Progression

Songs You Can Play with D, A, G

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

The D–A–G progression uses just 3 chords (D, A, and G) and powers 1,476 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 Fallen and Come All You Vagabonds to hear it in action.

  1. 1021 Fallen Volbeat D 799
  2. 1022 Come All You Vagabonds Stuart Townsend D 799
  3. 1023 End Of The Line Hoodoo Gurus A 799
  4. 1024 Eternidad Nicole Natalino A 798
  5. 1025 Close to you Whigfield D 798
  6. 1026 I'm My Own Grandpa Ray Stevens D 798
  7. 1027 Some Might Say Oasis D 798
  8. 1028 Los Dos Cogidos De La Mano Alejandro Sanz D 798
  9. 1029 The Wire Haim D 798
  10. 1030 Outlaw State Of Mind Chris Stapleton D 798
  11. 1031 Crash You Me At Six D 798
  12. 1032 Non,je ne regrette rien Cássia Eller D 798
  13. 1033 Atat Rivermaya D 797
  14. 1034 Say It Isn't So Gareth Gates D 797
  15. 1035 Sun Comes Up Its Tuesday Morning Cowboy Junkies E 797
  16. 1036 Domingo na missa Adelino Nascimento D 797
  17. 1037 Always Coming Back One Ok Rock Bm 797
  18. 1038 Galway Girl Steve Earle D 796
  19. 1039 My girl Temptations C 796
  20. 1040 Good Times Hoodoo Gurus G 796
  21. 1041 Rewind Pop Evil Em 796
  22. 1042 I Won't hold you back Toto D 796
  23. 1043 Lust For Life Iggy Pop A 796
  24. 1044 Sem limites pra se Dar Katinguelê Am 796
  25. 1045 Looking Up Elton John A 796
  26. 1046 Black Friday Steely Dan E 795
  27. 1047 Colibrí Alejandro Filio G 795
  28. 1048 What are you doing The Beatles D 795
  29. 1049 Cold Hard Bitch Jet D 795
  30. 1050 Miracle A1 D 794
  31. 1051 Crazy On You Heart Am 794
  32. 1052 Bar Op De Aar Koos Kombuis D 794
  33. 1053 Liewe Ouers Robbie Wessels D 794
  34. 1054 Sweet Sensation UB40 D 794
  35. 1055 Cherry Pie Warrant E 794
  36. 1056 Thank You Ang Babait Ninyo Abs-cbn Artists D 794
  37. 1057 Cattle And Cane Go-Betweens D 794
  38. 1058 Pienso en ti Chayanne Am 794
  39. 1059 Itni Si Baat Hai Arijit Singh D 793
  40. 1060 The Glory The Cranberries D 793
  41. 1061 Today Willamette Stone D 793
  42. 1062 Oh My Soul Casting Crowns G 793
  43. 1063 Green Grass And High Tides The Outlaws Em 792
  44. 1064 Pigs on The Wing (parte 1) Pink Floyd G 792
  45. 1065 Cigarette Smoke Arctic Monkeys A 792
  46. 1066 300 Mph Torrential Outpour Blues White Stripes E 792
  47. 1067 Rushing Waters Aaron Shust G 792
  48. 1068 All Kinds Of Everything Sinéad O'Connor G 792
  49. 1069 I Love My Mom The Roches D 792
  50. 1070 I Love You Tesla A 792
  51. 1071 Happy Alexia G 791
  52. 1072 Remember a day Pink Floyd E 791
  53. 1073 Ballad of Dwight frye Alice Cooper E 790
  54. 1074 Oh Tu Fidelidad Hymn D 790
  55. 1075 Un Poco Loco Disney D 790
  56. 1076 Emma Rose Kate Wolf Emm 790
  57. 1077 Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf Eb 790
  58. 1078 The Voice The Moody Blues Em 790
  59. 1079 Boulevard of Broken Dreams Green Day Em 790
  60. 1080 Beautiful People Australian Crawl A 789

Frequently asked questions

What songs use the D–A–G progression?

Popular examples include Fallen, Come All You Vagabonds, and End Of The Line, along with everything else in the list above.

Is the D–A–G progression easy to play?

Yes, it's built entirely from beginner-friendly open chords, which makes it a great first progression to master.

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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