B Chord
The B 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
Position, Fret 7
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 2
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play B
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | B |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 9 with your ring finger | D# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 9 with your pinky finger | F# |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 8 with your middle finger | B |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | D# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | F# |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in B
The B chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using B
These songs from our play-along library feature the B chord:
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin
Sonu Nigam
Tujhe Bhula Diya
Mohit Chauhan
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
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
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Dasha - Austin
BagOnly
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
Africa
Toto
With or Without You
U2
Hotel California
Eagles
Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
Unknown
Remember
Becky Hill
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.
ROSÉ
Cage The Elephant - Come A Little Closer
SWAT REDD
Mitski - I'll Change for You
Mitski
Hey Soul Sister
Train
Eddie Money - Shakin'
EddieMoney
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!
Unknown
Problems
Mother Mother
Give Me One Reason
Tracy Chapman
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles
Dominic Fike - White Keys
Ethereal Music
Tum Se Hi
Mohit Chauhan
Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews Band
*NSYNC
7clouds
Jolene
Dolly Parton
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
74sodapop
Tyla - SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson
Tyla
Queens of the Stone Age - No one Knows
0foofighter0
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
As It Was
Harry Styles
Creep
Radiohead
Alag Aasmaan
Anuv Jain
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
ABKCO
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
juju - Wasted Summers
jujumusic
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
acdc
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
Dooron Dooron
Paresh Pahuja
Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage
Arijit Singh
yung kai - blue
Unknown
Tere Bin
Atif Aslam
Agar Tum Saath Ho
Arijit Singh
Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
7clouds
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Boston
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
Akele hain to kya gum hai
Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
Sum41-Fat Lip
mreddy100
KATSEYE - Touch
Unknown
Tera Ban Jaunga
Akhil
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Safar
Arijit Singh
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Ae Watan
Arijit Singh
James Arthur - Train Wreck
Lazy Fox
Tate McRae - It's ok I'm ok
SyrebralVibes
Teri Yaad
Aditya Rikhari
Choo Lo
The Local Train
CHRYSTAL - The Days (Notion Remix)
CHRYSTAL
Harry Styles - Aperture
HarryStyles
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Unknown
Galliyan
Ankit Tiwari
Afraid To Feel
LF System
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
Unknown
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae - What I Want
MorganWallen
Morgan Wallen - Last Night
BagOnly
Mitski - Francis Forever
Mitski
Santeria
Sublime
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
Take Me to Church
Hozier
Teri Deewani
Kailash Kher
Lady Gaga - Disease
LadyGaga
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
Kun Faya Kun
A.R. Rahman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
Bob Seger Old Time Rock n Roll
Unknown
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
v94j
Lizzy McAlpine - Staying
LizzyMcAlpine
Dil Diyan Gallan
Atif Aslam
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
1. Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
Joel Gustafsson
Zaroorat
Mustafa Zahid
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Jo Tum Mere Ho
Anuv Jain
Message in a Bottle
The Police
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
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
Yellow
Coldplay
Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying
Unknown
Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours
LukeCombs
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
ImagineDragons
Gigi Perez – Sailor Song
Latin City
PinkPantheress - Stateside + Zara Larsson
Creative Chaos
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
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Unknown
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
Pointless
Lewis Capaldi
Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour
SabrinaCarpenter
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
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
Rain On Me
Lady Gaga
Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Lyric Video)
NoahKahan
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
APT.
ROSÉ
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Stephen McElvain
Teenage Dirtbag (2020)
Wheatus
Gerua
Arijit Singh
More Than Words
Extreme
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
3DoorsDown
HOT TO GO!
