Country I–IV–V Progression in F Major for Guitar

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

Notes: F G A Bb C D E

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	F	F A C	`1 3 3 2 1 1`
I	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 1`
I	F	F A C	`x x 3 2 1 x`
I	F	F A C	`x x 3 5 6 5`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`3 5 5 3 3 3`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 3`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 6`
II	Gm	G Bb D	`x x 5 3 3 x`
III	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 0`
III	Am	A C E	`x 0 2 2 1 x`
III	Am	A C E	`x x x 2 1 0`
III	Am	A C E	`5 7 7 5 5 5`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 1`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x 1 3 3 3 x`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`x x x 3 3 1`
IV	Bb	Bb D F	`6 5 3 3 3 6`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 0`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 1 x`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 2 0 x x`
V	C	C E G	`x 3 5 5 5 3`
VI	Dm	D F A	`x x 0 2 3 1`
VI	Dm	D F A	`x 5 3 2 3 x`
VI	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 5`
VI	Dm	D F A	`x 5 7 7 6 x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`0 1 2 0 x x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x 7 8 9 8 x`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x x 14 12 11 12`
VII	Edim	E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`

Country I–IV–V (I–IV–I–V)

Chords: F – Bb – F – C

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

e|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|0-----------------------3---0-----------------------3---0-------|
B|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|1---------------1---5-------1---------------1---5-------1-------|
G|2-------------------2---5-----------2-------------------2---5---|0-------0---3---------------0-------0---3---------------0-------|
D|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|2---2-----------------------2---2-----------------------2---2---|
A|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|3---------------------------3---------------------------3-------|
E|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 2 1 0`
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`1 3 2 2 1 1`
I	Fmaj7	F A C E	`x x 3 5 5 5`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 3`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 3 3 3 x`
II	Gm7	G Bb D F	`3 5 5 3 6 x`
III	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 0`
III	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 0 1 x`
III	Am7	A C E G	`x 0 2 2 1 3`
III	Am7	A C E G	`5 7 5 5 5 5`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 x`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`x x x 3 3 5`
IV	Bbmaj7	Bb D F A	`6 5 3 3 3 5`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 0`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 3`
V	C7	C E G Bb	`x 3 5 3 5 x`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 5`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 x`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 7 5 6 x`
VI	Dm7	D F A C	`x 5 3 5 3 5`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x x 2 0 3 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 8 7 8 x`
VII	Em7b5	E G Bb D	`x 7 5 7 5 x`

Country I–IV–V (I–IV–I–V)

Chords: Fmaj7 – Bbmaj7 – Fmaj7 – C7

e|0-------------------------------1---0---------------------------|1---------------------------5---6---1---------------------------|
B|1-----------------------1---5-------1-----------------------1---|3-------------------3---6-----------3-------------------3---6---|
G|2-------------------2---------------2-------------------2-------|2-----------2---3-------------------2-----------2---3-----------|
D|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|3-------3---------------------------3-------3-------------------|
A|3---0---3---------------------------3---0---3-------------------|1---5-------------------------------1---5-----------------------|
E|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|0-------------------------------1---0---------------------------|3-----------------------3---6---3-----------------------3---6---|
B|1-----------------------1---5-------1-----------------------1---|1-------------------5-----------1-------------------5-----------|
G|2-------------------2---------------2-------------------2-------|3-----------3---5---------------3-----------3---5---------------|
D|3-----------2---3-------------------3-----------2---3-----------|2---2---5-----------------------2---2---5-----------------------|
A|3---0---3---------------------------3---0---3-------------------|3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
E|1-----------------------------------1---------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 0 2 0 x x`
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`1 3 2 0 x x`
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 0 1 0`
I	Fmaj9	F A C E G	`x x 3 5 5 3`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 0 3 x`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 0 3 3 3 x`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`3 5 3 3 3 5`
II	Gm9	G Bb D F A	`x 1 3 2 3 1`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 5 8 6`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x x 7 9 8 6`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 1 2 0 x x`
III	Am7b9	A C E G Bb	`x 3 2 3 1 3`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x 1 0 2 1 x`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 5 7 5 x x`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`6 8 7 5 x x`
IV	Bbmaj9	Bb D F A C	`x x 8 5 6 5`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 0`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x 3 2 3 3 3`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`8 5 8 5 8 x`
V	C9	C E G Bb D	`x x 2 3 3 3`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 7 10 x`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 7 10 10 10 x`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`10 12 10 10 10 12`
VI	Dm9	D F A C E	`1 3 3 2 1 0`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 2 0 3 1`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`3 1 3 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`x x 3 3 3 3`
VII	Em7b5b9	E G Bb D F	`1 1 0 0 x x`

Country I–IV–V (I–IV–I–V)

Chords: Fmaj9 – Bbmaj9 – Fmaj9 – C9

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

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

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