Commonly Used Guitar Chords

Common chords in use today are listed below.

Many of the chords listed below have extensions. For example: 6ths, 7ths and 9ths. These chords are mainly used in within defined limits of the Circle of 5ths. For example, many songs are written in E Major. It is limited to mainly 6 chords.

E Major: E = 0, A = 2, D = 2, G = 1, B = 0, E = 0.
E Minor: E = 0, A = 2, D = 2, G = 0, B = 0, E = 0.
E 7th: E = 0, A = 2, D = 0, G = 1, B = 0, E = 0.
E Minor 7th: E = 0, A = 2, D = 0, G = 0, B = 0, E = 0.
E Major 7th: E = 0, A = 2, D = 1, G = 1, B = 0, E = 0.
F Major: E = silent, A = silent, D = 3, G = 2, B = 1, E = 1.
F Minor: E = silent, A = silent, D = 3, G = 1, B = 1, E = 1.
F 7th: E = silent, A = silent, D = 1, G = 2, B = 1, E = 1.
F Minor 7th: E = silent, A = silent, D = 1, G = 1, B = 1, E = 1.
F Major 7th: E = 1, A = 1, D = 3, G = 2, B = 1, E = 1.
G Major: E = 3, A = 2, D = 0, G = 0, B = 0, E = 3.
G Minor: E = 3, A = 1, D = 0, G = 0, B = silent, E = silent.
G 7th: E = 3, A = 2, D = 0, G = 0, B = 0, E = 1.
G Minor 7th: E = 1, A = 1, D = 0, G = 0, B = silent, E = silent.
G Major 7th: E = 3, A = 2, D = 0, G = 0, B = 0, E = 2.
A Major: E = silent, A = 0, D = 2, G = 2, B = 2, E = 0.
A Minor: E = silent, A = 0, D = 2, G = 2, B = 1, E = 0.
A 7th: E = silent, A = 0, D = 2, G = 0, B = 2, E = 0.
A Minor 7th: E = silent, A = 0, D = 2, G = 0, B = 1, E = 0.
A Major 7th: E = silent, A = 0, D = 2, G = 1, B = 2, E = 0.
B Major: E = silent, A = silent, D = 4, G = 4, B = 4, E = 2.
B Minor: E = silent, A = silent, D = 4, G = 4, B = 3, E = 2.
B 7th: E = silent, A = 2, D = 1, G = 2, B = 0, E = 2.
B Minor 7th: E = silent, A = 2, D = 0, G = 2, B = 0, E = 2.
B Major 7th: E = 2, A = 2, D = 1, G = 3, B = silent, E = silent.
C Major: E = silent, A = 3, D = 2, G = 0, B = 1, E = 0.
C Minor: E = silent, A = 3, D = 1, G = 0, B = 1, E = silent.
C 7th: E = silent, A = 3, D = 2, G = 3, B = 1, E = 0.
C Minor 7th: E = silent, A = 1, D = 1, G = 0, B = 1, E = silent.
C Major 7th: E = silent, A = 3, D = 2, G = 0, B = 0, E = 0.
D Major: E = silent, A = silent, D = 0, G = 2, B = 3, E = 2.
D Minor: E = silent, A = silent, D = 0, G = 2, B = 3, E = 1.
D 7th: E = silent, A = silent, D = 0, G = 2, B = 1, E = 2.
D Minor 7th: E = silent, A = silent, D = 0, G = 2, B = 1, E = 1.
D Major 7th: E = silent, A = silent, D = 0, G = 2, B = 2, E = 2.

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Many guitarists use chords that are mid-range on the fretboard. They also vary the chord voicings.