Chappell Roan
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Sajni
Jal The Band
One way or another
Blondie
Kato - Turn The Lights Off feat. Jon
LatinHype
Guns N' Roses - Patience
GunsNRoses
Teenage Dirtbag (With Lyrics) - Wheatus
MovieContributer
Is This Love? - Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress-The Hollies
Unknown
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
Unwell
Matchbox Twenty
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Let Her Go
Passenger
Upside Down
Jack Johnson
Gives You Hell
The All-American Rejects
My Immortal (Band Version)
Evanescence
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door
CCR
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
Golden
HUNTR/X
Forget Me
Lewis Capaldi
Tonight Tonight
Hot Chelle Rae
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
ABKCO
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
BobSeger
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Refugee
TomPetty
Rush - Xanadu
Rush
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
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
Unknown
Heart - "Barracuda" (1977)
Heart
In The End - Linkin Park
Linkin Park
DEF LEPPARD - "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
DEF LEPPARD
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
journey
Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
Stargazing
Myles Smith
Houdini
Dua Lipa
greedy
Tate McRae
People Watching
Sam Fender
i like the way you kiss me
Artemas
Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
Poison-Every Rose Has Its Thorn
OutsiderVen23
Eyes Closed
Ed Sheeran
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith
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
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
My Universe
Coldplay
BED
Joel Corry
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
Lost Panda
Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (lyric video)
Artemas
Tate McRae - Sports car
TateMcRae
Billie Eilish - LUNCH
Unknown
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Tommy Richman
Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Laufey - Madwoman
Laufey
Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange
Zach Bryan
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
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
Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
Lil Tecca
Harry Styles - American Girls
HarryStyles
Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Bebe Rexha & Faithless - New Religion
Bebe Rexha
BigXthaPlug - Cold feat. Post Malone
BigXthaPlug
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (Lyric Video)
Sabrina Carpenter
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
KendrickLamar
Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER
Unknown
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
SNEM0SDN5
Bon Jovi
Unknown
Headstones - Tweeter and the Monkey Man
blind51de
Linger (SiriusXM Session)
Royel Otis
Central Cee & 21 Savage - GBP
Lyrical Lemonade
Shocking Blue - Venus (Video)
Unknown
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
70sand80s4u
Pat Benatar
OldLyrics
Benson Boone - Mystical Magical
Benson Boone
Luke Combs - Beautiful Crazy
LukeCombs
Teddy Swims - The Door
Teddy Swims
Teddy Swims - Lose Control (Lyric Video)
Teddy Swims
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages lyrics
MeJeNiFeRx
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
GunsNRoses
Myles Smith - Stargazing (Lyric Video)
Unknown
Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
PostMalone
Michael Jackson - Thriller
michaeljackson
AC/DC - Back In Black
acdc
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
GunsNRoses
Iktara
Kavita Seth
Wonderwall
Oasis
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Vibe Music
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
Tu Jaane Na
Atif Aslam
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
onlythepianoplayer
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb lyrics
YTLyricsz
ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ
Nikoletta Triantopoulou
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
masterofacdcsuckaS
Morgan Wallen - What I Want (feat. Tate McRae) (Lyric Video)
Morgan Wallen
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
SZA
BangersOnly
Sabrina Carpenter - Nonsense
Unique Sound
Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys
Unknown
Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance
Vibe Music
Saja Boys - Your Idol KPop Demon Hunters
Unknown
Wild Thing
The Troggs
Lola Young - Messy
Vibe Music
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.
Vibe Music
Gracie Abrams - That’s So True
Unknown
Tame Impala - Dracula
TrendingTracks
Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit
VibesOnly
Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT (Lyric Video)
TateMcRae
Huntrix
Unknown
Taylor Swift - Opalite
Unknown
Djo - End Of Beginning
Unknown
Tyla - CHANEL
Unknown
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Good Neighbours - Home (Lyric Video)
GOOD NEIGHBOURS
She & Him - I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
Unknown
Tom Odell - Black Friday
Tom Odell
Saiyaara Reprise - Female | Ahaan, Aneet | Tanishk, Faheem, Arslan | Shreya | Irshad
YRF
Gul
Anuv Jain
Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)
ChappellRoan
Bleachers - you and forever
Bleachers
Bekhayali
Unknown
Down on the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Glass Animals - Take A Slice (Fan Lyric Video)
GlassAnimals
Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
Muskurane
Arijit Singh
Unse Jaake Kehdo
Justh
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Phir Le Aaya Dil
Arijit Singh
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Pehla Nasha
Udit Narayan
Faasle
Aditya Rikhari
Mann Bharrya
B Praak
Hawayein
Arijit Singh
Qayde Se | Metro…In Dino | Anurag Basu
T-Series
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