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E power chord guitar chord

E power chord is E and B. The first picture uses the three thickest strings. Start there.

x means muted. 0 means open.

E power chord

Short code 022xxx, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: open, note E, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 2, middle finger, note B, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 2, ring finger, note E, 1st.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

E power chord uses the notes E and B.

More E guitar chords.

Also E major, E minor, E dominant 7, E major 7, E minor 7, E suspended 2, E suspended 4, E diminished, E augmented.

E power chord, another shape

Short code x79xxx, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: muted, do not play.
  2. A string: fret 7, index finger, note E, 1st.
  3. D string: fret 9, ring finger, note B, 5th.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

E power chord uses the notes E and B.

Why does this E power chord have only two notes?

Both pictures are E and B. That is an E power chord. There is no G sharp, so it is not E major. The first picture uses the three thick strings, with the thick E open. The second picture is two strings on the A and D strings at frets 7 and 9. Same two notes. The first shape includes the open thick E, so it often sounds bigger.

If the E power chord in a song sounds smaller than the first picture, try the second picture lower on this page.

This chord leaves off the note that would make it major or minor. Play E major after this and you will hear G sharp come in.

Progressions that start on E power chord

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E power chord, A power chord, B power chord, E power chord

This is the hard-hit one. E power chord (E5) to A power chord (A5) to B power chord (B5) 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.

E power chord, D power chord, A power chord, E power chord

D power chord (D5) walks out. A5 pulls. E5 stomps back. Southern rock and classic-rock radio. A tailgate. Dust. Big. Nobody came to cry.

E power chord, A power chord, E power chord, A power chord

Two chords, and they punch. E5 then A5, over and over. 1970s punk, a school gym, bad speakers. Simple is the feeling.