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G power chord guitar chord

G power chord is G and D, nothing else. Chord sheets often write G5. Look at the first picture.

x means muted. 0 means open.

G power chord

Short code 355xxx, thickest string first.

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

G power chord uses the notes G and D.

More G guitar chords.

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

G power chord, another shape

Short code 35xxxx, thickest string first.

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

G power chord uses the notes G and D.

Why does this G power chord have only two notes?

Both pictures are G and D. That is a G power chord. There is no B, so it is not G major. The first picture uses three strings starting on the thick E at fret 3. The second picture uses only the two thick strings. Same two notes. The first shape has an extra G, so it often sounds bigger.

If the G power chord in a song sounds smaller than the first picture, try the two-string picture lower on this page.

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

Progressions that start on G power chord

Play each line in order.

G power chord, C power chord, D power chord, G power chord

This is the hard-hit one. G power chord (G5) to C power chord (C5) to D power chord (D5) 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.

G power chord, F power chord, C power chord, G power chord

F power chord (F5) walks out. C5 pulls. G5 stomps back. Southern rock and classic-rock radio. A tailgate. Dust. Big. Nobody came to cry.

G power chord, C power chord, G power chord, C power chord

Two chords, and they punch. G5 then C5, over and over. 1970s punk, a school gym, bad speakers. Simple is the feeling.