BeginnerMajor

D Chord

The D 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.

Notes:DRoot (1)F#Major 3rd (3)APerfect 5th (5)

Open Position

D✕✕132

Chord Diagrams

Open Position

No barre required

D✕✕132

Barre Shape, Fret 5

Uses a barre chord technique

D5fr✕13331

How to Play D

Follow these steps for the open position fingering:

#StringInstructionNote
1Low E (6th string)✕Mute, do not play this string–
2A (5th string)✕Mute, do not play this string–
3D (4th string)○Open, play the open stringA
4G (3rd string)●Fret 2 with your index fingerD
5B (2nd string)●Fret 3 with your ring fingerF#
6High E (1st string)●Fret 2 with your middle fingerA

○ = Open string (no fingers needed)

✕ = Muted string (don't play)

● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret

Notes in D

The D chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:

D
Root (1)
The root, gives the chord its name
F#
Major 3rd (3)
The major third, creates the bright sound
A
Perfect 5th (5)
The fifth, adds power and stability

Songs Using D

These songs from our play-along library feature the D chord:

Your Idol

Saja Boys

intermediate

Mr. Jones

Counting Crows

beginner

Amarillo by Morning

George Strait

intermediate

seasons

wave to earth

advanced

NOKIA

PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake

beginner

Summer of '69

Bryan Adams

intermediate

Here Comes the Sun

The Beatles

intermediate

Refugee

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

beginner

One Name

Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu

intermediate

Where's My Phone?

Mitski

intermediate

Brown Eyed Girl

Van Morrison

beginner

ZLATA OGNEVICH

Zlata Ognevich

intermediate

A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Shaboozey

beginner

Africa

Toto

intermediate

Hotel California

Eagles

intermediate

I'll Change for You

Mitski

intermediate

The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

beginner

A Horse with No Name

America

beginner

Nicole Kidman

ADÉLA

intermediate

Wagon Wheel

Darius Rucker

beginner

Putaapu Gang

Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan

intermediate

Strangers

Kenya Grace

beginner

Pink Skies

Zach Bryan

intermediate

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

beginner

Radhimaa

Sai Abhyankkar, Nargis Teji, Asma Teji & Vivek feat. Sai Smriti

intermediate

Redemption Song

Bob Marley

beginner

Hey Joe

Jimi Hendrix

beginner

More Than a Feeling

Boston

intermediate

How It’s Done

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Ala Bolelo

Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj

intermediate

Low Fade

Karan Aujla & MXRCI

intermediate

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

intermediate

Love Me Do

The Beatles

beginner

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Steam

advanced

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett

intermediate

As It Was

Harry Styles

beginner

Dust in the Wind

Kansas

intermediate

What I Got

Sublime

beginner

Barsaat

Banjaare, Roni

beginner

Three Little Birds

Bob Marley

intermediate

Boston

STELLA LEFTY

beginner

The A Team

Ed Sheeran

beginner

KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV

HYBE LABELS

advanced

November Rain

Guns N' Roses

advanced

Spooky, Scary Skeletons (Undead Tombstone Remix)

Andrew Gold

intermediate

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Gehra Hua

Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan

intermediate

House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

beginner

Dance The Night

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Thinking Out Loud

Ed Sheeran

beginner

For A Reason

Karan Aujla & Ikky

intermediate

Fat Lip

Sum 41

intermediate

undressed

sombr

intermediate

Safar

Arijit Singh

beginner

Zombie

The Cranberries

beginner

Disturbia

Rihanna

intermediate

No One Noticed

The Marías

beginner

broken

lovelytheband

beginner

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

beginner

Train Wreck

James Arthur

intermediate

You Shook Me All Night Long

AC/DC

intermediate

Kaun Tujhe

Palak Muchhal

beginner

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

intermediate

Angel Of My Dreams

JADE

intermediate

The Days (Notion Remix)

CHRYSTAL

beginner

Patient Zero

Taylor Swift

beginner

Galliyan

Ankit Tiwari

intermediate

Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd

beginner

Francis Forever

Mitski

intermediate

Reality Club

REALITY CLUB

intermediate

Stop Waiting

Cigarettes After Sex

intermediate

Play On

Geoff Gibbons

beginner

With or Without You

U2

intermediate

Made You Look

Meghan Trainor

intermediate

Stuck in the Middle with You

Stealers Wheel

intermediate

Slow Ride

Foghat

intermediate

LIKE ME

Future feat. 42 Dugg & Lil Baby

intermediate

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol

intermediate

PUSH 2 START

Tyla

beginner

Dil Diyan Gallan

Atif Aslam

intermediate

Poison

Alice Cooper

advanced

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Billie Eilish

beginner

Naal Nachna

Shashwat Sachdev; Afsana Khan; IRSHAD KAMIL; Reble

intermediate

Wicked Games

The Weeknd

advanced

Best Day Of My Life (Acoustic)

