Guitar Chords In The Key Of C Major And A Minor

Have you ever wanted to know what guitar chords you can play on each scale degree in the key of C Major?

Look no further because I have put together a huge list that shows you the chords you can play in the key of C Major / A minor. It's a pretty big list of chord charts with variations so I packaged it up into a downloadable PDF.

Download the chords PDF

How to read the chord charts

My chord charts might be slightly different than what you are used to so I wrote this short guide to help you HERE.

List of guitar chords in the book

Since the keys of C Major and A minor have the same notes (and same chords), you can use the charts for both keys. The list of guitar chords below are all the chord types used in the PDF (not in order).

Major - intervals = 1-3-5
minor - intervals = 1-m3-5
diminished - intervals = 1-m3-d5
sus2 - intervals = 1-2-5
sus2sus4 - intervals = 1-2-4-5
sus4 - intervals = 1-4-5
mbb5 - intervals = 1-m3-4
6 - intervals = 1-3-5-6
6add9 - intervals = 1-3-5-6-9
m6add9 - intervals = 1-m3-5-6-9
minor6 - intervals = 1-m3-5-6
7 - intervals = 1-3-5-m7
7sus2 - intervals = 1-2-5-m7
7sus2sus4 - intervals = 1-2-4-5-m7
7sus4 - intervals = 1-4-5-m7
M7 - intervals = 1-3-5-7
M7sus2 - intervals = 1-2-5-7
M7sus2sus4 - intervals = 1-2-4-5-7
M7sus4 - intervals = 1-4-5-7
m7b5 - intervals = 1-m3-d5-m7
minor7 - intervals = 1-m3-5-m7
9 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-m7-9
9sus4 - intervals = 1-4-(5)-m7-9
9sus4 - intervals = 1-4-5-m7-9
M9 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-7-9
M9 - intervals = 1-3-5-7-9
add9 - intervals = 1-3-5-9
minor9 - intervals = 1-m3-(5)-m7-9
11 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-m7-(9)-11
M11 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-7-(9)-11
minor11 - intervals = 1-m3-(5)-m7-(9)-11
sharp11 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-7-(9)-+11
13 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-m7-(9)-(11)-13
M13 - intervals = 1-3-(5)-7-(9)-(11)-13
minor13 - intervals = 1-m3-(5)-m7-(9)-(11)-13

Want more chords in other keys?

I'll be making more PDFs of the chords in the most common keys so be sure to visit https://guitarsix.com/blog/category/chords/ and keep an eye out for new keys or subscribe below to be notified by email.