Royal Road, Sevenths

IVM7–V7–iii7–vi7 · C major · IVM7–V7–iii7–vi7

Royal Road, Sevenths is a chord pattern you can play in any key. The degrees are IVM7–V7–iii7–vi7.

The Royal Road with every chord turned into a seventh. Same progression, but much softer and more urban in colour.

Patterns are common chord moves. They are not the chart of a recorded hit.

Patterns are named by theory. Play them in any key that fits your voice.

Each song page has a chord chart, fingerings, and the same song in every key.

The pattern

IVM7 – V7 – iii7 – vi7

Fmaj7 · G7 · Em7 · Am7

Chord chart
1	Fmaj7	G7	Em7	Am7

Sevenths keep ringing across chord changes, so do not cut the words at the boundaries; let them straddle. Suits a slow chorus at 85–100 BPM.

HANABI · Mr.Children. Chorus only, and the second chord is played as a V/IV slash chord so the bass steps down like a staircase. The last bar adds one more V.
Love Scenario (Sarangeul Haetda) · iKON. CM7–D–Bm7–Em7 in G major. The second chord is a plain D triad rather than V7, and every other lap becomes CM7–D–Em7–G, changing the last two chords.

These songs use this pattern. This is not their chord chart: real recordings differ in key, rhythm and the chords they add.

No Songbook entry uses this pattern as a run of chords.