Guitar chords

Every guitar chord as a clear diagram you can hear. Start with the open chords below, then use the chart to find any chord in any key. Each chord page shows the easiest shape first, then barre and up-the-neck versions, with finger-by-finger steps.

Left-handed

Start with these 8 chords

Emminor Amminor Cmajor Gmajor Dmajor Emajor Amajor Dmminor

Guitar chord chart

The 8 most used chord types in all 12 keys. Scroll sideways on a phone.

	major	minor	dominant seventh	minor seventh	major seventh	suspended fourth	suspended second	diminished
C	Cmajor	Cmminor	C7dominant seventh	Cm7minor seventh	Cmaj7major seventh	Csus4suspended fourth	Csus2suspended second	Cdimdiminished
C#	C#major	C#mminor	C#7dominant seventh	C#m7minor seventh	C#maj7major seventh	C#sus4suspended fourth	C#sus2suspended second	C#dimdiminished
D	Dmajor	Dmminor	D7dominant seventh	Dm7minor seventh	Dmaj7major seventh	Dsus4suspended fourth	Dsus2suspended second	Ddimdiminished
D#	D#major	D#mminor	D#7dominant seventh	D#m7minor seventh	D#maj7major seventh	D#sus4suspended fourth	D#sus2suspended second	D#dimdiminished
E	Emajor	Emminor	E7dominant seventh	Em7minor seventh	Emaj7major seventh	Esus4suspended fourth	Esus2suspended second	Edimdiminished
F	Fmajor	Fmminor	F7dominant seventh	Fm7minor seventh	Fmaj7major seventh	Fsus4suspended fourth	Fsus2suspended second	Fdimdiminished
F#	F#major	F#mminor	F#7dominant seventh	F#m7minor seventh	F#maj7major seventh	F#sus4suspended fourth	F#sus2suspended second	F#dimdiminished
G	Gmajor	Gmminor	G7dominant seventh	Gm7minor seventh	Gmaj7major seventh	Gsus4suspended fourth	Gsus2suspended second	Gdimdiminished
G#	G#major	G#mminor	G#7dominant seventh	G#m7minor seventh	G#maj7major seventh	G#sus4suspended fourth	G#sus2suspended second	G#dimdiminished
A	Amajor	Amminor	A7dominant seventh	Am7minor seventh	Amaj7major seventh	Asus4suspended fourth	Asus2suspended second	Adimdiminished
A#	A#major	A#mminor	A#7dominant seventh	A#m7minor seventh	A#maj7major seventh	A#sus4suspended fourth	A#sus2suspended second	A#dimdiminished
B	Bmajor	Bmminor	B7dominant seventh	Bm7minor seventh	Bmaj7major seventh	Bsus4suspended fourth	Bsus2suspended second	Bdimdiminished

All chords by root note

C chords 67 C# chords 67 D chords 67 D# chords 67 E chords 67 F chords 67 F# chords 67 G chords 67 G# chords 66 A chords 67 A# chords 67 B chords 67

Chord types explained

Type	Symbol	Formula	Example
major	C	1 3 5	C on guitar
minor	Cm	1 b3 5	Cm on guitar
dominant seventh	C7	1 3 5 b7	C7 on guitar
minor seventh	Cm7	1 b3 5 b7	Cm7 on guitar
major seventh	Cmaj7	1 3 5 7	Cmaj7 on guitar
suspended fourth	Csus4	1 4 5	Csus4 on guitar
suspended second	Csus2	1 2 5	Csus2 on guitar
diminished	Cdim	1 b3 b5	Cdim on guitar
augmented	Caug	1 3 #5	Caug on guitar
major sixth	C6	1 3 5 6	C6 on guitar
dominant ninth	C9	1 3 5 b7 9	C9 on guitar
added ninth	Cadd9	1 3 5 9	Cadd9 on guitar
half-diminished	Cm7b5	1 b3 b5 b7	Cm7b5 on guitar
diminished seventh	Cdim7	1 b3 b5 bb7	Cdim7 on guitar
dominant seventh suspended fourth	C7sus4	1 4 5 b7	C7sus4 on guitar
power chord	C5	1 5	C5 on guitar
minor sixth	Cm6	1 b3 5 6	Cm6 on guitar
minor ninth	Cm9	1 b3 5 b7 9	Cm9 on guitar
major ninth	Cmaj9	1 3 5 7 9	Cmaj9 on guitar
minor added ninth	Cm(add9)	1 b3 5 9	Cm(add9) on guitar
dominant eleventh	C11	1 3 5 b7 9 11	C11 on guitar
dominant thirteenth	C13	1 3 5 b7 9 13	C13 on guitar
six-nine	C6/9	1 3 5 6 9	C6/9 on guitar
minor eleventh	Cm11	1 b3 5 b7 9 11	Cm11 on guitar

Questions

How many guitar chords are there?

This chart has 803 guitar chords: 24+ chord types in all 12 keys, plus slash chords. Most songs only need a handful: the major, minor and seventh chords of one key.

What guitar chords should a beginner learn first?

Start with Em, Am, C, G, D, E, A, Dm. Together they let you play most pop, folk and rock songs in the keys of G, C and D.

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