Motown Progression in C#/Db Major for Guitar

The C#/Db Major scale on guitar (C sharp / D flat major): the Motown progression in its chords, with tab you can play along to in the interactive lesson.

Notes: Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

e|--9--11-----|
B|--8---9--11-|
G|--8--10--11-|
D|--8--10--11-|
A|--9--11-----|
E|--8---9--11-|

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
I	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
I	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
I	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
II	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`1 3 3 1 1 1`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 1`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 4`
III	Fm	F Ab C	`x x 3 1 1 x`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
IV	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 1 4`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 6 6 5 4 4`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`4 3 1 1 4 4`
V	Ab	Ab C Eb	`x x 6 5 4 4`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
VI	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
VII	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x 3 4 5 4 x`
VII	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 10 8 7 8`
VII	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`8 9 10 8 x x`
VII	Cdim	C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Db – Gb – Ebm – Ab

e|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|
B|2---------------2---6-------2---------------2---6-------2-------|2---------------------------6---7---2---------------------------|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
D|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|4-------4---------------------------4-------4-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|2---6-------------------------------2---6-----------------------|

e|2-------------------2---6---2-------------------2---6---2-------|4---------------------------2---4---4---------------------------|
B|4-----------2---4-----------4-----------2---4-----------4-------|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|3-------3-------------------3-------3-------------------3-------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|1---4-----------------------1---4-----------------------1---4---|1-------1---4-----------------------1-------1---4---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 1`
I	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 4`
I	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 3 1 1 4`
I	Dbmaj7	Db F Ab C	`x 4 6 5 6 x`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
II	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 1`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 3 1 4 x`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 x`
III	Fm7	F Ab C Eb	`1 3 1 1 1 4`
IV	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
IV	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
IV	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
IV	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
V	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 1 1 1 2`
V	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 3 4 1 1 4`
V	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
V	Ab7	Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 6 5 7 4`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
VI	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
VII	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
VII	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 1 x`
VII	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 1 3 x x`
VII	Cm7b5	C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 1 x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Dbmaj7 – Gbmaj7 – Ebm7 – Ab7

e|1-----------------------4---1-----------------------4---1-------|1-------------------------------2---1---------------------------|
B|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|2-----------------------2---6-------2-----------------------2---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|3-------------------3---------------3-------------------3-------|
D|3---3-----------------------3---3-----------------------3---3---|4-----------3---4-------------------4-----------3---4-----------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|4---1---4---------------------------4---1---4-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|

e|6---------------------------9---11--6---------------------------|2---------------------------2---4---2---------------------------|
B|7-------------------7---11----------7-------------------7---11--|1-----------------------4-----------1-----------------------4---|
G|6-----------6---8-------------------6-----------6---8-----------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|8-------8---------------------------8-------8-------------------|1-------1---4-----------------------1-------1---4---------------|
A|6---9-------------------------------6---9-----------------------|3---3-------------------------------3---3-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 1 1 1 x`
I	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`x 4 3 5 4 x`
I	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 8 10 8 x x`
I	Dbmaj9	Db F Ab C Eb	`9 11 10 8 x x`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
II	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
III	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
III	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 3 5 4 2`
III	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`4 6 4 5 4 4`
III	Fm7b9	F Ab C Eb Gb	`x x 4 5 4 x`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
IV	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`
V	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
V	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 8`
V	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 11 10 11 11 11`
V	Ab9	Ab C Eb Gb Bb	`x 3 4 3 4 x`
VI	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 3 6 x`
VI	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 3 6 6 6 x`
VI	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`6 8 6 6 6 8`
VI	Bbm9	Bb Db F Ab C	`x x x 1 1 1`
VII	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 10 8 11 9`
VII	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
VII	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x x 3 2 2`
VII	Cm7b5b9	C Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 4 4 3 x x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Dbmaj9 – Gbmaj9 – Ebm9 – Ab9

e|------------------------4---------------------------4-----------|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
B|1---------------2---6-------1---------------2---6-------1-------|------------------------2---6-------------------------------2---|
G|1-------1---5---------------1-------1---5---------------1-------|1-------------------3---------------1-------------------3-------|
D|1---3-----------------------1---3-----------------------1---3---|3-----------3---4-------------------3-----------3---4-----------|
A|4---------------------------4---------------------------4-------|1---1---4---------------------------1---1---4-------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|2-----------------------------------2---------------------------|

e|----------------------------9---11------------------------------|----------------------------2---4-------------------------------|
B|11----------------------11----------11----------------------11--|4-----------------------4-----------4-----------------------4---|
G|8---------------8---11--------------8---------------8---11------|1---------------1---5---------------1---------------1---5-------|
D|11------8---11----------------------11------8---11--------------|4-------1---4-----------------------4-------1---4---------------|
A|8---9-------------------------------8---9-----------------------|1---3-------------------------------1---3-----------------------|
E|11----------------------------------11--------------------------|4-----------------------------------4---------------------------|

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