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I vi IV V Last Kiss all (Pearl Jam)


bVI bVII i v The Kill chorus 30 Seconds to Mars
I V vi IV Take on Me all A Ha
I bVII IV Back in Black verse AC/DC
I vi Big Balls chorus AC/DC
I bVI Big Balls verse AC/DC
I IV Highway To Hell chorus AC/DC
I bVII IV It's a Long Way to the Top chorus AC/DC
bVII IV I It's a Long Way to the Top solo AC/DC
I IV V IV You Shook Me All Night Long chorus AC/DC
i bVII bVI Rolling in the Deep chorus Adele
i v bVII v Rolling in the Deep verse Adele
bVI bVII i bVII Rolling in the Deep chorus2 Adele
i bVII iv i Set Fire to the Rain chorus Adele
i bIII bVII iv Set Fire to the Rain verse Adele
bVI iv i Set Fire to the Rain prechorus Adele
I iii vi IV Someone Like You verse Adele
I V vi IV Someone Like You chorus Adele
i bVI Turning Tables verse Adele
i bVI bIII iv Turning Tables chorus Adele
i bVI bVII Dream On chorus Aerosmith
I IV I Sweet Emotion chorus Aerosmith
i bVI IV The Other Side chorus Aerosmith
I IV bVII The Other Side verse Aerosmith
I IV Walk This Way chorus Aerosmith
I vi IV V Unchained Melody (verse) Al Green
I V vi IV Forever Young chorus Alphaville
i iv bVI V Back to Black verse Amy Winehouse
I IV Rebellion (Lies) chorus1 Arcade Fire
i bVI bIII bVII Rebellion (Lies) chorus2 Arcade Fire
I IV I vi Rebellion (Lies) verse Arcade Fire
I vi IV I Wake Up verse Arcade Fire
i bIII bVII i I Bet That You Look Good on the Dance Floor chorus Arctic Monkeys
v iv bIII i I Bet That You Look Good on the Dance Floor verse Arctic Monkeys
IV I Baby I Love You (bridge) Aretha Franklin
I IV I V Baby I Love You (verse) Aretha Franklin
bIII bVII i The Funeral all Band of Horses
I V vi IV Waltzing Matilda all Banjo Patterson
I vi IV V Stand By Me all Ben E. King
I IV V Piece Of My Heart chorus Big Brother & The Holding Company
I ii IV V I Got a Feelin' chorus Billy Currington
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I IV V I Got a Feelin' verse Billy Currington
I IV V IV Piano Man interlude Billy Joel
I IV V River of Dreams verse Billy Joel
bIII IV I Can't Find My Way Home postchorus Blind Faith
IV I Heart Of Glass chorus Blondie
I VI vi I Heart of Glass verse Blondie
bVII IV I After All prechorus Blue Judy
vi IV I All The Things You Know verse Blue Judy
i v bVI bIII And I'm Here chorus Blue Judy
I iii vi V And I'm Here verse Blue Judy
i bIII bVII iv Breathe In chorus Blue Judy
I bVII bIII IV Dances with a Thunder all Blue Judy
I III vi IV Don't Forget bridge Blue Judy
I V vi IV Don't Forget verse Blue Judy
I bVII IV Everyone Remember Your Name chorus Blue Judy
I bVII IV For the Boys bridge Blue Judy
I ii iii IV For the Boys chorus Blue Judy
I vi For the Boys verse Blue Judy
I V ii Go On chorus Blue Judy
i V bVI bVII Go On chorus2 Blue Judy
June Will Make July Blue Judy
Little Town Blue Judy
Marigold Blue Judy
I bVII IV bVI Mulholland bridge Blue Judy
I V IV I Mulholland chorus Blue Judy
i bVII bVI Mulholland solo Blue Judy
I IV Mulholland verse Blue Judy
Nothing Worth Fighting For Blue Judy
I IV bVII Real Thing chorus Blue Judy
i bIII v bVII Silent Charades chorus Blue Judy
The Ending Blue Judy
I IV Window Screen chorus Blue Judy
You're Still Young It's Not Your Fault Blue Judy
I V vi IV Young and Empty verse Blue Judy
i bVIIbVI bVII Don't Fear the Reaper Blue Oyster Cult
I IV ii V Run-Around all Blues Traveler
I IV V Like a Rolling Stone chorus Bob Dylan
I IV Like a Rolling Stone intro Bob Dylan
IV iii ii I Like a Rolling Stone prechorus Bob Dylan
I ii iii IV Like a Rolling Stone verse Bob Dylan
i bVI i I Shot the Sheriff chorus Bob Marley
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bVI bVII i I Shot the Sheriff verse Bob Marley
I V vi IV No Woman No Cry all Bob Marley
