Progression
The Pachelbel's progression in G major
Pachelbel's progression in G major plays G, D, Em, Bm and C — I, V, vi, iii and IV — across 8 chords. The eight-chord descending-bass pattern from Pachelbel's Canon in D, borrowed by pop songs from the 1970s onward.
The chords, in order
1GI
2DV
3Emvi
4Bmiii
5CIV
6GI
7CIV
8DV