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Before You Go-Go', 'I Guess I'll Always Love You' and 'Everybody Wants To Rule The

World'. It is the main hook of 'Olympian'.

Group 2
This is variation on group 1 – change IV to its relative minor II or switch their positions.

I III II V: C Em Dm G

'Where Do You Go To My Lovely?', 'Goodnight' v, 'Kiss Me' as displaced II V I III,

'Ferry Cross The Mersey' ch.

I IV II V: C F Dm G

'The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight' ch (displaced), 'Loco In Acapulco' ch, 'More Than

This' v, 'Don't Turn Around' ch.

I IV II bVII: C F Dm Bb

'Great Things' ch, 'What's The Frequency, Kenneth?' v.

I IV III V: C F Em G

The gut-wrenching drop from F to Em is "saved" by the reassuring climb back to V. 'A

Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You'.

I VI III V: C Am Em G

'She Loves You' v, 'That's Just What You Are' v.

I VI V III: C Am G Em

'Baby I Need Your Loving' ch; easily confused with IV II I VI in G major.

Group 3
A variation on Group 1. When V goes to the second place and IV is last, it has a softer, less sure effect.

I V II IV: C G Dm F

'Driftwood', 'Halo' ch. The popularity of this progression is indicated by the number of

variations on it: 'Try Not To Breathe' v. displaced to V II IV I, 'On A Day Like Today'

ch. displaced to II IV I V, 'Walking On The Moon' ch displaced as IV I V II.

I V III IV: C G Em F

I V IV II: C G F Dm

'The Day We Caught The Train' ch. 'September Girl' v.

I V IV III: C G F Em

'Stand And Deliver' ch.