BeginnerMajor

E Chord

The E 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:ERoot (1)G#Major 3rd (3)BPerfect 5th (5)

Open Position

E231

Chord Diagrams

Open Position

No barre required

E231

Open Position (Alt)

Alternative voicing

E11342

How to Play E

Follow these steps for the open position fingering:

#StringInstructionNote
1Low E (6th string)○Open, play the open stringE
2A (5th string)●Fret 2 with your middle fingerG#
3D (4th string)●Fret 2 with your ring fingerB
4G (3rd string)●Fret 1 with your index fingerE
5B (2nd string)○Open, play the open stringG#
6High E (1st string)○Open, play the open stringB

○ = Open string (no fingers needed)

✕ = Muted string (don't play)

● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret

Notes in E

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

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

Songs Using E

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

Lookin' Out My Back Door

Creedence Clearwater Revival

intermediate

Your Idol

Saja Boys

intermediate

Amarillo by Morning

George Strait

intermediate

seasons

wave to earth

advanced

Here Comes the Sun

The Beatles

intermediate

Refugee

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

beginner

abc (nicer)

GAYLE

beginner

Rein Me In

Sam Fender & Olivia Dean

intermediate

Nothing Else Matters

Metallica

intermediate

Africa

Toto

intermediate

Antidote

Karan Aujla

advanced

Hotel California

Eagles

intermediate

Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

v94j

beginner

I'll Change for You

Mitski

intermediate

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz

intermediate

Yesterday

The Beatles

intermediate

Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver

beginner

Wagon Wheel

Darius Rucker

beginner

Problems

Mother Mother

advanced

Janice STFU

Drake

intermediate

Radhimaa

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

intermediate

Redemption Song

Bob Marley

beginner

Hey Joe

Jimi Hendrix

beginner

Breakin' Dishes

Rihanna

beginner

*NSYNC

7clouds

intermediate

stupid song

Olivia Rodrigo

beginner

Ala Bolelo

Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj

intermediate

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

intermediate

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Steam

advanced

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett

intermediate

As It Was

Harry Styles

beginner

Three Little Birds

Bob Marley

intermediate

My Body Isn't Ready

sombr

advanced

Paint It, Black

The Rolling Stones

advanced

Photograph

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

The A Team

Ed Sheeran

beginner

KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV

HYBE LABELS

advanced

Somebody's Watching Me

Rockwell

beginner

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

beginner

Dooron Dooron

Paresh Pahuja

beginner

November Rain

Guns N' Roses

advanced

someday i'll get it

Alek Olsen

intermediate

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

beginner

Dance The Night

Dua Lipa

intermediate

IYKYK

Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi

intermediate

For A Reason

Karan Aujla & Ikky

intermediate

Fat Lip

Sum 41

intermediate

Kabhi Kabhi Aditi

Rashid Ali

intermediate

undressed

sombr

intermediate

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

intermediate

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

beginner

Train Wreck

James Arthur

intermediate

Angel Of My Dreams

JADE

intermediate

The Days (Notion Remix)

CHRYSTAL

beginner

What I Want

Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae

beginner

Francis Forever

Mitski

intermediate

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

The Beatles

beginner

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Blue Öyster Cult

beginner

Stop Waiting

Cigarettes After Sex

intermediate

Jolene

Dolly Parton

beginner

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol

intermediate

Teenage Dirtbag

Wheatus

beginner

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Billie Eilish

beginner

Naal Nachna

Shashwat Sachdev; Afsana Khan; IRSHAD KAMIL; Reble

intermediate

Wicked Games

The Weeknd

advanced

Zaroorat

Mustafa Zahid

intermediate

Take On Me

a-ha

intermediate

Best Day Of My Life (Acoustic)

