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🎶 🎶 Easy Guitar Chords for Beginners – Top 5 with Popular Songs

Learning guitar starts with a few basic chords. These chords are easy to play and are used in hundreds of songs. Let’s explore the top 5 guitar chords for beginners and see how they connect to popular tunes.

C Major

• ✨ Sound: Bright and happy

• 👆 Fingers: Place on frets 1, 2, and 3 in a staircase shape

🎵 Used in:

• “Let It Be” – The Beatles

• “Pal” – Arijit Singh

• chords – C, Em, am, G, D, A, and (bm Optional for beginners)

G Major

• ✨ Sound: Full and powerful

• 👆 Fingers: Stretch across frets 2 and 3

• 🎵 Used in:

“Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd

“Tum Hi Ho” – Aashiqui 2

• chords – em, am, d, bm, c, ( b Optional for beginners)

D Major

• ✨ Sound: Gentle and melodic

• 👆 Fingers: All fit in fret 2

🎵 Used in:

• “Hey There Delilah” – Plain White T’s

• “Pehla Nasha” – Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

• chords – D, g, a, c, and ( bm, f Optional for beginners )

A Minor

• ✨ Sound: Sad and emotional

• 👆 Fingers: Frets 1 and 2; easy switch from C

• 🎵 Used in:

• “Hotel California” – Eagles

• “Tera Yaar Hoon Main” – Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety

• chords – g, em, c, d, and Am

E Minor

• ✨ Sound: Deep and moody

• 👆 Fingers: Just two fingers on fret 2

• 🎵 Used in:

• “Nothing Else Matters” – Metallica

• “Channa Mereya” – Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

• chords – am, f, dm, c, g

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