Progression

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 Decente and Broken Hearted Girl to hear it in action.

  1. 1081 Decente Adão Negro C 800
  2. 1082 Broken Hearted Girl Beyoncé Dm 800
  3. 1083 Love Abbey Lincoln C 800
  4. 1084 If I Loved You Delta Rae G 800
  5. 1085 Dust on the bottle David Lee Murphy C 799
  6. 1086 Danger Line Avenged Sevenfold Dm 799
  7. 1087 A Whole New World Aladdin D 799
  8. 1088 I Have A Dream Westlife C 799
  9. 1089 Traditional The Parting Glass Dm 799
  10. 1090 Do you want to Franz Ferdinand Bb 799
  11. 1091 End Of The Line Hoodoo Gurus A 799
  12. 1092 Scout Vespers Misc C 799
  13. 1093 Old 67 Elton John G 799
  14. 1094 How great is our god Hillsong Music Australia C 798
  15. 1095 Exagerado Cazuza D 798
  16. 1096 Trading Places Powderfinger A 798
  17. 1097 Some Might Say Oasis D 798
  18. 1098 I Will Remember You Ed Helms C 798
  19. 1099 Outlaw State Of Mind Chris Stapleton D 798
  20. 1100 Atat Rivermaya D 797
  21. 1101 Back To The Land Black Oak Arkansas G 797
  22. 1102 Sommer Farin Urlaub Racing Team Am 797
  23. 1103 Whitewash County Elton John G 797
  24. 1104 Time iOTA G 797
  25. 1105 My girl Temptations C 796
  26. 1106 Musika Florante D 796
  27. 1107 Mmmm mmm mmm... Crash Test Dummies Am 796
  28. 1108 Me deixe só Adalberto e Adriano C 796
  29. 1109 Feels Like Summer Again Wallflowers Am 796
  30. 1110 Sem limites pra se Dar Katinguelê Am 796
  31. 1111 Jesus Oh What A Wonderful Child Mariah Carey F 795
  32. 1112 Bring it on home to me Sam Cooke C 795
  33. 1113 Get back to radio Pink Floyd C 795
  34. 1114 Ehu Girl Kolohe Kai C 795
  35. 1115 Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad Meat Loaf A 795
  36. 1116 One Way Down Useless Id C 795
  37. 1117 I'm Gonna Love Me Again Elton John C 795
  38. 1118 Crazy On You Heart Am 794
  39. 1119 Capital Letters Feat. Bloodpop Hailee Steinfeld C 794
  40. 1120 Cherry Pie Warrant E 794
  41. 1121 Up where we belong Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes D 794
  42. 1122 Out Of My League Fitz And The Tantrums Am 794
  43. 1123 Here I am Air Supply C 794
  44. 1124 Necio Romeo Santos Am 794
  45. 1125 Pienso en ti Chayanne Am 794
  46. 1126 Hurricane Bob Dylan Am 793
  47. 1127 Oi Adalberto e Adriano C 793
  48. 1128 A White Sports Coat Marty Robbins C 793
  49. 1129 Look at Us Vince Gill G 793
  50. 1130 Daylight Yelawolf Dm 793
  51. 1131 Risa Babasónicos Am 793
  52. 1132 Stone Whiskey Myers Am 793
  53. 1133 Blue Moon Bob Dylan C 793
  54. 1134 You Don't Know Me Eydie Gormé C 793
  55. 1135 Green Grass And High Tides The Outlaws Em 792
  56. 1136 The Pleasure's All Mine Ken Mellons C 792
  57. 1137 Can't Do That Dead Moon C 792
  58. 1138 Crying Lightning Arctic Monkeys Am 792
  59. 1139 Pigs on The Wing (parte 1) Pink Floyd G 792
  60. 1140 Forty-six And 2 Tool D 792

Frequently asked questions

What songs use the C–F–G progression?

Popular examples include Decente, Broken Hearted Girl, and Love, 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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