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.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Position, Fret 4
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 11
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play G#
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ●Fret 4 with your index finger | G# |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 6 with your ring finger | C |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 6 with your pinky finger | D# |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 5 with your middle finger | G# |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 4 with your index finger | C |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 4 with your index finger | D# |
○ = 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:
Songs Using G#
These songs from our play-along library feature the G# chord:
Lookin' Out My Back Door
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Here Without You
3 Doors Down
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
abc (nicer)
GAYLE
Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
Great Expectation
SIENNA SPIRO
Saturn
SZA
Where's My Phone?
Mitski
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
STAY
The Kid Laroi
Solar Eclipse
Drake, Don Toliver
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Antidote
Karan Aujla
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Problems
Mother Mother
Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
Bindaas
Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
Head & Heart
Joel Corry feat. MNEK
Breakin' Dishes
Rihanna
Riha
Anuv Jain
Bye Bye Bye
*NSYNC
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Monster Mash
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
Softly
Karan Aujla, Ikky
Black Friday
Tom Odell
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Man I Need
Olivia Dean
Dream On
Aerosmith
That’s So True
Gracie Abrams
someday i'll get it
Alek Olsen
Riptide
Vance Joy
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector
Eddie Money
IYKYK
Jxggi, Dishant & Sickboi
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
Touch
KATSEYE
Northern Attitude
Noah Kahan, Hozier
Last Thing You Need
Morgan Wallen
I Really Do...
Karan Aujla & Ikky
People
Libianca
I Put A Spell On You
Nina Simone
Afraid To Feel
LF System
the cure
Olivia Rodrigo
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
A Couple Minutes
Olivia Dean
Best I Ever Had
Drake
LIKE ME
Future feat. 42 Dugg & Lil Baby
Teenage Dirtbag
Wheatus
Poison
Alice Cooper
Wicked Games
The Weeknd
Hooked On a Feeling
Blue Swede
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Night Moves
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
BMF
SZA
"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Cold feat. Post Malone
BigXthaPlug
Mystical Magical
Benson Boone
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Jasleen Royal
I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
House Tour
Sabrina Carpenter
Die On This Hill
SIENNA SPIRO
You Will Never Know it
Carpetman
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Sajni
Jal The Band
Patience
Guns N' Roses
Last Night
Morgan Wallen
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Woh Ladki Jo
Abhijeet
back to friends
sombr
So Good
Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar
Fast Car
Luke Combs
I Can't Love You Anymore
Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen
Homewrecker
sombr
Perfect
Ed Sheeran
I'm The Problem
Morgan Wallen
Ain't In LA
ADÉLA
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Hell Yeah
Rev Theory
Green Green Grass
George Ezra
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Elton John
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
BED
Joel Corry
All The Stars
Kendrick Lamar, SZA
At Peace
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Wants and Needs
Drake feat. Lil Baby
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Khat
Navjot Ahuja
hate that i made you love me
Ariana Grande
i like the way you kiss me
Artemas
Remember
Becky Hill
All Along the Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Pink Pony Club
Chappell Roan
It's My Life
Bon Jovi
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
Free
Rumi & JINU
The Door
Teddy Swims
Where the Wild Things Are
Luke Combs
Demons
Imagine Dragons
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
Slow It Down
Benson Boone
Kabira
Tochi Raina & Rekha Bhardwaj
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
JUMP
BLACKPINK
Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
Cherry Bomb
The Runaways
Symphony
Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
DAISIES
Justin Bieber
Rockstar
LISA
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Sapphire
Ed Sheeran
Taste
Sabrina Carpenter
Little Sister
Queens of the Stone Age
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Bad Dreams
Teddy Swims
Show Me Love
WizTheMc & bees & honey
You Broke Me
Sierra Jade
Dracula
Tame Impala
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
FEVER DREAM
Alex Warren
It's ok I'm ok
Tate McRae
I Run
HAVEN
tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
Paradise City
Guns N' Roses
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Unse Jaake Kehdo
Justh
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
No Broke Boys
Disco Lines & Tinashe
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
On my mind
Metito
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
Faasle
Aditya Rikhari
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Ranjha
B Praak
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Calling After Me
Wallows
Internet Girl
KATSEYE
Santeria
Sublime
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
Stateside
PinkPantheress
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
Seventeen Going Under (Edit)
Sam Fender
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Tommy Richman
drop dead
Olivia Rodrigo
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
ABC
Jackson 5
Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
Ashke
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
One Sun One Moon
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg
Preet Re
Darshan Raval & Jonita Gandhi
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
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
Baby Blue
Cody Simpson
APT.
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
A Night To Remember
beabadoobee, Laufey
Take A Slice
Glass Animals
you and forever
Bleachers
Runnin' with the Devil
Van Halen
American Girls
Harry Styles
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
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