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Bsus4 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play B Suspended Fourth (Charts)

Bsus4 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as bsus4 chord, bsus4 guitar chord and how to play Bsus4.

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.

Bsus4 chord diagram, Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)Bsus4 Barre (2nd fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 2, D fret 2, G fret 4, B fret 5, high e fret 2.×134x 2 2 4 5 2
Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)
x 2 2 4 5 2
Bsus4 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionBsus4 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 4, B fret 5, high e fret 2.×××341x x x 4 5 2
Easy 3-string version
x x x 4 5 2
Bsus4 chord diagram, Movable shape (7th fret)Bsus4 Movable shape (7th fret): low E fret 7, A fret 7, D fret 9, G fret 9, B fret 7, high e fret 7.7fr1347 7 9 9 7 7
Movable shape (7th fret)
7 7 9 9 7 7

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 Bsus4 (B suspended fourth) on guitar, play x 2 2 4 5 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the barre (2nd fret, A-string root) shape). The chord contains B, E, F#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 4 5 2, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Bsus4 chord facts

Chord Bsus4 (B suspended fourth)
Other names Bsus
Notes B, E, F#
Intervals B (root), E (perfect 4th), F# (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-4-5
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Bsus4 on guitar?

The main shape is x 2 2 4 5 2 (Barre (2nd fret, A-string root)). Finger by finger:

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to high e strings at fret 2. This is the barre.
  2. Put your ring finger (3) on the G string at fret 4 (B, the root).
  4. Put your pinky (4) on the B string at fret 5 (E, the perfect 4th).
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string, or touch it lightly to mute.