All The Basic Guitar Chords

One of the reasons guitar is such a popular instrument is that a person can sound decent after only a week of study. A 2 or 3 chord accompaniment to a folk tune has even a rank beginner sounding reasonably good. It is mainly a matter of strength, toughness and agility in the the fingers.

Follow this link to a diagram of common guitar chords. Print it out and then use a highlighter to mark the chords you know.

Rather than playing through all of them as a boring exercise, it is much easier to learn them as part of learning songs. House of the Rising Sun, maybe?

Am C D F Am C E E Am C D F Am E Am E