I vi IV V Total Eclipse of the Heart chorus Bonnie Tyler
i bVII Total Eclipse of the Heart verse1 Bonnie Tyler
I bVII Total Eclipse of the Heart verse2 Bonnie Tyler
I V vi IV The Story all Brandi Carlile
i bVI bIII bVII Honest Mistake chorus Bravery
i bIII bVII Honest Mistake prechorus Bravery
i bIII bVII iv Honest Mistake verse Bravery
i bVI bIII bVII Grenade chorus Bruno Mars
i v Grenade verse Bruno Mars
I V IV The Lazy Song all Bruno Mars
I bVII IV I Lit Up (verse) Buckcherry
I bVII IV bIII Lit Up bridge Buckcherry
bVI bIII bVII IV Lit Up chorus Buckcherry
I vi IV V Everyday Buddy Holly And The Crickets
I bVII IV bVI For What it's Worth chorus Buffalo Springfield
I IV For What it's Worth verse Buffalo Springfield
ii vi I IV Feel So Close all Calvin Harris
IV V I vi Viva La Vida all Coldplay
I IV ii A Long December chorus Counting Crows
I IV ii IV A Long December postchorus Counting Crows
V bVII IV Sunshine Of Your Love chorus Cream
I bVII IV bVI White Room (verse) Cream
i bVII v IV White Room intro Cream
I bVII IV I Fortunate Son verse Creedence Clearwater Revival
I IV V Bad Day verse Daniel Powter
I IV ii V Bad Day chorus Daniel Powter
vi V IV I Bad Day chorus2 Daniel Powter
vi bVI I II Bad Day awesome Daniel Powter
bVII I Heroes chorus1 David Bowie
v ii I Heroes chorus2 David Bowie
bVII IV I Heroes chorus3 David Bowie
I IV Heroes verse David Bowie
I ii IV V Young Americans chorus David Bowie
vi II V I Crooked Teeth verse Death Cab for Cutie
i V bVII V Crooked Teeth verse Death Cab for Cutie
i bIII bVII Soul Meets Body chorus1 Death Cab for Cutie
i bVI bVII Soul Meets Body chorus2 Death Cab for Cutie
i bIII Soul Meets Body verse Death Cab for Cutie
IV bII I Smoke On The Water chorus Deep Purple
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I vi Runaway chorus Del Shannon
I IV Runaway outro Del Shannon
i bVII bVI V Runaway verse Del Shannon
i bVI bVII i Layla chorus Derek And The Dominos
ii V I IV Layla verse Derek And The Dominos
I vi IV V Runaround Sue all Dion
i bVI V Sultans of Swing (verse) Dire Straits
i bVII Sultans of Swing intro Dire Straits
i bVI bVII Sultans of Swing Dire Straits
i bIII iv V Deadwood verse Dirty Pretty Things
I V IV The Boys Of Summer chorus Don Henley
i bVI bVII bVI The Boys Of Summer verse Don Henley
iv v i Hot Stuff chorus Donna Summer
i v i Nuthin But A G Thang Dr. Dre
I IV I Son Of A Preacher Man most Dusty Springfield
I V vi IV Save Tonight chorus Eagle Eye Cherry
I bVII IV bVI That's the Way of the World verse Earth Wind & Fire
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I IV V I C'mon Everybody chorus Eddie Cochran
I IV V I Summertime Blues verse Eddie Cochran
I V vi IV Can You Feel the Love Tonight chorus Elton John
I IV vi IV Candle In The Wind verse Elton John
I vi IV V Crocodile Rock chorus Elton John
I iii IV V Crocodile Rock verse Elton John
ii V I IV Goodbye Yellow Brick Road aa-aa Elton John
I IV Rocket Man chorus1 Elton John
IV I Rocket Man chorus2 Elton John
i IV Rocket Man verse Elton John
IV I ii Tiny Dancer chorus1 Elton John
IV I V Tiny Dancer chorus2 Elton John
I IV Tiny Dancer verse Elton John
I V Watching The Detectives chorus Elvis Costello
i bVI Watching The Detectives verse Elvis Costello
IV V I All Shook Up chorus Elvis Presley
i bVI bVII Lose Yourself chorus Eminem
i bVI Lose Yourself verse Eminem
i bVI bVII bIII Stan all Eminem
IV V I vi Wonderful Tonight chorus Eric Clapton
I V IV V Wonderful Tonight verse Eric Clapton
i bVI V Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) most Eurythmics
i bVII bIII bVI Dance Dance bridge Fall Out Boy
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i bIII bVI V Dance Dance chorus Fall Out Boy
