A Chord
The A is a major chord that sounds bright, happy, and resolved. Major chords are the backbone of countless songs. Their bright, stable sound makes them perfect for strumming, picking, and rhythm playing across every genre.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Open Position
No barre required
Barre Shape, Fret 5
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play A
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ✕Mute, do not play this string | – |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ○Open, play the open string | C# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 2 with your index finger | E |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 2 with your middle finger | A |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 2 with your ring finger | C# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ○Open, play the open string | E |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in A
The A chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using A
These songs from our play-along library feature the A chord:
Your Idol
Saja Boys
Amarillo by Morning
George Strait
seasons
wave to earth
NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles
Refugee
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
abc (nicer)
GAYLE
Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
Africa
Toto
Hotel California
Eagles
I'll Change for You
Mitski
A Horse with No Name
America
Yesterday
The Beatles
Turn the Lights Off
Jon & KATO
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
Problems
Mother Mother
Strangers
Kenya Grace
Bindaas
Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
In A Minute
Lil Baby
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Radhimaa
Sai Abhyankkar, Nargis Teji, Asma Teji & Vivek feat. Sai Smriti
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
More Than a Feeling
Boston
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Ala Bolelo
Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj
Low Fade
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr.
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Monster Mash
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
As It Was
Harry Styles
Dust in the Wind
Kansas
Freestyle
Lil Baby
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
Photograph
Ed Sheeran
The A Team
Ed Sheeran
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Somebody's Watching Me
Rockwell
November Rain
Guns N' Roses
someday i'll get it
Alek Olsen
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Dance The Night
Dua Lipa
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
For A Reason
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Fat Lip
Sum 41
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
undressed
sombr
Disturbia
Rihanna
broken
lovelytheband
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Train Wreck
James Arthur
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
Angel Of My Dreams
JADE
Patient Zero
Taylor Swift
What I Want
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae
Galliyan
Ankit Tiwari
Francis Forever
Mitski
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles
(Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Öyster Cult
Reality Club
REALITY CLUB
With or Without You
U2
Stuck in the Middle with You
Stealers Wheel
Slow Ride
Foghat
LIKE ME
Future feat. 42 Dugg & Lil Baby
Rebel Yell
Billy Idol
Teenage Dirtbag
Wheatus
Dil Diyan Gallan
Atif Aslam
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Billie Eilish
Naal Nachna
Shashwat Sachdev; Afsana Khan; IRSHAD KAMIL; Reble
Wicked Games
The Weeknd
Take On Me
a-ha
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
21 Guns
Green Day
Too Sweet
Hozier
Run To You
Bryan Adams
Message in a Bottle
The Police
Rock That Body
Black Eyed Peas
Marianne
Fontaines D.C.
Hurts So Good
John Mellencamp
Up Around the Bend
Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
What You Saying
Lil Uzi Vert
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
Baarishein
Anuv Jain
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
Tujhe Bhula Diya
Mohit Chauhan
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Pointless
Lewis Capaldi
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
Once More to See You
Mitski
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
Pehla Nasha
Udit Narayan
Rain On Me
Lady Gaga
American Pie
Don Mclean
Ordinary
Alex Warren
The Reason
Hoobastank
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones
Staring at the Sun
The Offspring
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Perfect Strangers
Deep Purple
SWIM
BTS
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
Soch Na Sake
Arijit Singh
Gives You Hell
The All-American Rejects
Back In Black
AC/DC
Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin
Sonu Nigam
Kryptonite
3 Doors Down
One way or another
Blondie
Kun Faya Kun
A.R. Rahman
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
The Hollies
Samjho Na
Aditya Rikhari
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
Choo Lo
The Local Train
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Upside Down
Jack Johnson
My Immortal (Band Version)
Evanescence
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
Risk It All
Bruno Mars
Forget Me
Lewis Capaldi
If I Die Young (Pop Version / Remastered 2025)
The Band Perry
Stereo Hearts
Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine
Tonight Tonight
Hot Chelle Rae
Gimme Shelter
The Rolling Stones
Bubbly
Colbie Caillat
Tom Sawyer
Rush
Xanadu
Rush
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Barracuda
Heart
Pour Some Sugar On Me
DEF LEPPARD
Dark Thoughts
Lil Tecca
Stargazing
Myles Smith
greedy
Tate McRae
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Gerua
Arijit Singh
Panic in Detroit
David Bowie
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
The Stroke
Billy Squier
Eyes Closed
Ed Sheeran
Hey Soul Sister
Train
Ain't In LA
ADÉLA
Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Orbiter
Noah Kahan
The Final Countdown
Europe
The Offspring
YoSabina
REACT
Switch Disco
Girls, Girls, Girls
Mötley Crüe
My Universe
Coldplay
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
Winning Speech
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
Dai Dai
Shakira & Burna Boy
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
Iris
Goo Goo Dolls
Physical
Dua Lipa
Unholy
Sam Smith
At Peace
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Is This Love?