American Authors

beginner

Take On Me

a-ha

intermediate

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

advanced

21 Guns

Green Day

beginner

Ik Vaari Aa

Arijit Singh

advanced

Too Sweet

Hozier

intermediate

Run To You

Bryan Adams

intermediate

Message in a Bottle

The Police

intermediate

Rock That Body

Black Eyed Peas

advanced

Hurts So Good

John Mellencamp

beginner

Up Around the Bend

Creedence Clearwater Revival

beginner

Radioactive

Imagine Dragons

beginner

Baarishein

Anuv Jain

beginner

Easy Lover

Miley Cyrus

beginner

Stick Season

Noah Kahan

beginner

Tujhe Bhula Diya

Mohit Chauhan

intermediate

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Kiss

advanced

Once More to See You

Mitski

intermediate

Black Betty

Ram Jam

advanced

Could you Be Loved

Bob Marley

intermediate

Espresso

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Madwoman

Laufey

advanced

I'm Eighteen

Alice Cooper

beginner

American Pie

Don Mclean

beginner

Ordinary

Alex Warren

beginner

The Reason

Hoobastank

intermediate

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

The Rolling Stones

beginner

Staring at the Sun

The Offspring

intermediate

Teri Aankhon Mein

Darshan Raval

intermediate

Something In The Orange

Zach Bryan

beginner

Perfect Strangers

Deep Purple

intermediate

SWIM

BTS

advanced

Bulleya

Amit Mishra

advanced

Beds Are Burning

Midnight Oil

intermediate

Soch Na Sake

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Back In Black

AC/DC

intermediate

YUKON

Justin Bieber

intermediate

Mishri

Anuv Jain

beginner

HOT TO GO!

Chappell Roan

advanced

Hurt

Johnny Cash

beginner

Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin

Sonu Nigam

intermediate

One way or another

Blondie

intermediate

Kun Faya Kun

A.R. Rahman

intermediate

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

intermediate

Here I Go Again

Whitesnake

beginner

I Won't Give Up

Jason Mraz

intermediate

Life is a Highway

Rascal Flatts

intermediate

Let Her Go

Passenger

beginner

I Write Sins Not Tragedies

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

Woh Ladki Jo

Abhijeet

advanced

My Immortal (Band Version)

Evanescence

intermediate

Hey There Delilah

Plain White T's

beginner

Risk It All

Bruno Mars

advanced

Golden

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Stereo Hearts

Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine

intermediate

I Ain't Worried

OneRepublic

intermediate

Bubbly

Colbie Caillat

intermediate

Tom Sawyer

Rush

intermediate

Xanadu

Rush

advanced

Sympathy For The Devil

The Rolling Stones

intermediate

Whole Lotta Love

Led Zeppelin

beginner

Like a Stone

Audioslave

intermediate

So Good

Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Barracuda

Heart

intermediate

Pour Some Sugar On Me

DEF LEPPARD

intermediate

In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins

intermediate

greedy

Tate McRae

beginner

Houdini

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Welcome to the Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

advanced

Gerua

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Panic in Detroit

David Bowie

intermediate

Cruel Summer

Taylor Swift

intermediate

Free Bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd

intermediate

Die With A Smile

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Lose Control

Teddy Swims

intermediate

The Stroke

Billy Squier

intermediate

Eyes Closed

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Crash Into Me

Dave Matthews Band

intermediate

Orbiter

Noah Kahan

intermediate

The Final Countdown

Europe

intermediate

The Offspring

YoSabina

intermediate

REACT

Switch Disco

beginner

Girls, Girls, Girls

Mötley Crüe

intermediate

LUNCH

Billie Eilish

intermediate

Lose My Mind

Don Toliver feat. Doja Cat

beginner

Iris

Goo Goo Dolls

beginner

Physical

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Unholy

Sam Smith

intermediate

Is This Love?

Bob Marley

intermediate

Tears

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

My Love Mine All Mine

Mitski

intermediate

Wants and Needs

Drake feat. Lil Baby

intermediate

Not Like Us

Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

I Just Might

Bruno Mars

intermediate

Busy Woman

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

Where Are You Now

Lost Frequencies

advanced

Bol Do Na Zara

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Sports car

Tate McRae

advanced

New Religion

Bebe Rexha & Faithless

intermediate

Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi

advanced

Apna Time Aayega

Divine

intermediate

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

beginner

Please Please Please

Sabrina Carpenter

advanced

Dude Looks Like A Lady

Aerosmith

intermediate

Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver

beginner

DENIAL IS A RIVER

Doechii

intermediate

Linger (SiriusXM Session)

