Song Help Request Songs with a I-IV-I-V progression

Trader Todd · May 24, 2016

I'm looking for a list of pop, rock and country songs with at I-IV-I-V progression. (second time around the last bar turns with a |V/ I /| ). Not just songs with I IV and V chords but that specific progression. I call it the Blue Moon of KT progression. It's My Lazy Day is another example. I know there are 100's more, but I'm drawing a blank.

Ragtime Life · May 31, 2016

I don't really have a list, but I know I'll be able to come up with a few, I daresay. "Wreck of the Old '97" is a song with the progression you specify. I'll see if I can list more at a later date.

Domiuke · May 31, 2016

Ragtime Life said:
I don't really have a list, but I know I'll be able to come up with a few, I daresay. "Wreck of the Old '97" is a song with the progression you specify. I'll see if I can list more at a later date.

that's a very good suggestion, I am very interested.

acmespaceship · May 31, 2016

I am also very interested and looking forward to everyone's contributions. If you're willing to fudge a bit of the timing, try:

Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
Lean on Me
Another Saturday Night (and I ain't got Nobody)
Show Me the Way to Go Home
I Saw Her Standing There

If you change up the timing so the root chord is on the pickup and it's more like IV-I-V-I then you have:

Midnight Special
Lovin' Spoonful
Aloha Oe
On Top of Old Smokey

And of course if you've got Wreck of the Old '97 then you've got Charlie and the MTA.

Trader Todd · May 31, 2016

Great suggestions. Also about 54% of all Buck Owens songs...

Song Help Request Songs with a I-IV-I-V progression

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