American Authors

beginner

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

advanced

Ik Vaari Aa

Arijit Singh

advanced

Run To You

Bryan Adams

intermediate

Flowers

Miley Cyrus

intermediate

Message in a Bottle

The Police

intermediate

Rock That Body

Black Eyed Peas

advanced

Hurts So Good

Ag3nte360

beginner

Yellow

Coldplay

beginner

Breaking Me

Topic

beginner

Radioactive

Imagine Dragons

beginner

Easy Lover

Miley Cyrus

beginner

Stick Season

Noah Kahan

beginner

Tujhe Bhula Diya

Mohit Chauhan

intermediate

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

intermediate

Akele hain to kya gum hai

Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan

intermediate

Mystical Magical

Benson Boone

intermediate

Pointless

Lewis Capaldi

beginner

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Kiss

advanced

Once More to See You

Mitski

intermediate

Black Betty

Ram Jam

advanced

Need You Now

Lady Antebellum

beginner

STIF UPPER LIP LYRICS

Unknown

intermediate

Pehla Nasha

Udit Narayan

intermediate

Madwoman

Laufey

advanced

Rain On Me

Lady Gaga

beginner

I'm Eighteen

Alice Cooper

beginner

Ordinary

Alex Warren

beginner

The Reason

Hoobastank

intermediate

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

The Rolling Stones

beginner

Teri Aankhon Mein

Darshan Raval

intermediate

Die On This Hill

SIENNA SPIRO

advanced

Teri Yaad

Aditya Rikhari

beginner

You Will Never Know it

Carpetman

intermediate

SWIM

BTS

advanced

Counting Stars

OneRepublic

beginner

Beds Are Burning

Midnight Oil

intermediate

Soch Na Sake

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Housewife

Tate McRae

intermediate

Gives You Hell

The All-American Rejects

intermediate

Back In Black

AC/DC

intermediate

Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin

Sonu Nigam

intermediate

Kryptonite

3 Doors Down

intermediate

Sajni

Jal The Band

intermediate

One way or another

Blondie

intermediate

Patience

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Tera Ban Jaunga

Akhil

intermediate

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

intermediate

Ae Watan

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)

The Hollies

intermediate

I Won't Give Up

Jason Mraz

intermediate

Choo Lo

The Local Train

beginner

Stuck In The Middle

Tai Verdes

beginner

Upside Down

Jack Johnson

beginner

My Immortal (Band Version)

Evanescence

intermediate

Forget Me

Lewis Capaldi

beginner

Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Golden

HUNTR/X

intermediate

If I Die Young (Pop Version / Remastered 2025)

The Band Perry

beginner

Stereo Hearts

Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine

intermediate

Bekhayali

Unknown

intermediate

Bubbly

Colbie Caillat

intermediate

Tonight Tonight

Hot Chelle Rae

beginner

Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones

intermediate

Tom Sawyer

Rush

intermediate

Be Her

Ella Langley

beginner

Xanadu

Rush

advanced

Whole Lotta Love

Led Zeppelin

beginner

Sympathy For The Devil

The Rolling Stones

intermediate

Barracuda

Heart

intermediate

Pour Some Sugar On Me

DEF LEPPARD

intermediate

Stargazing

Myles Smith

beginner

greedy

Tate McRae

beginner

Welcome to the Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

advanced

Panic in Detroit

David Bowie

intermediate

Cruel Summer

Taylor Swift

intermediate

Guess feat. billie eilish

Charli xcx

intermediate

Die With A Smile

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Eyes Closed

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Hey Soul Sister

Train

beginner

Dead Fresh

Lil Baby

beginner

Ain't In LA

ADÉLA

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

My Universe

Coldplay

beginner

Anti-Hero

Taylor Swift

beginner

Winning Speech

Karan Aujla, MXRCI

intermediate

Dai Dai

Shakira & Burna Boy

intermediate

Sweet Melody

Little Mix

advanced

LUNCH

Billie Eilish

intermediate

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Unknown

beginner

Physical

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Is This Love?