i bVII bVI bVII Dance Dance verse Fall Out Boy
i bVI bVII Go Your Own Way chorus Fleetwood Mac
i bVI Rhiannon verse Fleetwood Mac
I IV Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac
bVII ii I Times Like These (chorus) Foo Fighters
I bVII IV Times Like These (intro) Foo Fighters
I v bVII I Times Like These (verse) Foo Fighters
I V ii V I Want To Know What Love Is chorus Foreigner
i bIII bVII IV Pumped Up Kicks all Foster the People
ii V My Sweet Lord chorus George Harrison
I vi My Sweet Lord chorus George Harrison
i iv bVI v Careless Whisper all George Michael
I bVI bIII V Crazy (verse) Gnarls Barkley
i bIII bVI V Crazy chorus Gnarls Barkley
IV I Slide chorus Goo Goo Dolls
vi V IV I Slide intro Goo Goo Dolls
i bVII bVI Slide verse Goo Goo Dolls
I V vi IV When I Come Around all Green Day
I IV bVII I Paradise City chorus Guns N Roses
I bVII IV I Sweet Child O Mine verse Guns N Roses
bVI bVII I Welcome To The Jungle chorus Guns N Roses
i bVII bVI IV Welcome To The Jungle intro Guns N Roses
I vi V IV Amsterdam postchorus Guster
I vi iii V Amsterdam Guster
vi ii IV I Fa Fa verse Guster
vi I V IV Keep It Together (bridge) Guster
i bIII bVI iv Keep It Together verse Guster
I ii Keep it Together verse Guster
i bIII iv i Keep It Together verse2 Guster
i bIII bVI Satellite chorus1 Guster
i bIII bVI iv Satellite chorus2 Guster
i bVI iv Satellite intro Guster
i bVII iv Satellite verse1 Guster
i bVII bVI Satellite verse2 Guster
i bVI bIII bVII Stereo Heart chorus Gym Class Heroes
I iii vi IV Stereo Heart oh-oh Gym Class Heroes
I V bVII IV Middle of Nowhere chorus Hot Hot Heat
I v bVII IV Middle of Nowhere verse Hot Hot Heat
I V vi IV You're Beautiful verse James Blunt
i v It's a Man's Man's Man's World verse James Brown
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IV ii I Fire And Rain chorus James Taylor
I v bVII Fire And Rain chorus James Taylor
I IV I Fire And Rain verse1 James Taylor
I V vi IV I'm Yours all Jason Mraz
I bIII IV I Are You Gonna Be My Girl chorus Jet
I bVII Are You Gonna Be My Girl verse Jet
i bVII bVI bVII All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix
I bIII IV Purple Haze verse Jimi Hendrix
V IV I Voodoo Chile chorus Jimi Hendrix
IV V I Cheeseburger in Paradise chorus Jimmy Buffett
IV V I Margaritaville chorus Jimmy Buffett
ii V I vi If I Could Fly chorus Joe Satriani
IV V I III Imagine chorus John Lennon
I IV Imagine verse John Lennon
I V vi IV Don't Stop Believin verse Journey
I vi IV V Baby chorus Justin Bieber
I IV V IV Walking on Sunshine verse Katrina and the Waves
I ii vi IV Firework all Katy Perry
bVI iv i bVII Last Friday Night all Katy Perry
IV vi V Teenage Dream all Katy Perry
bVI bVII i TiK ToK all Ke$ha
I bVII IV I Born This Way chorus Lady Gaga
I V vi IV Poker Face chorus Lady Gaga
i bIII IV bVI Babe I'm Gonna Leave You all Led Zeppelin
I V bVII IV Celebration Day chorus Led Zeppelin
I vi IV V D'yer Mak'er verse Led Zeppelin
I IV V Fool in the Rain breakdown Led Zeppelin
I bVII IV Hey Hey What Can I Do chorus Led Zeppelin
I V bVII IV Hey Hey What Can I Do verse Led Zeppelin
I V Over the Hills and Far Away intro Led Zeppelin
I IV bIII Ramble On (chorus) Led Zeppelin
I IV Ramble On verse Led Zeppelin
i bVII bVI Stairway to Heaven solo Led Zeppelin
bIII bVI i Stairway to Heaven verse Led Zeppelin
I bVII IV I Thank You verse Led Zeppelin
IV V I II The Wanton Song solo Led Zeppelin
I bVII Whole Lotta Love chorus Led Zeppelin
I V bVII IV Are You Gonna Go My Way bridge Lenny Kravitz
I vi IV V Bleeding Love all Leona Lewis
i bVII bVI Party Rock Anthem all LFMAO
I iii vi iv How to Love all Lil Wayne
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I IV bVI The Fear verse Lily Allen
bIII bVII i Simple Man all Lynyrd Skynyrd
