mi final Il Divo F 892
  53. 593 Roll me away Bob Seger C 892
  54. 594 First Call Nofx C 892
  55. 595 Murder Steer Ian Tyson Am 892
  56. 596 Latitude Elton John G 891
  57. 597 Sunny Afternoon The Kinks Dm 891
  58. 598 Cai fora Babado Novo Am 891
  59. 599 I Wanna Live A Dream (in My Record Machine) Oasis A 890
  60. 600 SAME OLD LANG SYNE Dan Fogelberg C 890

Frequently asked questions

What songs use the C–F–G progression?

Popular examples include Walk Hand In Hand With Me, Louez-le, and Christmas, along with everything else in the list above.

Is the C–F–G progression easy to play?

It mixes in a couple of trickier shapes, but it's extremely common and well worth learning early on.

Can I play these songs in a different key?

Yes. Open any song and use the transpose buttons to shift it up or down. The chords and diagrams update automatically, so you can match your voice or a capo.

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