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:
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Latin City
Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin
Sonu Nigam
Tujhe Bhula Diya
Mohit Chauhan
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
seasons
wave to earth
Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
beabadoobee - All I Did Was Dream Of You ft. The Marías
beabadoobee
Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Unknown
Dasha - Austin
BagOnly
Heart of Gold
Neil Young
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
Tame Impala - My Old Ways
tameimpala
Africa
Toto
With or Without You
U2
Hotel California
Eagles
Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
Unknown
A Horse with No Name
America
Cage The Elephant - Come A Little Closer
SWAT REDD
Mitski - I'll Change for You
Mitski
abc (nicer)
GAYLE
Yesterday
The Beatles
Hey Soul Sister
Train
Eddie Money - Shakin'
EddieMoney
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
Dominic Fike - Babydoll
Vibe Music
Problems
Mother Mother
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Give Me One Reason
Tracy Chapman
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles
Redemption Song
Bob Marley
Dominic Fike - White Keys
Ethereal Music
Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Goo Goo Dolls
Unknown
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis
No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Miluzie
Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine
Mitski
Love Me Do
The Beatles
Jolene
Dolly Parton
Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
74sodapop
Tyla - SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson
Tyla
Dust in the Wind
Kansas
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
As It Was
Harry Styles
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult
SpiritWriterSong
Where Are You Now
Lost Frequencies
The A Team
Ed Sheeran
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Lost Panda
Photograph
Ed Sheeran
Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977)
Eagles
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
TacoBender79
juju - Wasted Summers
jujumusic
Buffalo Soldier
Bob Marley
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
acdc
Riptide
Vance Joy
yung kai - blue
Unknown
Agar Tum Saath Ho
Arijit Singh
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
7clouds
Noah Kahan - Call Your Mom
NoahKahan
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Boston
Lut Gaye
Jubin Nautiyal
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
Crying City - Urn
Chill Only
Akele hain to kya gum hai
Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan
Sum41-Fat Lip
mreddy100
Blackbird
The Beatles
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Safar
Arijit Singh
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
Ae Watan
Arijit Singh
James Arthur - Train Wreck
Lazy Fox
broken
lovelytheband
ZZ Top - La Grange
Michael Baker
Tate McRae - It's ok I'm ok
SyrebralVibes
Choo Lo
The Local Train
Harry Styles - Aperture
HarryStyles
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Unknown
Galliyan
Ankit Tiwari
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
ChappellRoan
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
Unknown
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae - What I Want
MorganWallen
Samjho Na
Aditya Rikhari
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mitski - Francis Forever
Mitski
Soch Na Sake
Arijit Singh
Tyla, Sean Paul - PUSH 2 START (REMIX - Official Music Video)
Tyla
Santeria
Sublime
Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister
QueensStoneAge
Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes (Lyric Video)
Olivia Dean
Reality Club
REALITY CLUB
Teri Deewani
Kailash Kher
Play On
Unknown
Lady Gaga - Disease
LadyGaga
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Kun Faya Kun
A.R. Rahman
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
Unknown
Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)
Unknown
Wallows – Calling After Me
Wallows
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
Bob Seger Old Time Rock n Roll
Unknown
Tyla - PUSH 2 START
Unknown
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
v94j
Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER
BillieEilish
Dil Diyan Gallan
Atif Aslam
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Zaroorat
Mustafa Zahid
Best Day Of My Life (Acoustic)
American Authors
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Jo Tum Mere Ho
Anuv Jain
Hozier - Too Sweet
Hozier
Message in a Bottle
The Police
21 Guns
Green Day
Bryan Adams - Run To You
BryanAdams
Rock That Body - The Black Eyed Peas
Pizza Music
Flowers
Miley Cyrus
Hurts So Good
Ag3nte360
Alex Warren - Ordinary
7clouds
Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying
Unknown
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
DJSocio18
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
ImagineDragons
Baarishein
Anuv Jain
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today - She And Him
Cassiopeia
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover
MileyCyrus
Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
v94j
Mitski - Once More to See You
Mitski
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
Pointless
Lewis Capaldi
Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour
SabrinaCarpenter
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
STIF UPPER LIP LYRICS
Unknown
Let It Be
The Beatles
Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Nain Matakka
Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil
Don McLean- American Pie
Unknown
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Unknown
Espresso
Sabrina Carpenter
Rain On Me
Lady Gaga
Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Lyric Video)
NoahKahan
Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill
InvertOG
The Reason
Hoobastank
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
JudasPriest
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Unknown
Carpetman – You Will Never Know it
Carpetman
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
DeepPurple
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Stephen McElvain
Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia
LatinHype
Teenage Dirtbag (2020)
Wheatus
Gerua
Arijit Singh
Eloise
Unknown
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Hurt
Johnny Cash
Slow Ride- Foghat (Short Version)
soccerbabe2545
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
3DoorsDown
Sajni
Jal The Band
One way or another
Blondie
Kato - Turn The Lights Off feat. Jon
LatinHype
Imagine Dragons - Demons
ImagineDragons
Teenage Dirtbag (With Lyrics) - Wheatus
MovieContributer
Is This Love? - Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Here I Go Again-Lyrics-Whitesnake
eggs712
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress-The Hollies
Unknown
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
Unwell
Matchbox Twenty
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Let Her Go
Passenger
Upside Down
Jack Johnson
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
Stuck In The Middle
Tai Verdes
Gives You Hell
The All-American Rejects
Home
Phillip Phillips
My Immortal (Band Version)
Evanescence
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
Bruno Mars - Risk It All
Unknown
If I Die Young (Pop Version / Remastered 2025)
The Band Perry
Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)
Gym Class Heroes
