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Open G Chord Chart

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Tools Chords Open G Reference
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A reference chart of the most useful chord shapes in Open G tuning (D–G–D–G–B–D). Use the Print button in your browser to save or print this page — diagrams are optimised to print clearly.

Open & First-Position Chords #

G major
G major open All open strings
D major
D major chord diagram — fret positions x x 0 2 3 4 x–x–0–2–3–4
C major
C major chord diagram — fret positions x x 2 0 1 2 x–x–2–0–1–2
Em7
Em7 x–x–2–0–0–0
Gmaj7
Gmaj7 x–x–0–0–0–4

Moveable Major Barre Shapes #

In Open G, a full 6-string barre at fret n plays the major chord whose root is fret n on the G string (string 5). A partial barre on strings 6–2 or 4–1 also works.

A major
A major barre 2 Barre fret 2
Bb major
Bb major barre 3 Barre fret 3
C major
C major barre 5 Barre fret 5
D major
D major barre 7 Barre fret 7
E major
E major barre 9 Barre fret 9
F major
F major barre 10 Barre fret 10

Minor Chords #

Dm
Dm chord diagram — fret positions x 7 7 7 6 x x–7–7–7–6–x
Em
Em x–x–2–0–0–0
Am
Am x–x–7–5–5–x
Bm
Bm x–x–9–7–7–x
Cm
Cm x–x–5–5–4–x
Fm
Fm x–x–3–1–1–x

Dominant 7th Chords #

G7
G7 0–0–0–0–0–3
D7
D7 chord diagram — fret positions x x 0 2 1 4 x–x–0–2–1–4
A7
A7 chord diagram — fret positions x 2 2 0 2 x x–2–2–0–2–x
C7
C7 chord diagram — fret positions 5 5 5 3 5 x 5–5–5–3–5–x

Maj7 & Min7 #

Gmaj7
Gmaj7 x–x–0–0–0–4
Cmaj7
Cmaj7 chord diagram — fret positions x 4 5 5 5 x x–4–5–5–5–x
Dmaj7
Dmaj7 chord diagram — fret positions x 6 7 7 7 x x–6–7–7–7–x
Em7
Em7 x–x–2–0–0–0
Am7
Am7 chord diagram — fret positions x 2 5 2 1 x x–2–5–2–1–x
Dm7
Dm7 x–x–0–5–6–x

Tuning reference: Open G = D2 – G2 – D3 – G3 – B3 – D4 (strings 6 → 1) Chord positions are listed low → high. x = muted, 0 = open string.