Ukulele chords

Every ukulele chord for standard GCEA tuning, as diagrams you can play back. The first eight chords below cover thousands of songs; the chart has the rest in every key.

Left-handed

Start with these 8 chords

Cmajor Amminor Fmajor Gmajor G7dominant seventh Emminor Dmajor Amajor

Ukulele 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 45 C# chords 45 D chords 45 D# chords 45 E chords 45 F chords 45 F# chords 45 G chords 45 G# chords 45 A chords 45 A# chords 45 B chords 45

Chord types explained

Type	Symbol	Formula	Example
major	C	1 3 5	C on ukulele
minor	Cm	1 b3 5	Cm on ukulele
dominant seventh	C7	1 3 5 b7	C7 on ukulele
minor seventh	Cm7	1 b3 5 b7	Cm7 on ukulele
major seventh	Cmaj7	1 3 5 7	Cmaj7 on ukulele
suspended fourth	Csus4	1 4 5	Csus4 on ukulele
suspended second	Csus2	1 2 5	Csus2 on ukulele
diminished	Cdim	1 b3 b5	Cdim on ukulele
augmented	Caug	1 3 #5	Caug on ukulele
major sixth	C6	1 3 5 6	C6 on ukulele
dominant ninth	C9	1 3 5 b7 9	C9 on ukulele
added ninth	Cadd9	1 3 5 9	Cadd9 on ukulele
half-diminished	Cm7b5	1 b3 b5 b7	Cm7b5 on ukulele
diminished seventh	Cdim7	1 b3 b5 bb7	Cdim7 on ukulele
dominant seventh suspended fourth	C7sus4	1 4 5 b7	C7sus4 on ukulele
minor sixth	Cm6	1 b3 5 6	Cm6 on ukulele
minor ninth	Cm9	1 b3 5 b7 9	Cm9 on ukulele
major ninth	Cmaj9	1 3 5 7 9	Cmaj9 on ukulele
minor added ninth	Cm(add9)	1 b3 5 9	Cm(add9) on ukulele
dominant eleventh	C11	1 3 5 b7 9 11	C11 on ukulele
dominant thirteenth	C13	1 3 5 b7 9 13	C13 on ukulele
six-nine	C6/9	1 3 5 6 9	C6/9 on ukulele
minor eleventh	Cm11	1 b3 5 b7 9 11	Cm11 on ukulele
minor major seventh	Cm(maj7)	1 b3 5 7	Cm(maj7) on ukulele

Questions

How many ukulele chords are there?

This chart has 540 ukulele 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 ukulele chords should a beginner learn first?

Start with C, Am, F, G, G7, Em, D, A. Together they let you play most pop, folk and rock songs in the keys of G, C and D.

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