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Beginner guitar chords

The first chords most guitar players learn: C, A, G, E, D, Am, Em and Dm. Learn them one at a time, and practise changing between two of them until the change is smooth before adding the next. Between them they play the chords of a great many songs.

Hear the chords

Ready-made PDF, white to save ink: A4 · US Letter

Strum or arpeggiate any chord, tap a note to hear it, drag the strip under a picture to play it further up the neck, or pick another inversion. Library opens the chord there, with every other way to play it.

C

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Open C

EADGBER3RnoteCEGCEroleR35R3fret32010frets 1–3C2C3C4C5

A

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Open A

EADGBE5R3noteAEAC♯EroleR5R35fret02220fret 2C2C3C4C5

G

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Open G

EADGBER3RnoteGBDGBGroleR35R3Rfret320003frets 2–3C2C3C4C5

E

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Open E

EADGBE5R3noteEBEG♯BEroleR5R35Rfret022100frets 1–2C2C3C4C5

D

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Open D

EADGBE5R3noteDADF♯roleR5R3fret0232frets 2–3C2C3C4C5

Am

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Open Am

EADGBE5R♭3noteAEACEroleR5R♭35fret02210frets 1–2C2C3C4C5

Em

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Open Em

EADGBE5RnoteEBEGBEroleR5R♭35Rfret022000fret 2C2C3C4C5

Dm

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Open Dm

EADGBE5R♭3noteDADFroleR5R♭3fret0231frets 1–3C2C3C4C5

The chords on this chart

C, A, G, E, D, Am, Em, Dm. Each name opens the chord in the Library, with every other way to play it, to hear and to look at closely.

How to read a chord diagram

The vertical lines are the strings, the lowest on the left, and the horizontal lines are the frets, with the nut at the top. A dot is where a finger goes, and its number says which finger: 1 the index, 2 the middle, 3 the ring, 4 the little finger. The root of the chord is marked in colour. An ○ above a string means play it open; an ✕ means do not play it. A number beside the diagram is the fret it starts at.

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