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Welcome to your FIRST chord book. All
sections in this book are arranged by level of
difficulty. All the chords are learnt in different
collections that have chords that sound good
and are used in songs together.

Play your way through the book week by

week and you will quickly get a handle on the
basic chords for acoustic guitar.

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chords to play great songs!
 How to Read
Chord Diagrams
middle
pointerB

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2 ring
3
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G=G major
chondname :

← Gm=G minor
↳
play these
*.mn, .mn
c→F• ✗
→
don't play this
string

←
U frets
←
place finger'd here -☒
do 4
place finger 2 here -3020
← =
⑧ green circles
⑧
indicate the
chord ROOT note

rG1 B D G B
3 5 1 3
i 1st ⑧B⑥
+1min string
thick 6th string
Easy 2-Finger
Chords

E B E G B E A E A B E G B D G B
1 5 1 b3 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 1 3 5 1 3

EXERCISES
Keep a steady beat with the strum hand while
doing these exercises.

1. Practice switching between Em and A

2. Practice switching between Em an G

3. Practice switching between all 3 chords but

play Em more than the rest.

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Chords in D // 1
A collection of super easy chords in D
for absolute beginners.

A D A D F# E A E G C# E
5 1 5 1 3 5 1 5 b7 3 5

E B E G B E G B D G B D G B G
1 5 1 b3 5 1 1 3 5 1 3 5 1 3 1

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Chords in G // 1
A collection of super easy chords in G.
Perfect for Absolute Beginners
These modern chord voicings are great for
indie, pop, rock indie folk etc. These
chords are also easier than the traditional
shapes.

D/F# Major

G BD G B
1 3 5 1 3 F# A D A
3 5 1 5

E BEG B E
1 5 1 b3 5 1 G CE G B E
5 1 3 1 7 3

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Chords in D // 2
A collection of super easy chords in D
for absolute beginners.

A D A D F# E A E G C# E DG BG
5 1 5 1 3 5 1 5 b7 3 5
51 31

G BD G BG EB E G BE E A E A C# E
1 3 5 1 31 1 5 1 b3 5 1 51 5 1 3 5

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15 1 2 5
Chords in A // 1
A collection of 3 super easy chords in
the key of . Perfect for Absolute
Beginners.
Hip 's
1st finger
stays
on 3rd
string
.
.

A D A D F# E B E G# B E
E A E A C# E
5 1 5 1 3 5 5 1 5 1 3 51 5 1 3 5

Other Easy Colourful Chords

Jazzy sound. These

chords can be used as
substitutes for A and D.
When the song is in the
key of A

E A E A C# E A D A C# F#
5 1 5 1 3 5 51 5 7 3

Blues chords in A

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E A E G C# E A D A C F# E B D G# D E
5 1 5 b7 3 5 5 1 5 b7 3 1 5 b7 3 5 1
 Chords in G // 2
A collection of popular easy chords in the
key of G and Em These will include many Chords in the Key of G & Em-1
popular chord voicings. 1 2m 3m 4 5 6m 7dim
These chords are acoustic guitar classics! Used in millions of songs.
G Am Bm C D Em F#*

G B D G B G F# A D G D G
5 1 4 1 4
1 3 5 1 3 1 C E G D E
1 3 5 9 3
E B E G D G A D A D G
1 5 1 b3 b7 b3 5 1 5 1 4

B D A B F# C E G C E
1 b3 b7 1 5 1 3 5 1 3

G X D G D G
1 - 5 1 5 1

B7 is a non-diatonic(out of key) chord

used frequently in the key of G and Em

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Chords in D // 2
A collection of more easy chords in D/Bm.

Chords in the Key of D & Bm

1 2m 3m 4 5 6m 7dim

D Em F#m G A Bm C#*

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Chords in C // 1
A collection of easy chords in the key of C.

Chords in the Key of C & Am

1 2m 3m 4 5 6m 7dim

C Dm Em F G Am B*

Common Non-diatonic chords

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Chords in E // 1
A collection of 3 easy chords in E

Chords in the Key of E & C#m

1 2m 3m 4 5 6m 7dim

E F#m G#m A B C#m D#*

Blues chords in E

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Chords in G // 3
A huge collection of chords in the key of
G/Em for beginners.

Chords in the Key of G & Em

1 2m 3m 4 5 6m 7dim

G Am Bm C D Em F#*

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Chords in E // 2
A collection of chords in E for beginner
to intermediate players.
Mini 1-Finger
Chords

stipe
strum the
don't
3 strings
.
only
top

strum
the bottom 3 .

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Easy Chords in A
A collection of 3 super easy chords in
the key of . Perfect for Absolute 1- ip's
Beginners.
1st finger
stays
on 3rd
string
.
.

Other Easy Colourful Chords

Jazzy sound. These

chords can be used as
substitutes for A and D.
When the song is in the
key of A

Blues chords in A

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Progressions in D

1. D A7

2. D G

3. D G D A7

4. D G A7 D

5. D Em G A
Progressions in A

1. A D A E

2. A D E D

3. A A D E

Progressions in E

4. E A B7 B7

5. E A E B7

6. E B7 A E
Progressions in G

1. G Em

2. G C

3. Em C G G

4. Em C G D

5. G Am C G

6. C D Bm Em

7. G Em B7 C

8. G Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4

9. Em B7 Cadd9 D

10. Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4

More progressions in D

1. D Dsus2 G5 Asus4 D

2. D D/F# G5 Asus4

3. Bm F#m11 G Asus2

4. Dsus4 D Bm G

5. Dmaj7 G Em A7
Progressions in C

1. C Am

2. C F Am Am

3. Am F C G

4. C Em Am G

5. Dm G C F

6. C E F Dm

7. Am C D7 F
Progressions in E

1. E A E B7

2. C#m A E E

3. E B C#m A

4. E G#m C#m A

5. E F#m C#m B

6. A F#m E E

7. C#m G#m A B
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