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.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Open Position
No barre required
Barre Shape, Fret 5
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play D
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) | ✕Mute, do not play this string | – |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ○Open, play the open string | A |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 2 with your index finger | D |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 3 with your ring finger | F# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 2 with your middle finger | A |
○ = 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:
Read the deep-dive guide for D
Songs Using D
These songs from our play-along library feature the D chord:
Your Idol
Saja Boys
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
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
One Name
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
Where's My Phone?
Mitski
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Shaboozey
Africa
Toto
Hotel California
Eagles
I'll Change for You
Mitski
The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
A Horse with No Name
America
Nicole Kidman
ADÉLA
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Putaapu Gang
Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan
Strangers
Kenya Grace
Pink Skies
Zach Bryan
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Radhimaa
Sai Abhyankkar, Nargis Teji, Asma Teji & Vivek feat. Sai Smriti
Redemption Song
Bob Marley
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.
Love Me Do
The Beatles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Monster Mash
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
As It Was
Harry Styles
Dust in the Wind
Kansas
What I Got
Sublime
Barsaat
Banjaare, Roni
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
Boston
STELLA LEFTY
The A Team
Ed Sheeran
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
November Rain
Guns N' Roses
Spooky, Scary Skeletons (Undead Tombstone Remix)
Andrew Gold
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Gehra Hua
Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Dance The Night
Dua Lipa
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
For A Reason
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Fat Lip
Sum 41
undressed
sombr
Safar
Arijit Singh
Zombie
The Cranberries
Disturbia
Rihanna
No One Noticed
The Marías
broken
lovelytheband
Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
Train Wreck
James Arthur
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
Kaun Tujhe
Palak Muchhal
I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone
Angel Of My Dreams
JADE
The Days (Notion Remix)
CHRYSTAL
Patient Zero
Taylor Swift
Galliyan
Ankit Tiwari
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Francis Forever
Mitski
Reality Club
REALITY CLUB
Stop Waiting
Cigarettes After Sex
Play On
Geoff Gibbons
With or Without You
U2
Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
Stuck in the Middle with You
Stealers Wheel
Slow Ride
Foghat
LIKE ME
Future feat. 42 Dugg & Lil Baby
Rebel Yell
Billy Idol
PUSH 2 START
Tyla
Dil Diyan Gallan
Atif Aslam
Poison
Alice Cooper
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Billie Eilish
Naal Nachna
Shashwat Sachdev; Afsana Khan; IRSHAD KAMIL; Reble
Wicked Games
The Weeknd
Best Day Of My Life (Acoustic)
American Authors
Take On Me
a-ha
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
21 Guns
Green Day
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
Too Sweet
Hozier
Run To You
Bryan Adams
Message in a Bottle
The Police
Rock That Body
Black Eyed Peas
Hurts So Good
John Mellencamp
Up Around the Bend
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons
Baarishein
Anuv Jain
Easy Lover
Miley Cyrus
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
Tujhe Bhula Diya
Mohit Chauhan
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
Once More to See You
Mitski
Black Betty
Ram Jam
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
Espresso
Sabrina Carpenter
Madwoman
Laufey
I'm Eighteen
Alice Cooper
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
Something In The Orange
Zach Bryan
Perfect Strangers
Deep Purple
SWIM
BTS
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Beds Are Burning
Midnight Oil
Soch Na Sake
Arijit Singh
Back In Black
AC/DC
YUKON
Justin Bieber
Mishri
Anuv Jain
HOT TO GO!
