IntermediateMajor

G# Chord

The G# 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:G#Root (1)CMajor 3rd (3)D#Perfect 5th (5)

Open Position

G#4fr134211

Chord Diagrams

Position, Fret 4

Uses a barre chord technique

G#4fr134211

Barre Shape, Fret 11

Uses a barre chord technique

G#11fr✕13331

How to Play G#

Follow these steps for the open position fingering:

Barre technique: Press your index finger flat across all strings at fret 4 to form the barre, then add the remaining fingers on top.
#StringInstructionNote
1Low E (6th string)●Fret 4 with your index fingerG#
2A (5th string)●Fret 6 with your ring fingerC
3D (4th string)●Fret 6 with your pinky fingerD#
4G (3rd string)●Fret 5 with your middle fingerG#
5B (2nd string)●Fret 4 with your index fingerC
6High E (1st string)●Fret 4 with your index fingerD#

○ = Open string (no fingers needed)

✕ = Muted string (don't play)

● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret

Notes in G#

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

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

Songs Using G#

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

Lookin' Out My Back Door

Creedence Clearwater Revival

intermediate

Here Without You

3 Doors Down

beginner

Sahiba

Aditya Rikhari

intermediate

abc (nicer)

GAYLE

beginner

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Great Expectation

SIENNA SPIRO

intermediate

Saturn

SZA

beginner

Where's My Phone?

Mitski

intermediate

Tum Hi Ho

Arijit Singh

intermediate

STAY

The Kid Laroi

beginner

Solar Eclipse

Drake, Don Toliver

intermediate

Viva La Vida

Coldplay

beginner

Antidote

Karan Aujla

advanced

Eye Of The Tiger

Survivor

intermediate

My Old Ways

Tame Impala

intermediate

Problems

Mother Mother

advanced

Take A Sexy Picture Of Me

CMAT

beginner

Bindaas

Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu

intermediate

Head & Heart

Joel Corry feat. MNEK

beginner

Breakin' Dishes

Rihanna

beginner

Riha

Anuv Jain

beginner

Bye Bye Bye

*NSYNC

intermediate

Welcome To The Jungle

Guns N' Roses

advanced

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett

intermediate

My Body Isn't Ready

sombr

advanced

Paint It, Black

The Rolling Stones

advanced

Softly

Karan Aujla, Ikky

beginner

Black Friday

Tom Odell

beginner

KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV

HYBE LABELS

advanced

Man I Need

Olivia Dean

beginner

Dream On

Aerosmith

intermediate

That’s So True

Gracie Abrams

beginner

someday i'll get it

Alek Olsen

intermediate

Riptide

Vance Joy

beginner

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector

Eddie Money

beginner

IYKYK

Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi

intermediate

Kabhi Kabhi Aditi

Rashid Ali

intermediate

Touch

KATSEYE

intermediate

Northern Attitude

Noah Kahan, Hozier

beginner

Last Thing You Need

Morgan Wallen

beginner

I Really Do...

Karan Aujla & Ikky

intermediate

People

Libianca

beginner

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

intermediate

Afraid To Feel

LF System

intermediate

the cure

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

Sooraj Dooba Hai

Arijit Singh

advanced

A Couple Minutes

Olivia Dean

intermediate

Best I Ever Had

Drake

intermediate

LIKE ME

Future feat. 42 Dugg & Lil Baby

intermediate

Teenage Dirtbag

Wheatus

beginner

Poison

Alice Cooper

advanced

Wicked Games

The Weeknd

advanced

Hooked On a Feeling

Blue Swede

intermediate

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana

intermediate

Night Moves

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

beginner

BMF

SZA

beginner

"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

Sony Pictures Animation

intermediate

Cold feat. Post Malone

BigXthaPlug

intermediate

Mystical Magical

Benson Boone

intermediate

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

Jasleen Royal

beginner

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Kiss

advanced

House Tour

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Die On This Hill

SIENNA SPIRO

advanced

You Will Never Know it

Carpetman

intermediate

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

intermediate

Sajni

Jal The Band

intermediate

Patience

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Last Night

Morgan Wallen

beginner

Main Hoon Hero Tera

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

intermediate

Woh Ladki Jo

Abhijeet

advanced

back to friends

sombr

intermediate

So Good

Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Fast Car

Luke Combs

beginner

I Can't Love You Anymore

Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen

beginner

Homewrecker

sombr

intermediate

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

beginner

I'm The Problem

Morgan Wallen

beginner

Ain't In LA

ADÉLA

beginner

Over My Head (Cable Car)