Royel Otis

intermediate

I Bet on Losing Dogs

Mitski

advanced

Venus

Shocking Blue

intermediate

Stiff Upper Lip

AC/DC

intermediate

Rock of Ages

Def Leppard

intermediate

Sweet Emotion

Aerosmith

beginner

Demons

Imagine Dragons

advanced

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Green Day

beginner

Iktara

Kavita Seth

beginner

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

intermediate

Blowin' in the Wind

Bob Dylan

beginner

Leaving on a Jet Plane

John Denver

beginner

Bekhayali

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son

masterofacdcsuckaS

beginner

How It's Done

HUNTR/X

intermediate

High Hopes

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

Nothing Else Matters

Metallica

intermediate

Burning Pile

Mother Mother

advanced

Nain Matakka

Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil

intermediate

Wonderful Tonight

Eric Clapton

beginner

Zaroorat

Mustafa Zahid

intermediate

Stuck In The Middle

Tai Verdes

beginner

The Dead Dance

Lady Gaga

beginner

luther

Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Akele hain to kya gum hai

Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan

intermediate

Little Sister

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

Spirit In the Sky

Norman Greenbaum

beginner

Ae Watan

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Kisses ft. bbyclose

BL3SS x CamrinWatsin

advanced

Wild Thing

The Troggs

beginner

Beauty and a Beat

Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj

intermediate

iloveitiloveitiloveit

Bella Kay

beginner

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

beginner

Layla (Unplugged)

Eric Clapton

advanced

Lut Gaye

Jubin Nautiyal

intermediate

Vampire Empire

Big Thief

beginner

I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore

Solo Sounds

intermediate

Opalite

Taylor Swift

intermediate

Come As You Are

Nirvana

intermediate

Mere Rashke Qamar

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

beginner

End of Beginning

Djo

beginner

CHANEL

Tyla

intermediate

Wonderwall

Oasis

beginner

tv off

Kendrick Lamar

advanced

Tears in Heaven

Eric Clapton

advanced

Heart of Gold

Neil Young

beginner

Saiyaara Reprise (Female)

Shreya Ghoshal

beginner

Wrecking Ball

Mother Mother

intermediate

Teri Deewani

Kailash Kher

beginner

New Woman

LISA feat. ROSALÍA

intermediate

Meet Me in the Woods

Lord Huron

beginner

Banana Pancakes

Jack Johnson

beginner

Muskurane

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Roxanne

The Police

advanced

Zara Zara

Bombay Jayashri

intermediate

Timeless

The Weeknd & Playboi Carti

beginner

Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd

intermediate

Pretty Ugly

Zara Larsson

intermediate

Mann Bharrya

B Praak

intermediate

Hawayein

Arijit Singh

beginner

WILDFLOWER

Billie Eilish

intermediate

Indigo

Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna

beginner

Sultans of Swing

Dire Straits

beginner

Carry On Wayward Son

Kansas

intermediate

All I Did Was Dream Of You ft. The Marías

beabadoobee

intermediate

Aperture

Harry Styles

beginner

White Keys

Dominic Fike

intermediate

Bad Moon Rising

Creedence Clearwater Revival

beginner

Wasted Summers

juju

beginner

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

advanced

Buffalo Soldier

Bob Marley

intermediate

Ilahi

Mohit Chauhan

intermediate

Internet Girl

KATSEYE

advanced

Tere Bina

A.R. Rahman

intermediate

Bad Habits

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

Unwell

Matchbox Twenty

intermediate

Thriller

Michael Jackson

intermediate

Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

intermediate

Tu Jaane Na

Atif Aslam

intermediate

Take Me to Church

Hozier

beginner

THE GREATEST

Billie Eilish

beginner

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

advanced

Blackbird

The Beatles

advanced

Ring of Fire

Johnny Cash

beginner

Kashmir

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Good Luck, Babe!

Chappell Roan

intermediate

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Tom Petty

advanced

What's Up

4 Non Blondes

beginner

good 4 u

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

BbY WOW

KAROL G, Judeline, & rusowsky

intermediate

Golden

HUNTR/X

beginner

La Plena (W Sound 05)

Beéle, Westcol & Ovy On The Drums

intermediate

Somedays

Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D

beginner

"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

Sony Pictures Animation

intermediate

I Thought I Saw Your Face Today

She & Him

advanced

SZA

BangersOnly

intermediate

DYNAMITE

Tyla x Wizkid

intermediate

Midnight Sun

Zara Larsson

intermediate

One Wild Night

Bon Jovi

intermediate

Disease

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Tweeter and the Monkey Man

Headstones

beginner

Renegade

Styx

intermediate

Anxiety

Doechii

intermediate

Messy

Lola Young

intermediate

A Night To Remember

beabadoobee, Laufey

advanced

Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)

Chappell Roan

beginner

Sign of the Gypsy Queen

April Wine

intermediate

Living After Midnight

Judas Priest

intermediate

SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson

Tyla

intermediate

Qayde Se | Metro…In Dino | Anurag Basu

T-Series

beginner

So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Olivia Dean

advanced

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