I bVII IV Sweet Home Alabama all Lynyrd Skynyrd
I V vi IV Sex and Candy chorus Marcy Playground
I V vi IV She Will Be Loved chorus Maroon 5
i V Wake Up Call chorus Maroon 5
I V vi IV Land Down Under chorus Men at Work
i bVII i bVI Land Down Under verse Men at Work
I V vi IV Happy Ending chorus Mika
bVI v i Cooler Than Me all Mike Posner
vi IV I Little Lion Man chorus Mumford and Sons
i bIII Little Lion Man verse Mumford and Sons
I ii vi IV Starlight verse Muse
iv bIII bVII Blankest Year chorus Nada Surf
i bVI bIII bVI Blankest Year verse Nada Surf
I V vi IV Torn chorus Natalie Imbruglia
I V vi IV Super Bass all Nicki Minaj
i bIII iv Hurt verse Nine Inch Nails
bVI IV I The Hand That Feeds (chorus) Nine Inch Nails
i bVII Come As You Are verse Nirvana
I IV bIII bVI Smells Like Teen Spirit verse Nirvana
I bVII IV V Champagne Supernova chorus Oasis
I iii vi IV Secrets all OneRepublic
I IV V vi Hey Ya (all) Outkast
i bIII bVII Crazy Train intro Ozzy Osbourne
bIII bVII i Another Brick in the Wall chorus Pink Floyd
I V IV Give Me Everything intro Pit Bull
i bVI bIII bVII Give Me Everything chorus Pit Bull
I vi iii IV Where Is My Mind chorus Pixies
IV V I vi Hey There Delilah bridge Plain White T’s
i bVI bVII Hey There Delilah prechorus Plain White T’s
I vi Hey There Delilah verse Plain White T’s
bVI bVII I Crazy Little Thing Called Love outro Queen
I IV bVII Crazy Little Thing Called Love verse Queen
I iv I Believe I Can Fly verse R Kelly
IV I V vi Party Shaker all R.I.O.
I III IV iv Creep all Radiohead
i v bVI bIII Seventeen Years chorus Ratatat
bVI i bVI bIII Seventeen Years verse Ratatat
i bVII bVI V Hit the Road Jack all Ray Charles
I V vi IV Under the Bridge verse Red Hot Chili Peppers
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I bVII IV Cheers (Drink to That) all Rihanna
I IV V La Bamba verse Ritchie Valens
I V I IV Satisfaction prechorus Rolling Stones
I IV Satisfaction verse Rolling Stones
IV I ii Horse Outside all Rubberbandits
I vi IV V Wonderful World Sam Cooke
i bVI bIII bVII Building a Mystery chorus Sarah McLachlan
i bVII iv Ice Cream chorus Sarah McLachlan
I IV Nobody's Baby verse Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
I bVI bVII All I Wanna Do chorus Sheryl Crow
I V ii IV All Star verse Smash Mouth
i bVI bIII bVII Bullet with Butterfly Wings chorus Smashing Pumpkins
vi IV I Disarm verse Smashing Pumpkins
I ii IV Mayonaise intro Smashing Pumpkins
I vi IV Mayonaise verse Smashing Pumpkins
IV I IV vi Young, Wild & Free all, 1st half Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
IV vi IV I Young, Wild & Free all, 1st half Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
vi IV I Balk chorus Speechwriters LLC
I bVII Balk verse Speechwriters LLC
i bIII I Turn My Camera On verse Spoon
I IV The Joker chorus Steve Miller Band
I IV V IV The Joker verse Steve Miller Band
I V vi IV Life by the Drop verse Stevie Ray Vaughan
I III vi V Santeria verse Sublime
i bVI bVII i Eye of the Tiger verse Survivor
vi V I IV Dynamite chorus Taio Cruz
I iii IV I The Weight verse The Band
I V IV The Weight verse The Band
I IV V bVII Up on Cripple Creek (chorus) The Band
A Day In The Life The Beatles
A Hard Days Night The Beatles
All You Need Is Love The Beatles
Can t Buy Me Love The Beatles
Come Together The Beatles
i bVI Drive My Car chorus The Beatles
I IV Drive My Car verse The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby The Beatles
Help The Beatles
I bVII IV I Hey Jude nah nah The Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles
I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles
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In My Life The Beatles
I V vi IV Let it Be verse The Beatles