Chappell Roan
Hurt
Johnny Cash
Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin
Sonu Nigam
One way or another
Blondie
Kun Faya Kun
A.R. Rahman
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Here I Go Again
Whitesnake
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Let Her Go
Passenger
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Woh Ladki Jo
Abhijeet
My Immortal (Band Version)
Evanescence
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
Risk It All
Bruno Mars
Golden
HUNTR/X
Stereo Hearts
Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine
I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
Bubbly
Colbie Caillat
Tom Sawyer
Rush
Xanadu
Rush
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones
Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Like a Stone
Audioslave
So Good
Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar
Barracuda
Heart
Pour Some Sugar On Me
DEF LEPPARD
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
greedy
Tate McRae
Houdini
Dua Lipa
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Gerua
Arijit Singh
Panic in Detroit
David Bowie
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
Free Bird
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
The Stroke
Billy Squier
Eyes Closed
Ed Sheeran
Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Orbiter
Noah Kahan
The Final Countdown
Europe
The Offspring
YoSabina
REACT
Switch Disco
Girls, Girls, Girls
Mötley Crüe
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
Lose My Mind
Don Toliver feat. Doja Cat
Iris
Goo Goo Dolls
Physical
Dua Lipa
Unholy
Sam Smith
Is This Love?
Bob Marley
Tears
Sabrina Carpenter
My Love Mine All Mine
Mitski
Wants and Needs
Drake feat. Lil Baby
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
I Just Might
Bruno Mars
Busy Woman
Sabrina Carpenter
Where Are You Now
Lost Frequencies
Bol Do Na Zara
Armaan Malik
Sports car
Tate McRae
New Religion
Bebe Rexha & Faithless
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
Apna Time Aayega
Divine
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan
Please Please Please
Sabrina Carpenter
Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith
Take Me Home, Country Roads
John Denver
DENIAL IS A RIVER
Doechii
Linger (SiriusXM Session)
Royel Otis
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Venus
Shocking Blue
Stiff Upper Lip
AC/DC
Rock of Ages
Def Leppard
Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith
Demons
Imagine Dragons
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
Iktara
Kavita Seth
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
Bekhayali
Arijit Singh
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
masterofacdcsuckaS
How It's Done
HUNTR/X
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Nain Matakka
Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil
Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton
Zaroorat
Mustafa Zahid
Stuck In The Middle
Tai Verdes
The Dead Dance
Lady Gaga
luther
Kendrick Lamar
Akele hain to kya gum hai
Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan
Little Sister
Queens of the Stone Age
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
Lut Gaye
Jubin Nautiyal
Vampire Empire
Big Thief
I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore
Solo Sounds
Opalite
Taylor Swift
Come As You Are
Nirvana
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
End of Beginning
Djo
CHANEL
Tyla
Wonderwall
Oasis
tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
Heart of Gold
Neil Young
Saiyaara Reprise (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal
Wrecking Ball
Mother Mother
Teri Deewani
Kailash Kher
New Woman
LISA feat. ROSALÍA
Meet Me in the Woods
Lord Huron
Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
Muskurane
Arijit Singh
Roxanne
The Police
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Timeless
The Weeknd & Playboi Carti
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Pretty Ugly
Zara Larsson
Mann Bharrya
B Praak
Hawayein
Arijit Singh
WILDFLOWER
Billie Eilish
Indigo
Sam Barber feat. Avery Anna
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
Wasted Summers
juju
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
Buffalo Soldier
Bob Marley
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
Internet Girl
KATSEYE
Tere Bina
A.R. Rahman
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
Unwell
Matchbox Twenty
Thriller
Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
Michael Jackson
Tu Jaane Na
Atif Aslam
Take Me to Church
Hozier
THE GREATEST
Billie Eilish
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Blackbird
The Beatles
Ring of Fire
Johnny Cash
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
Good Luck, Babe!
Chappell Roan
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
What's Up
4 Non Blondes
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
BbY WOW
KAROL G, Judeline, & rusowsky
Golden
HUNTR/X
La Plena (W Sound 05)
Beéle, Westcol & Ovy On The Drums
Somedays
Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D
"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
She & Him
SZA
BangersOnly
DYNAMITE
Tyla x Wizkid
Midnight Sun
Zara Larsson
One Wild Night
Bon Jovi
Disease
Lady Gaga
Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Headstones
Renegade
Styx
Anxiety
Doechii
Messy
Lola Young
A Night To Remember
beabadoobee, Laufey
Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)
Chappell Roan
Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
Living After Midnight
Judas Priest
SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson
Tyla
Qayde Se | Metro…In Dino | Anurag Basu
T-Series
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
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