Printable guitar chord chart

How to use this chart

Each box is the easiest good guitar shape for that chord in standard tuning (E A D G B E, low to high). The six vertical lines are the strings, low E on the left; the numbers in the dots are fingers, 1 for the index through 4 for the pinky. An × over a string means leave it silent, a small circle means let it ring open, and a thick bar is a barre. Under each box the shape is spelled as six fret numbers, low E first, so x-3-2-0-1-0 is C.

The rows run in the order of the musical alphabet with the sharps and flats last, so the chords you'll use first (C, D, E, F, G, A, B) sit at the top. Each key has one usual spelling here (E♭, not D♯); the other name is the same chord.

The chart by difficulty

• Open shapes, no barre (20): C, Cm, C7, D, Dm, D7, Dm7, E, Em, E7, Em7, G, G7, A, Am, A7, Am7, B7, Bm7, C♯m7
• Fretted shapes without a barre (4): E♭, E♭m, E♭7, E♭m7
• Shapes with a barre or partial barre (24): Cm7, F, Fm, F7, Fm7, Gm, Gm7, B, Bm, C♯, C♯m, C♯7, F♯, F♯m, F♯7, F♯m7, A♭, G♯m, A♭7, G♯m7, B♭, B♭m, B♭7, B♭m7

A week with this chart

1. Day 1: the open majors on the chart, C, G, D, A and E. Strum each four times, then switch.
2. Day 2: the open minors Am, Em and Dm, then pair each with its relative major (C–Am, G–Em, F–Dm).
3. Day 3: the sevenths in the open list. They are often one finger away from the major shape above them.
4. Day 4: F and Bm, your first barres. Two minutes each, then rest the hand.
5. Day 5 to 7: pick one row per day and play its four columns in order: major, minor, 7, m7.

Printing tips

Print in landscape; the chart fits one page of US Letter or A4. Taped inside a case lid or clipped to a stand, it stays readable at arm's length. Choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog for a copy on a tablet; the site's menus and buttons are left off the printout.

What to learn next

Pick the four chords of one key and practice changing between them: in G that's G, C, D, Em. The beginner guitar chords page gives an order that's kind to your fingers, and every chord's own page shows alternatives when a shape is hard. Also printable: piano chord chart and ukulele chord chart.