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) The Beatles
Penny Lane The Beatles
Please Please Me The Beatles
Rain The Beatles
I IV Revolution verse The Beatles
vi II V I Rocky Racoon all The Beatles
She Loves You The Beatles
Something The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles
Ticket To Ride The Beatles
While My Guitar Gently Weeps The Beatles
With A Little Help From My Friends The Beatles
I V I Yellow Submarine chorus The Beatles
V I ii V Yellow Submarine verse The Beatles
Yesterday The Beatles
I V vi IV Wherever You Will Go chorus The Calling
IV vi I Exploding Boy verse The Cure
I IV II V I Believe in a Thing Called Love chorus The Darkness
i bVII Under The Boardwalk chorus The Drifters
I V IV Already Gone all The Eagles
IV I ii III Hotel California chorus The Eagles
I IV Peaceful Easy Feeling verse The Eagles
i bVII bVI Jenny Was a Friend of Mine verse The Killers
bVI bVII i V Jenny Was a Friend of Mine prechorus The Killers
I IV V IV Louie Louie verse The Kingsmen
I IV bVII Lola verse The Kinks
i bVI bVII bIII Naive verse The Kooks
i bVI bVII All I Want (verse) The Offspring
i bVI bIII bVII All I Want chorus The Offspring
i V bVII IV Amazed chorus The Offspring
i bVII IV bIII Amazed verse The Offspring
i bVII IV i Change the World chorus The Offspring
i bIII bVII Change the World postchorus The Offspring
bVII IV I Change the World prechorus The Offspring
i bVII IV Change the World verse The Offspring
bVI bIII bVII IV Cool to Hate (chorus) The Offspring
i bIII bVII IV Cool to Hate (chorus) The Offspring
i bVII Cool to Hate verse1 The Offspring
i bVII bVI bVII Cool to Hate verse2 The Offspring
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I bVII IV Don't Pick it Up all The Offspring
i bIII bVII IV Gone Away all The Offspring
I bVII IV I Choose chorus The Offspring
I bIII IV I Choose verse The Offspring
I V vi IV Leave it Behind chorus The Offspring
i bVII Leave it Behind verse The Offspring
I bVII IV I Me & My Old Lady chorus The Offspring
bVII IV I Mota chorus The Offspring
i bVI bVII Mota verse The Offspring
i bVI bIII bVII Self Esteem verse The Offspring
bIII IV I Way Down the Line bridge The Offspring
I IV V IV Way Down the Line outro The Offspring
I IV Way Down the Line verse The Offspring
IV I Earth Angel bridge The Penguins
I vi IV V Earth Angel verse The Penguins
I V IV iii Such Great Heights (chorus) The Postal Service
I iii ii V Such Great Heights (verse) The Postal Service
bVI bVII I Steady As She Goes postchorus The Raconteurs
i V bVII IV Steady As She Goes verse The Raconteurs
i IV Reptilia verse The Strokes
I vi IV V My Girl verse The Temptations
I IV My Girl verse The Temptations
I IV vi V The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Tokens
I IV V IV Wild Thing chorus The Troggs
I v bVII IV Bittersweet Symphony all The Verve
i bIII bVI V Seven Nation Army verse The White Stripes
I V vi IV Africa chorus Toto
bIII bVII I Sunday Bloody Sunday postchorus U2
I ii Sunday Bloody Sunday prechorus U2
i bIII bVI Sunday Bloody Sunday verse U2
I V vi IV With or Without You all U2
i bVI bVII V Scream all Usher
IV V I vi Brown Eyed Girl chorus Van Morrison
I IV I V Brown Eyed Girl verse Van Morrison
i bVI iv V Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt verse We Are Scientists
I vi IV I (If You're Wondering if I Want You to) I Want You To (verse) Weezer
I IV V IV Beverly Hills chorus Weezer
I IV Beverly Hills verse Weezer
vi ii V I Island in the Sun chorus Weezer
vi III IV I Say It Ain't So verse Weezer
I IV V IV Undone (The Sweater Song) all Weezer
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I vi IV V I Will Always Love You chorus Whitney Houston
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