perfect simple plan chords

Perfect simple plan is a beautiful song easy to learn for beginners. Simple plan created this song in the D# Major key but we transposed it into the D Major key by placing capo on the first fret on the guitar so you can learn this song easily. In the whole song they use only 5 chords that are D Major, G Major, A Major, E minor and B minor. 

D: This is the I chord and is the tonic chord of the key. It’s a major chord and creates a stable, resolved feeling. It is the root chord that most of the other chords will revolve around.

A: This is the V chord and is the dominant chord of the key. It’s a major chord and creates a sense of tension and anticipation, as it wants to resolve back to the I chord. In this song, the A chord is used to build momentum and drive the song forward.

Bm: This is the vi chord and is a minor chord. It creates a more melancholic or introspective feeling. In “Perfect,” the Bm chord is used to create a contrast in the verses, which helps the chorus to stand out more.

G: This is the IV chord and is a major chord. It creates a sense of stability and is often used to transition between other chords. In “Perfect,” the G chord is used to provide a transitional chord between the Bm and D chords in the verses.

Em: This is the iii chord and is a minor chord. It creates a sense of warmth and tenderness. In the chorus of “Perfect,” the Em chord is used to add a softer, more emotional feeling to the song.

The bridge section of “Perfect” uses the chords Bm, G, D, and A. These chords are also commonly found in the key of D Major, although the order in which they are used in the bridge is different from their order in the verse or chorus.

In summary, the chords for “Perfect” in the key of D Major uses chords I (D), IV (G), V (A), vi (Bm), and iii (Em), with variations in the order of the chords in the different sections of the song. The use of a capo on the second fret allows you to play these chords using familiar chord shapes that you may already know.

Verse- In the first verse they uses the Ⅰ-Ⅳ (D Major- G Major)chords 4 times.

Ⅰ   →   Ⅳ

D       G

And then they played the ⅱ-Ⅳ-Ⅰ-Ⅰ (E minor- G Major- D Major-D Major)

ⅱ   →  Ⅳ   →  Ⅰ   →  Ⅰ

Em     G         D       D

And to end this verse and to move the music to the chorus they played the same chord progression but in the chord progression they replaced the D Major chord with A Major that is the fifth chord of the key and also known as the dominant chord of the scale. Now the chord is ⅱ-Ⅳ-Ⅴ

ⅱ  →  Ⅳ  →  Ⅴ

Em   G        A

Chorus- In the chorus they uses only 1 chord progression 2 times in this chord progression chords move like- D Major, A Major, B minor, A Major, G Major

Ⅰ  → Ⅴ  → ⅵ  → Ⅴ  → Ⅳ

D     A     Bm   A     G

Verse 2- Verse 2 is same like 1 

Chorus2-  Same like First chorus

Bridge-  To create the bridge in this song they uses the 2 Chord progression the first is Ⅳ-Ⅴ-Ⅰ that they played 2 times and in the last part of the bridge they uses ⅵ-Ⅴ-Ⅳ.  

First chord progression- 

Ⅳ  → Ⅴ  → Ⅰ 

G      A      D

Play 1 time more

ⅵ → Ⅴ → Ⅳ

Bm   A     G

Last Chorus- Last chorus was a little different from others. In this chord progression they use only 4 chords instead 5 Chords like they used in the first and second chord progression. Let’s see what chord progression they use in it. 

The chord progression is Ⅰ-Ⅴ-ⅵ-Ⅳ which is a very common chord progression and most of the composers love to use it their song. 

Ⅰ → Ⅴ → ⅵ → Ⅳ

D A     C   G

That for today. If you have any query or suggestion regarding chords feel free to comment and don’t forget to download your free chord chart of the song. There is one more post related to this song from where you can get more information about capo and transposing a song. The post is Hey There Delilah Easy Chords. 

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