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B7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Seventh (Charts)

B7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as b7 chord, b7 guitar chord and how to play B7.

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.

B7 chord diagram, Open positionB7 Open position: low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 1, G fret 2, B open, high e fret 2.×2134x 2 1 2 0 2
Open position
x 2 1 2 0 2
B7 chord diagram, Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)B7 Barre (2nd fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 4, G fret 2, B fret 4, high e fret 2.×134x 2 4 2 4 2
Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)
x 2 4 2 4 2
B7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionB7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 4, B fret 4, high e fret 5.×××123x x x 4 4 5
Easy 3-string version
x x x 4 4 5

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 B7 (B seventh) on guitar, play x 2 1 2 0 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains B, D#, F#, A. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 4 4 5, which needs 3 fretted notes.

B7 chord facts

Chord B7 (B seventh)
Other names Bdom7
Notes B, D#, F#, A
Intervals B (root), D# (major 3rd), F# (perfect 5th), A (minor 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play B7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 2 1 2 0 2 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the D string at fret 1 (D#, the major 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the A string at fret 2 (B, the root).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the minor 7th).
  5. Put your pinky (4) on the high e string at fret 2 (F#, the perfect 5th).