The Fray

intermediate

Hell Yeah

Rev Theory

intermediate

Green Green Grass

George Ezra

intermediate

Before You Go

Lewis Capaldi

beginner

Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

Elton John

beginner

Sweet Melody

Little Mix

advanced

BED

Joel Corry

intermediate

All The Stars

Kendrick Lamar, SZA

intermediate

At Peace

Karan Aujla & Ikky

advanced

Wants and Needs

Drake feat. Lil Baby

intermediate

Not Like Us

Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Shayad

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Azizam

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

Laal Ishq

Arijit Singh

advanced

Khat

Navjot Ahuja

intermediate

hate that i made you love me

Ariana Grande

intermediate

i like the way you kiss me

Artemas

intermediate

Remember

Becky Hill

beginner

All Along the Watchtower

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

beginner

Pink Pony Club

Chappell Roan

intermediate

It's My Life

Bon Jovi

intermediate

I Bet on Losing Dogs

Mitski

advanced

Good Times by Finger Eleven

RockofVengeance

intermediate

Free

Rumi & JINU

intermediate

The Door

Teddy Swims

intermediate

Where the Wild Things Are

Luke Combs

beginner

Demons

Imagine Dragons

advanced

Choosin' Texas

Ella Langley

beginner

Slow It Down

Benson Boone

beginner

Kabira

Tochi Raina & Rekha Bhardwaj

beginner

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day

intermediate

JUMP

BLACKPINK

intermediate

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

advanced

Cherry Bomb

The Runaways

intermediate

Symphony

Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson

beginner

DAISIES

Justin Bieber

beginner

Rockstar

LISA

beginner

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper

advanced

Sapphire

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Taste

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

Little Sister

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

Khairiyat

Arijit Singh

advanced

Pumped Up Kicks

Foster the People

beginner

Sprinter

Central Cee & Dave

intermediate

Bad Dreams

Teddy Swims

beginner

Show Me Love

WizTheMc & bees & honey

intermediate

You Broke Me

Sierra Jade

beginner

Dracula

Tame Impala

intermediate

Layla (Unplugged)

Eric Clapton

advanced

FEVER DREAM

Alex Warren

intermediate

It's ok I'm ok

Tate McRae

intermediate

I Run

HAVEN

beginner

tv off

Kendrick Lamar

advanced

Riri

NINEVICIOUS

beginner

Paradise City

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

What It Sounds Like

HUNTR/X

intermediate

O Mere Dil Ke Chain

Kishore Kumar

advanced

Unse Jaake Kehdo

Justh

intermediate

Pain

Jimmy Eat World

intermediate

No Broke Boys

Disco Lines & Tinashe

intermediate

Tere Sang Yaara

Atif Aslam

intermediate

Smoke On the Water

Deep Purple

beginner

On my mind

Metito

intermediate

Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Pritam

intermediate

Faasle

Aditya Rikhari

intermediate

About Damn Time

Lizzo

advanced

Ranjha

B Praak

beginner

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

advanced

Blinding Lights

The Weeknd

intermediate

Calling After Me

Wallows

intermediate

Internet Girl

KATSEYE

advanced

Santeria

Sublime

intermediate

party 4 u

Charli xcx

advanced

How You Remind Me

Nickelback

beginner

Enna Sona

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Raindance

Dave & Tems

intermediate

Teri Mitti

B Praak

beginner

Tenerife Sea

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Kal Ho Na Ho

Sonu Nigam

advanced

Kill Bill

SZA

intermediate

Phir Le Aaya Dil

Arijit Singh

beginner

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

advanced

Stateside

PinkPantheress

intermediate

Heartbreak Anthem

Galantis

intermediate

Seventeen Going Under (Edit)

Sam Fender

beginner

Chahun Main Ya Naa

Arijit Singh

intermediate

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Tommy Richman

intermediate

drop dead

Olivia Rodrigo

beginner

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Tom Petty

advanced

ABC

Jackson 5

intermediate

Heartbreaker

Pat Benatar

intermediate

Ashke

Karan Aujla, MXRCI

intermediate

One Sun One Moon

Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg

intermediate

Preet Re

Darshan Raval & Jonita Gandhi

beginner

One Wild Night

Bon Jovi

intermediate

GBP

Central Cee & 21 Savage

advanced

ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ

Nikoletta Triantopoulou

intermediate

Nonsense

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Bad Angel

Anyma, LISA

intermediate

Abracadabra

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Baby Blue

Cody Simpson

beginner

APT.

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

intermediate

A Night To Remember

beabadoobee, Laufey

advanced

Take A Slice

Glass Animals

advanced

you and forever

Bleachers

intermediate

Runnin' with the Devil

Van Halen

intermediate

American Girls

Harry Styles

beginner

So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Olivia Dean

advanced

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