5 “Sweet” Chord Progression
that will Make you want a Hug Someone.
Today I am going to show you the sweetest chord progressions I can play on guitar.
It was challenging, but we made it.
I really love working on a chord progression based on a specific mood or emotion.
It takes time to get the right chord progression and voicing, and my struggle is always finding the first two chords. Once I get them, it is pretty natural for me to write the whole thing.
But getting the first two chords right is more difficult than you think.
That’s why I will share the 5 sweet chord progressions I came up with, so you can learn from them and come up with your own.
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Which Chord Progressions?
Last Time Together Kind of Hug
This is an unfortunate chord progression in C major.
This is the chord progression: C – G/B – Am – F – C/E – F – C/E – Fadd9 – Am – Em – F – G
The melody starts on the high range. The first chord starts on fret XII, so the melody sounds tiny. This is the best approach if you want to create sweet/sad melodies.
The second part of the music opens up with basic chords in C major.
I love the C/E chord before the Fadd9.
Couple in Love Kind of Hug
This chord progression really reminds me of When you Say Nothing at All by Ronan Keating.
I really love the voicing and melody over this chord progression.
We are in D major Key, and there are two different sections.
The first part is D – A – G. The D major and G major chord are embellished with different extensions. For the D major, you can use a hammer on and pull off on the first string. The G major can be played as Gadd9.
The second part is more melodic, and the melody more predominant. The chord progression is D – A – Bm – G.
Definitely one of my favorite chord progression.
Together Again Kind of Hug
Another chord progression in E major, this time more melodic challenging to play.
The chords are Eadd9 – B/D# – C#min (add9) B – A – E – A – E – A – E – B – E which repeats twice.
Another section at the end of the song goes like this: E – E/A – E/B repeated three times, then Amadd9 and E.
Honestly, one of my favorite progression of chords I’ve ever played.
Father and Son Kind of Hug
We are in E major key, and the chord progression is fascinating and fun to play.
There are three different sections:
The music starts with E – E/F# – A – E – C#m – E – B. The chords are pretty basic and simple to play. The only challenging chord is the E/G#, which is quite stretchy. Take it to step by step with this chord.
Then you have a more difficult chord progression: C#m – B/D# – E – A – C#m – B/D# – E – A
The last section is only few chords: E/G# – A – E/G# – A – E/G# – F#7(13) – B7 – E.
Please don’t Go Kind of Hug.
A major key and a simple arpeggio.
I wrote this music when I was 12, and this is the first time I am recording it, so I hope you like it.
The progression starts with A – A/D – C#m – Bm – A – E, which you can repeat twice. The second section is more challenging, and it goes like this: A – A/D – C#m – D – E – F#m – D – A – E – A.
I am mainly using 153 chord shapes, so the melody is within the chord and easy to play.