Motown Progression in F#/Gb Major for Guitar

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

Notes: Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb F

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

Scale

Scale shapes

CAGED - E Shape

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

Basic Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`2 4 4 3 2 2`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 2`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 3 2 x`
I	Gb	Gb Bb Db	`x x 4 6 7 6`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`4 6 6 4 4 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 4`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 7`
II	Abm	Ab B Eb	`x x 6 4 4 x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x 1 3 3 2 x`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`x x x 3 2 1`
III	Bbm	Bb Db F	`6 8 8 6 6 6`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 2`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`x 2 4 4 4 x`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`x x x 4 4 2`
IV	B	B Eb Gb	`7 6 4 4 4 7`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 1`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 2 x`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 3 1 x x`
V	Db	Db F Ab	`x 4 6 6 6 4`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x x 1 3 4 2`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 4 3 4 x`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 6`
VI	Ebm	Eb Gb Bb	`x 6 8 8 7 x`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`x x 3 1 0 1`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`1 2 3 1 x x`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 8 9 10 9 x`
VII	Fdim	F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Gb – B – Abm – Db

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

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

Seventh Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 3 2 1`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 3 3 2 2`
I	Gbmaj7	Gb Bb Db F	`x x 4 6 6 6`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 4`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 4 4 4 x`
II	Abm7	Ab B Eb Gb	`4 6 6 4 7 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 1`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 1 2 x`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`x 1 3 3 2 4`
III	Bbm7	Bb Db F Ab	`6 8 6 6 6 6`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 x`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`x x x 4 4 6`
IV	Bmaj7	B Eb Gb Bb	`7 6 4 4 4 6`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 1`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 4`
V	Db7	Db F Ab B	`x 4 6 4 6 x`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 6`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 x`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 8 6 7 x`
VI	Ebm7	Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 6 4 6 4 6`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 4 4 4`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x x 3 1 4 x`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 9 8 9 x`
VII	Fm7b5	F Ab B Eb	`x 8 6 8 6 x`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Gbmaj7 – Bmaj7 – Abm7 – Db7

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

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

Ninth Chords

Chords

Degree	Chord	Notes	Fingering (low to high)
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 1 3 1 x x`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`2 4 3 1 x x`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 1 2 1`
I	Gbmaj9	Gb Bb Db F Ab	`x x 4 6 6 4`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 1 4 x`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 1 4 4 4 x`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`4 6 4 4 4 6`
II	Abm9	Ab B Eb Gb Bb	`x 2 4 3 4 2`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 6 9 7`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x x 8 10 9 7`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 2 3 1 x x`
III	Bbm7b9	Bb Db F Ab B	`x 4 3 4 2 4`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x 2 1 3 2 x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 6 8 6 x x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`7 9 8 6 x x`
IV	Bmaj9	B Eb Gb Bb Db	`x x 9 6 7 6`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 1`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x 4 3 4 4 4`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`9 6 9 6 9 x`
V	Db9	Db F Ab B Eb	`x x 1 1 0 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 8 11 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 8 11 11 11 x`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`11 13 11 11 11 13`
VI	Ebm9	Eb Gb Bb Db F	`2 4 4 3 2 1`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 3 1 4 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 1 1 0 2`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`4 2 4 4 4 4`
VII	Fm7b5b9	F Ab B Eb Gb	`x x 4 4 4 4`

Motown (I–IV–ii–V)

Chords: Gbmaj9 – Bmaj9 – Abm9 – Db9

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

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

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