ii–V–I Progression in A Major for Guitar

The A Major scale on guitar: the ii–V–I progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: A B C# D E F# G#

Tuning: E Standard (E A D G B E)

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--5---7-----|
B|--4---5---7-|
G|--4---6---7-|
D|--4---6---7-|
A|--5---7-----|
E|--4---5---7-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 0`
I	A	A C# E	`x 0 2 2 2 x`
I	A	A C# E	`x x x 2 2 0`
I	A	A C# E	`5 4 2 2 2 5`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 2`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x 2 4 4 3 x`
II	Bm	B D F#	`x x x 4 3 2`
II	Bm	B D F#	`7 9 9 7 7 7`
III	C#m	C# E G#	`x 4 6 6 5 4`
III	C#m	C# E G#	`x 4 6 6 5 x`
III	C#m	C# E G#	`x 4 2 1 2 x`
III	C#m	C# E G#	`x x x 6 5 4`
IV	D	D F# A	`x x 0 2 3 2`
IV	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 2`
IV	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 3 x`
IV	D	D F# A	`x 5 4 2 x x`
V	E	E G# B	`0 2 2 1 0 0`
V	E	E G# B	`x x 2 1 0 0`
V	E	E G# B	`x x 2 1 0 x`
V	E	E G# B	`x x 2 4 5 4`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`2 4 4 2 2 2`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 2`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 5`
VI	F#m	F# A C#	`x x 4 2 2 x`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x x 6 4 3 4`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`4 5 6 4 x x`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x 11 12 13 12 x`
VII	G#dim	G# B D	`x x 0 1 0 x`

ii–V–I (ii–V–I–I)

Chords: Bm – E – A – A

e|2---------------------------5---7---2---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|4-----------2---4-------------------4-----------2---4-----------|1-------------------1---4-----------1-------------------1---4---|
D|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|2-----------0---2-------------------2-----------0---2-----------|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

e|0---------------------------4---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------4---5---0---------------------------|
B|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
G|2-----------1---2-------------------2-----------1---2-----------|2-----------1---2-------------------2-----------1---2-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
A|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x 0 2 1 2 0`
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x 0 2 1 2 x`
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`x x x 2 2 4`
I	Amaj7	A C# E G#	`5 4 2 2 2 4`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 2`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 x`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 x`
II	Bm7	B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 0 2`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 4 6 4 5 4`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 4 2 4 2 x`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 4 6 4 5 x`
III	C#m7	C# E G# B	`x 4 2 4 2 4`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 2`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 7 6 7 5`
IV	Dmaj7	D F# A C#	`x 5 4 2 2 5`
V	E7	E G# B D	`0 2 0 1 0 0`
V	E7	E G# B D	`x x 2 1 3 0`
V	E7	E G# B D	`x x 2 4 3 4`
V	E7	E G# B D	`0 2 0 1 3 0`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 2 2 2 2`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 0 2 2 2 2`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 2 2 2 x`
VI	F#m7	F# A C# E	`2 4 4 2 5 x`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x x 6 7 7 7`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x x 6 4 7 x`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 11 12 11 12 x`
VII	G#m7b5	G# B D F#	`x 11 9 11 9 x`

ii–V–I (ii–V–I–I)

Chords: Bm7 – E7 – Amaj7 – Amaj7

e|2---------------------------5---7---2---------------------------|0-----------------------------------0---------------------------|
B|3-------------------3---7-----------3-------------------3---7---|0---------------------------3---5---0---------------------------|
G|2-----------2---4-------------------2-----------2---4-----------|1-------------------1---4-----------1-------------------1---4---|
D|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|0-----------0---2-------------------0-----------0---2-----------|
A|2---5-------------------------------2---5-----------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|

e|0---------------------------4---5---0---------------------------|0---------------------------4---5---0---------------------------|
B|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|
G|1-----------1---2-------------------1-----------1---2-----------|1-----------1---2-------------------1-----------1---2-----------|
D|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|2-------2---------------------------2-------2-------------------|
A|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|0---4-------------------------------0---4-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`5 4 6 4 x x`
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`5 7 6 4 x x`
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x x 7 4 5 4`
I	Amaj9	A C# E G# B	`x x 7 9 9 7`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 4 7 4 7 x`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 4 7 7 7 x`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`7 9 7 7 7 9`
II	Bm9	B D F# A C#	`x x 0 2 2 2`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x x 11 9 12 10`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x x 11 13 12 10`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`0 2 0 1 0 0`
III	C#m7b9	C# E G# B D	`x x 0 1 0 x`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x x 0 2 2 0`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 2 2 2 x`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`x 5 4 6 5 x`
IV	Dmaj9	D F# A C# E	`10 9 11 9 x x`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`x 7 6 7 7 4`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`x 7 6 7 7 7`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`12 9 12 9 12 x`
V	E9	E G# B D F#	`2 2 0 x x x`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`2 4 2 2 2 4`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`14 11 14 11 14 x`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`14 11 14 14 14 x`
VI	F#m9	F# A C# E G#	`x 0 2 1 2 0`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x x 6 4 7 5`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 2 4 2 3 2`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`x 2 0 2 x x`
VII	G#m7b5b9	G# B D F# A	`2 0 0 x x x`

ii–V–I (ii–V–I–I)

Chords: Bm9 – E9 – Amaj9 – Amaj9

e|----------------------------5---7-------------------------------|4-----------------------7---4-----------------------7---4-------|
B|7-----------------------7-----------7-----------------------7---|7---------------5---9-------7---------------5---9-------7-------|
G|4---------------4---7---------------4---------------4---7-------|7-------4---7---------------7-------4---7---------------7-------|
D|7-------4---7-----------------------7-------4---7---------------|6---6-----------------------6---6-----------------------6---6---|
A|4---5-------------------------------4---5-----------------------|7---------------------------7---------------------------7-------|
E|7-----------------------------------7---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|--------------------------------5-------------------------------|
B|------------------------5---9-------------------------------5---|------------------------5---9-------------------------------5---|
G|4-------------------6---------------4-------------------6-------|4-------------------6---------------4-------------------6-------|
D|6-----------6---7-------------------6-----------6---7-----------|6-----------6---7-------------------6-----------6---7-----------|
A|4---4---7---------------------------4---4---7-------------------|4---4---7---------------------------4---4---7-------------------|
E|5-----------------------------------5---------------------------|5-----------------------------------5---------------------------|

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