Bob Marley

intermediate

Not Like Us

Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Busy Woman

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

Khat

Navjot Ahuja

intermediate

Wonderwall

Oasis

beginner

Where Are You Now

Lost Frequencies

advanced

Jo Tum Mere Ho

Anuv Jain

beginner

Don't We

Morgan Wallen

beginner

Bol Do Na Zara

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Sports car

Tate McRae

advanced

New Religion

Bebe Rexha & Faithless

intermediate

i like the way you kiss me

Artemas

intermediate

Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi

advanced

Apna Time Aayega

Divine

intermediate

Lover

Diljit Dosanjh

intermediate

Please Please Please

Sabrina Carpenter

advanced

Dude Looks Like A Lady

Aerosmith

intermediate

Pat Benatar

OldLyrics

beginner

I Bet on Losing Dogs

Mitski

advanced

Venus

Shocking Blue

intermediate

The Door

Teddy Swims

intermediate

Rock of Ages

Def Leppard

intermediate

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

advanced

Demons

Imagine Dragons

advanced

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

advanced

Cherry Bomb

The Runaways

intermediate

High Hopes

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

Burning Pile

Mother Mother

advanced

Don't Stop Believin'

Journey

beginner

Little Sister

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

Khairiyat

Arijit Singh

advanced

Spirit In the Sky

Norman Greenbaum

beginner

Nain Matakka

Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil

intermediate

Kisses ft. bbyclose

BL3SS x CamrinWatsin

advanced

Wild Thing

The Troggs

beginner

Layla (Unplugged)

Eric Clapton

advanced

I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore

Solo Sounds

intermediate

Come As You Are

Nirvana

intermediate

End of Beginning

Djo

beginner

CHANEL

Tyla

intermediate

It's ok I'm ok

Tate McRae

intermediate

Tears in Heaven

Eric Clapton

advanced

Teri Deewani

Kailash Kher

beginner

Meet Me in the Woods

Lord Huron

beginner

Paradise City

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

What It Sounds Like

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Unse Jaake Kehdo

Justh

intermediate

Stop The Wedding!

Ashe

beginner

Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys

Unknown

intermediate

blue

yung kai

beginner

Enter Sandman

Metallica

intermediate

Love Me Not

Ravyn Lenae

beginner

Zara Zara

Bombay Jayashri

intermediate

On my mind

Metito

intermediate

Mann Bharrya

B Praak

intermediate

Faasle

Aditya Rikhari

intermediate

WILDFLOWER

Billie Eilish

intermediate

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

advanced

Carry On Wayward Son

Kansas

intermediate

White Keys

Dominic Fike

intermediate

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

advanced

Agar Tum Saath Ho

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Buffalo Soldier

Bob Marley

intermediate

Ilahi

Mohit Chauhan

intermediate

Internet Girl

KATSEYE

advanced

Santeria

Sublime

intermediate

Tere Bina

A.R. Rahman

intermediate

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

beginner

Bad Habits

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

Unwell

Matchbox Twenty

intermediate

Thriller

Michael Jackson

intermediate

Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

intermediate

Kal Ho Na Ho

Sonu Nigam

advanced

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

advanced

Good Luck, Babe!

Chappell Roan

intermediate

Staying

Lizzy McAlpine

intermediate

Seven Nation Army

The White Stripes

intermediate

good 4 u

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

Sailor Song

Gigi Perez

beginner

BbY WOW

KAROL G, Judeline, & rusowsky

intermediate

Huntrix

Unknown

beginner

Aerosmith Walk This Way

Aerosmith

intermediate

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

Sony Pictures Animation

intermediate

I Thought I Saw Your Face Today

She & Him

advanced

DYNAMITE

Tyla x Wizkid

intermediate

Midnight Sun

Zara Larsson

intermediate

Disease

Lady Gaga

intermediate

GBP

Central Cee & 21 Savage

advanced

Beautiful Crazy

Luke Combs

beginner

Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Tweeter and the Monkey Man

Headstones

beginner

ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ

Nikoletta Triantopoulou

intermediate

TIT FOR TAT

Tate McRae

beginner

Messy

Lola Young

intermediate

Sign of the Gypsy Queen

April Wine

intermediate

Living After Midnight

Judas Priest

intermediate

Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult

SpiritWriterSong

beginner

Qayde Se | Metro…In Dino | Anurag Basu

T-Series

beginner

So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Olivia Dean

advanced

Come a Little Closer

Cage the Elephant

intermediate

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