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A7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Seventh (Charts)

A7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as a7 chord, a7 guitar chord and how to play A7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

A7 chord diagram, Open positionA7 Open position: low E muted, A open, D fret 2, G open, B fret 2, high e open.×12x 0 2 0 2 0
Open position
x 0 2 0 2 0
A7 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, E-string root)A7 Barre (5th fret, E-string root): low E fret 5, A fret 7, D fret 5, G fret 6, B fret 5, high e fret 5.5fr1325 7 5 6 5 5
Barre (5th fret, E-string root)
5 7 5 6 5 5
A7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionA7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 2, B fret 2, high e fret 3.×××123x x x 2 2 3
Easy 3-string version
x x x 2 2 3

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play A7 (A seventh) on guitar, play x 0 2 0 2 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains A, C#, E, G. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 2 2 3, which needs 3 fretted notes.

A7 chord facts

Chord A7 (A seventh)
Other names Adom7
Notes A, C#, E, G
Intervals A (root), C# (major 3rd), E (perfect 5th), G (minor 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play A7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 0 2 0 2 0 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 2 (E, the perfect 5th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the B string at fret 2 (C#, the major 3rd).
  4. Let the A (A) and G (G) and high e (E) strings ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string, or touch it lightly to mute.
  7. Strum, then pick each string one at a time and fix any string that buzzes or is silent.

What is the easiest way to play A7?

The easier version is x x x 2 2 3 (Easy 3-string version). It ke