Bob Marley
My Love Mine All Mine
Mitski
Wants and Needs
Drake feat. Lil Baby
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
Busy Woman
Sabrina Carpenter
Khat
Navjot Ahuja
Where Are You Now
Lost Frequencies
Jo Tum Mere Ho
Anuv Jain
Bol Do Na Zara
Armaan Malik
Sports car
Tate McRae
Stranglehold
Ted Nugent
New Religion
Bebe Rexha & Faithless
Apna Time Aayega
Divine
Lover
Diljit Dosanjh
Please Please Please
Sabrina Carpenter
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
DENIAL IS A RIVER
Doechii
Pat Benatar
OldLyrics
Linger (SiriusXM Session)
Royel Otis
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Venus
Shocking Blue
Stiff Upper Lip
AC/DC
Rock of Ages
Def Leppard
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith
Demons
Imagine Dragons
Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan
Bekhayali
Arijit Singh
Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
Cherry Bomb
The Runaways
How It's Done
HUNTR/X
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
Nain Matakka
Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil
Rockstar
LISA
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
Zaroorat
Mustafa Zahid
Stuck In The Middle
Tai Verdes
luther
Kendrick Lamar
Akele hain to kya gum hai
Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan
Spirit In the Sky
Norman Greenbaum
Ae Watan
Arijit Singh
Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin
Wild Thing
The Troggs
Beauty and a Beat
Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
iloveitiloveitiloveit
Bella Kay
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Vampire Empire
Big Thief
I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore
Solo Sounds
Come As You Are
Nirvana
End of Beginning
Djo
CHANEL
Tyla
It's ok I'm ok
Tate McRae
Wonderwall
Oasis
tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
Wrecking Ball
Mother Mother
New Woman
LISA feat. ROSALÍA
Gone Gone Gone
David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I
Meet Me in the Woods
Lord Huron
Paradise City
Guns N' Roses
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
Muskurane
Arijit Singh
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Unse Jaake Kehdo
Justh
Stop The Wedding!
Ashe
blue
yung kai
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
La Grange
ZZ Top
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
On my mind
Metito
Mann Bharrya
B Praak
Faasle
Aditya Rikhari
Hawayein
Arijit Singh
WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas
All I Did Was Dream Of You ft. The Marías
beabadoobee
Aperture
Harry Styles
White Keys
Dominic Fike
Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
Agar Tum Saath Ho
Arijit Singh
Buffalo Soldier
Bob Marley
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
Internet Girl
KATSEYE
Santeria
Sublime
Tere Bina
A.R. Rahman
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Raindance
Dave & Tems
Unwell
Matchbox Twenty
Tu Jaane Na
Atif Aslam
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Blackbird
The Beatles
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Tommy Richman
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
Good Luck, Babe!
Chappell Roan
Staying
Lizzy McAlpine
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
ABC
Jackson 5
What's Up
4 Non Blondes
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
Ashke
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
BbY WOW
KAROL G, Judeline, & rusowsky
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
DYNAMITE
Tyla x Wizkid
Midnight Sun
Zara Larsson
Disease
Lady Gaga
Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin
Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Headstones
Gift or a Curse
Porter Block
Anxiety
Doechii
Messy
Lola Young
Take A Slice
Glass Animals
Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)
Chappell Roan
GRIMACE (Original Song)
CG5
Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
Living After Midnight
Judas Priest
SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson
Tyla
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult
SpiritWriterSong
Shakin'
Eddie Money
Qayde Se | Metro…In Dino | Anurag Basu
T-Series
Urn
Crying City
Come a Little Closer
Cage the Elephant
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