I - vi - ii - V - I

Also known as the gospel turnaround.

Five chords walking the circle of fifths back to the tonic, dressed with sevenths the way church and soul players actually voice them. It works as an intro, an outro, or a way to stretch four bars into a longer tag at the end of a song.

Hear it in different keys

In C major

Imaj7 Cmaj7 vim7 Am7 iim7 Dm7 V7 G7 Imaj7 Cmaj7

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In G major

Imaj7 Gmaj7 vim7 Em7 iim7 Am7 V7 D7 Imaj7 Gmaj7

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Each key above has a MIDI download with every chord played back to back, ready to drop into any DAW or notation program.

Roman numerals show scale degree and quality: uppercase for major, lowercase for minor, a small circle for diminished. Tap any chord above to open its full page, with a diagram and playback.