Chord Library
A quick reference of common guitar chord shapes. Tap the link under a chord to jump straight to the lesson that teaches it.
36 chords
How to read the diagrams: dots are where your fingers press (the number inside = which finger), ○ means play the open string, ✕ means don't play it, and the orange bar means barre with one finger. Tap “🔊 Play” to hear the chord for real (synthesized from the fretting) and tune your fingering against it.
Color chords: plain → colored comparison
Add one note to a plain chord, or swap the 3rd for another note, and the sound and mood change completely — that's a 'color chord'. Plain on the left, colored on the right; see exactly which note is added or changed.
More open and airy, like a beam of light on the chord. A staple of modern folk and indie pop.
Warm, literary, with a touch of elegant ease. Shines at the start or end of a phrase.
Delicate and soft, jazzy — and no full barre needed. A stand-in for F while your barre isn't ringing yet.
Tense and unstable, like it wants to push forward. The pull is strongest moving to C (G7 → C).
Softer and hazier, with an urban feel. Swap it in when Am sounds too 'hard'.
Unresolved and tense, wanting to resolve back to D. Dsus4 → D is the classic 'tension–release'.
Airy and floating, neither major nor minor — very modern. Easy to finger; a modern-folk standard.