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
4NonBlondes
Forget Me
Lewis Capaldi
Bubbly
Colbie Caillat
Tonight Tonight
Hot Chelle Rae
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
ABKCO
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
TedNugent
Audioslave - Like a Stone
Audioslave
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Refugee
TomPetty
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
ABKCO
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Rush
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
GunsNRoses
Heart - "Barracuda" (1977)
Heart
In The End - Linkin Park
Linkin Park
DEF LEPPARD - "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
DEF LEPPARD
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Unknown
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
journey
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Austin (Boots Stop Workin')
Dasha
Stargazing
Myles Smith
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
BonJovi
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance
TomPetty
greedy
Tate McRae
5. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Joel Gustafsson
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Unknown
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
JimiHendrix
Kill Bill
SZA
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen
Guess feat. billie eilish
Charli xcx
Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
OzWho
Eyes Closed
Ed Sheeran
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith
Europe - The Final Countdown
Europe
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Lyrics
MJKiingofPop
I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore
Solo Sounds
REACT
Switch Disco
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (With Lyrics + HQ Sound)
TheJukeboxRock
Mötley Crüe - Girls,Girls,Girls
Unknown
Hell Yeah - Rev Theory
Rev Theory
The Offspring
YoSabina
Van Halen- Runnin' with the devil
mig31imstillalive
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
kansas
Unholy
Sam Smith
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
My Universe
Coldplay
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Elton John
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
Physical
Dua Lipa
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Unknown
Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly
ZaraLarssonMusic
Don Toliver - Lose My Mind (feat. Doja Cat)
Don Toliver
Sam Barber - Indigo (feat. Avery Anna) (Lyric Video)
Sam Barber
Tate McRae - Sports car
TateMcRae
Kendrick Lamar - luther
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars - I Just Might
Bruno Mars
SZA - Kill Bill
SZA
Billie Eilish - LUNCH
Unknown
Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman
SabrinaCarpenter
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake - NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR
W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - Beéle, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums
W Sound
Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Laufey - Madwoman
Laufey
Zach Bryan - I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Zach Bryan
Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange
Zach Bryan
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Unknown
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
BTS (방탄소년단) ‘SWIM’ Official MV
Unknown
David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I - Gone Gone Gone
David Guetta
Taylor Swift - Opalite (Lyric Video)
Unknown
Anyma, LISA - Bad Angel
Anyma
Tyla x Wizkid - DYNAMITE
Tyla
Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
Lil Tecca
Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
BigXthaPlug - Cold feat. Post Malone
BigXthaPlug
Kendrick Lamar - tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (Lyric Video)
Sabrina Carpenter
a-ha - Take On Me
a-ha
Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER
Unknown
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
SNEM0SDN5
Styx-Renegade Lyrics
RockinBassPlayer3
Headstones - Tweeter and the Monkey Man
blind51de
Linger (SiriusXM Session)
Royel Otis
Shocking Blue - Venus (Video)
Unknown
Kansas - Dust in the wind 1977
Magnus Schult
Pat Benatar
OldLyrics
Luke Combs - Beautiful Crazy
LukeCombs
Teddy Swims - The Door
Teddy Swims
Teddy Swims - Lose Control (Lyric Video)
Teddy Swims
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin - Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS
Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages lyrics
MeJeNiFeRx
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Unknown
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
GunsNRoses
Myles Smith - Stargazing (Lyric Video)
Unknown
Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
PostMalone
AC/DC - Back In Black
acdc
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
ShawnxXxMichaels
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
GunsNRoses
Metito - On my mind
Metito
Wonderwall
Oasis
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
remhq
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Vibe Music
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
Tu Jaane Na
Atif Aslam
Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
onlythepianoplayer
Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb lyrics
YTLyricsz
Rupert Holmes - (Escape) The Pina Colada Song
Unknown
Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum
worldslover234
The Jackson 5 - ABC
ChloeOliver15
Central Cee & Dave - Sprinter
Vibe Music
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
masterofacdcsuckaS
LISA - ROCKSTAR
SyrebralVibes
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
R&BHype
Morgan Wallen - What I Want (feat. Tate McRae) (Lyric Video)
Morgan Wallen
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER
Unknown
Ed Sheeran - Sapphire
TrendingTracks
Isabel LaRosa - favorite
NewMelody
Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance
Vibe Music
Saja Boys - Your Idol KPop Demon Hunters
Unknown
Sabrina Carpenter - Tears
TrendingTracks
Wild Thing
The Troggs
Lola Young - Messy
Vibe Music
Kendrick Lamar - luther ft. SZA
Unknown
Olivia Dean - Man I Need
Unknown
Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
Unknown
KATSEYE - Internet Girl
7clouds
Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit
VibesOnly
Taylor Swift - Opalite
Unknown
Porter Block - Gi
Unknown
Big Thief - Vampire Empire (Lyric Video)
Big Thief
Come As You Are
Nirvana
Djo - End Of Beginning
Unknown
Tyla - CHANEL
Unknown
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
beabadoobee, Laufey - A Night To Remember
beabadoobee
She & Him - I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
Unknown
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
Mitski - I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Wrecking Ball
Mother Mother
Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)
ChappellRoan
Meet Me in the Woods
Lord Huron
Bekhayali
Unknown
Glass Animals - Take A Slice (Fan Lyric Video)
GlassAnimals
Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam
Muskurane
Arijit Singh
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Unse Jaake Kehdo
Justh
Bol Do Na Zara
Armaan Malik
Tere Bina Full Video - A. R. Rahman | Guru | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan
Sony Music India
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Pehla Nasha
Udit Narayan
Faasle
Aditya Rikhari
Hawayein
Arijit Singh
Qayde Se | Metro…In Dino | Anurag Basu
T-Series
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