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This chart covers guitar chords in every root and quality, from open major and minor shapes to sevenths, suspended chords and extended voicings. Standard guitar tuning is E–A–D–G–B–E from the lowest string to the highest. Each tile opens a complete chord page with several playable positions, the notes in the chord and an in-browser sound reference.
Read each six-string diagram from low E on the left to high E on the right. A 0 means play the open string, x means mute it, and a number names the fret to hold. The fret number beside a movable shape tells you where that diagram starts. Start slowly and make every included string ring cleanly before changing between shapes.
These open-position shapes unlock a large share of beginner songs and make a practical first practice set:
Practise G–D–Em–C for the common I–V–vi–IV sound, C–G–Am–F for the same movement in C, and Am–F–C–G for a minor-key start. Keep a steady four-count, change on beat one, and use the linked pages to compare alternate fingerings when a transition feels awkward. Once the changes are clean, add dominant sevenths such as A7 or D7 to hear how tension pulls toward the next chord.