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
Position, Fret 11
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 6
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) | ●Fret 11 with your index finger | D# |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 13 with your ring finger | G |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 13 with your pinky finger | A# |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 12 with your middle finger | D# |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 11 with your index finger | G |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 11 with your index 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:
Songs Using D#
These songs from our play-along library feature the D# chord:
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Great Expectation
SIENNA SPIRO
One Name
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
Where's My Phone?
Mitski
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
Straight Up
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Antidote
Karan Aujla
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
Been By Now
Morgan Wallen
Better Together
Jack Johnson
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Putaapu Gang
Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan
Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
Bindaas
Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
Head & Heart
Joel Corry feat. MNEK
More Than a Feeling
Boston
RUMI & JINU
Unknown
Breakin' Dishes
Rihanna
Quebec
Drake
Riha
Anuv Jain
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
*NSYNC
7clouds
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
Creep
Radiohead
Softly
Karan Aujla, Ikky
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Dream On
Aerosmith
someday i'll get it
Alek Olsen
Gehra Hua
Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan
IYKYK
Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi
Touch
KATSEYE
Northern Attitude
Noah Kahan, Hozier
Last Thing You Need
Morgan Wallen
I Really Do...
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
People
Libianca
Afraid To Feel
LF System
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
A Couple Minutes
Olivia Dean
Magic Man
Heart
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma
Luke Combs
Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
Best I Ever Had
Drake
Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)
Unknown
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
Poison
Alice Cooper
Zaroorat
Mustafa Zahid
Hooked On a Feeling
Blue Swede
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
Too Sweet
Hozier
Night Moves
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Rock That Body
Black Eyed Peas
March Madness
Future
Frozen
Lil Baby
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
Black Betty
Ram Jam
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Madwoman
Laufey
Die On This Hill
SIENNA SPIRO
You Will Never Know it
Carpetman
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Eloise
Unknown
Sajni
Jal The Band
Patience
Guns N' Roses
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Until I Found You
Stephen Sanchez
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Risk It All
Bruno Mars
back to friends
sombr
Xanadu
Rush
Like a Stone
Audioslave
So Good
Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar
Fast Car
Luke Combs
Can't Get Enough
Bad Company
Homewrecker
sombr
Perfect
Ed Sheeran
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
I'm The Problem
Morgan Wallen
The Stroke
Billy Squier
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Hell Yeah
Rev Theory
Old Phone
Ed Sheeran
Green Green Grass
George Ezra
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
At Peace
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
i like the way you kiss me
Artemas
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
Remember
Becky Hill
All Along the Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Bon Jovi
Unknown
Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
The Door
Teddy Swims
Where the Wild Things Are
Luke Combs
I Love You, I'm Sorry
Gracie Abrams
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
Demons
Imagine Dragons
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
Slow It Down
Benson Boone
Kabira
Unknown
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
JUMP
BLACKPINK
Symphony
Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
DAISIES
Justin Bieber
Rockstar
LISA
Sapphire
Ed Sheeran
Taste
Sabrina Carpenter
Little Sister
Queens of the Stone Age
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Alexia
Unknown
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Show Me Love
WizTheMc & bees & honey
Lush Life
Zara Larsson
FEVER DREAM
Alex Warren
I Run
HAVEN
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
Eternity
Alex Warren
Roxanne
The Police
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Pretty Ugly
Zara Larsson
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
About Damn Time
Lizzo
In The End
Linkin Park
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Calling After Me
Wallows
party 4 u
Charli xcx
How You Remind Me
Nickelback
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Raindance
Dave & Tems
Teri Mitti
B Praak
Tenerife Sea
Ed Sheeran
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
Kill Bill
SZA
Phir Le Aaya Dil
Arijit Singh
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Blackbird
The Beatles
Stateside
PinkPantheress
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
drop dead
Olivia Rodrigo
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Elvin Bishop
Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
Ashke
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
One Sun One Moon
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg
Preet Re
Unknown
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
One Wild Night
Bon Jovi
GBP
Central Cee & 21 Savage
ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ
Nikoletta Triantopoulou
Nonsense
Sabrina Carpenter
Bad Angel
Anyma, LISA
Favorite
Isabel LaRosa
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
Baby Blue
Cody Simpson
APT.
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
A Night To Remember
beabadoobee, Laufey
you and forever
Bleachers
No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age
Runnin' with the Devil
Van Halen
The Subway
Chappell Roan
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
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