C5 is the C power chord. Only two notes: C and G. It is not major and not minor. Copy the first picture.
x means muted. 0 means open.
Short code x35xxx, thickest string first.
C power chord uses the notes C and G.
More C guitar chords.
Also C major, C minor, C dominant 7, C major 7, C minor 7, C suspended 2, C suspended 4, C diminished, C augmented.
Short code 8aaxxx, thickest string first.
C power chord uses the notes C and G.
Both pictures are C and G. That is a C power chord. There is no E, so it is not C major, and no E flat, so it is not C minor. The first picture is two strings: A string fret 3, D string fret 5. The second picture starts on the thick E at fret 8 and uses three strings. Same two notes. The second shape has three strings, so it often sounds bigger.
If the C power chord in a song sounds bigger than two strings, try the second picture lower on this page.
This chord leaves off the note that would make it major or minor. That is why it does not sound major or minor. Play C major after this and you will hear E come in.
Play each line in order.
This is the hard-hit one. C power chord (C5) to F power chord (F5) to G power chord (G5) and home, nothing soft in the middle. 1970s hard rock and 1990s punk, a garage with the door up. It feels like yelling along even when you do not know the words.
B flat power chord (Bb5) walks out. F5 pulls. C5 stomps back. Southern rock and classic-rock radio. A tailgate. Dust. Big. Nobody came to cry.
Two chords, and they punch. C5 then F5, over and over. 1970s punk, a school gym, bad speakers. Simple is the feeling.