Chord inversions
implementing inversions
part 1: theory of inversions
part 2: open position inversions
Open Position Guitar Progressions with Inversions – Major Triads
1.
| C | G/B | Am | F |
2.
| F | F/A | Bb | C |
3.
| A E/G# | F#m A/E | D A/C# | B7 E7 |
4.
| G G7/B | C A7/C# | D B7/D# | Em D/F# |
5.
| Am | Am/G | D/F# | Dm/F E7 |
6.
| D | D/C | G/B | Gm/Bb |
7.
| C | F/C | G/D | Em |
8.
| D A/C# | Bm Bm7/A | G G/F# | Em/G A7 |
Open Position Guitar Progressions with Inversions – Minor Triads
||: Em | Em/G | Am | Am/C | Bm | Bm/D | Bm/F# | D/F# :||
2.
||: Am | Am/C | Dm | Dm/F | Em | Em/G | Em/B | G/B :||
||: Dm | Dm/F | Gm | Gm/Bb | Am | Am/C | Am/E | F/A :||
||: Cm | Cm/Eb | Fm | Fm/Ab | Gm | Gm/Bb | Gm/D | Eb/G :||
||: Bm | Bm/D | Em | Em/G | F#m | F#m/A | F#m/C# | A/C# :||
||: F#m | F#m/A | Bm | Bm/D | C#m | C#m/E | C#m/G# | A/E :||
||: G#m | G#m/B | C#m | C#m/E | D#m | D#m/F# | D#m/A# | B/D# :||
||: Fm | Fm/Ab | Bbm | Bbm/Db | Cm | Cm/Eb | Cm/G | Ab/C :||
||: Bbm | Bbm/Db | Ebm | Ebm/Gb | Fm | Fm/Ab | Fm/C | Db/F :||
part 3: moveable inversions
More Progressions with Inversions
9.
| E | A/C# | B/D# | A/C# |
10.
| F#m | D/F# | A/E | B/D# |
11.
| Gm | C/E | F | F/A |
12.
| D | Bm | G/B | A/C# |
13.
| Bm | Em/G | A/C# | D/F# |
14.
| A | F#m | Bm/D | E/G# |
15.
| G | C/E | Em/G | D/F# |
16.
| F | C/E | Dm/F | Bb/D |
17.
| Am | D/F# | G/B | C/E |
18.
| C#m | A/C# | F#/A# | B/D# |
summary of how to play moveable inversions
part 4: famous songs that use inversions
“Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon
| C | C/E | F | % |
“Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel
| E | F#m | E/G# | A B |
“Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran
| D | D/F# | G | A |
“Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
| G D/F# | Em | F C | D |
“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” by Gaye & Terrell
| Bm7/A | G#m7b5 | Gmaj7 F#m7 | Em9 D/F# G E/G# |
“God Only Knows” by Beach Boys
| D/A | Bm6 | F#m7 | B7/A |
| E/B | Cdim7 | E/B | Bbm7b5 |
| A | E/G# | F#m7 |
“Something” by Beatles
| F | Eb G/D | C |
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Elvis
| D/A | A | D |
“Hakuna Matata” by Elton John
| C/G | G | C |
“Don’t Think Twice” by Bob Dylan
| E/B | B | E |
“Carolina on My Mind”
| D A/C# | Bm A | G D/F# | Em7 A7sus |
“Wonderful Tonight” by Eric Clapton:
| G | D/F# | C | D |
“Your Song” by Elton John
[Verse]
|| Eb Abmaj7 | Bb/D Gm | Cm Cm/Bb | Am7b5 Ab |
| Eb/Bb Bb | G/B Cm | Eb Fm7 | 1. Ab Bb :|| 2. Ab Eb ||
[Chorus]
|| Bb/D Cm | Fm7 Abmaj7 | Bb/D Cm | Fm Ab |
| Cm Cm/Bb | Am7b5 Ab6 | Eb/G Fm | Ab Bb ||
“After All These Years” by Journey
intro/ interlude
||: B F#/A# | G#m F# | E G#m | F# :||
verse
|| B / / F#/A#| G#m | E | B/F# F# |
| D#m7 | G#m | E | B/F# F# |
| G#m7 | F#7sus F#7 | C#/E# | E69 E |
| C#m / / B/D# | E F# | B | B/D# / B F#/A# ||
chorus
||: G#m E | 2/4 B | 4/4 F# :||
| C#m / / B/D# | E F# |
