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C/G Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play C Major Over G (Charts)

C/G chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as c/g chord, c/g guitar chord and how to play C/G.

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.

C/G chord diagram, C/G (open)C/G C/G (open): low E fret 3, A fret 3, D fret 2, G open, B fret 1, high e open.34213 3 2 0 1 0
C/G (open)
3 3 2 0 1 0
C/G chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionC/G Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G open, B fret 1, high e open.×××1x x x 0 1 0
Easy 3-string version
x x x 0 1 0
C/G chord diagram, Alternate open shape (2nd fret)C/G Alternate open shape (2nd fret): low E fret 3, A fret 3, D fret 2, G open, B fret 5, high e open.23143 3 2 0 5 0
Alternate open shape (2nd fret)
3 3 2 0 5 0

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 C/G (C major over G) on guitar, play 3 3 2 0 1 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the c/G (open) shape). The chord contains C, E, G. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 0 1 0, which needs 1 fretted note.

C/G chord facts

Chord C/G (C major over G)
Other names C second inversion
Notes C, E, G
Intervals C (root), E (major 3rd), G (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-3-5 over G
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play C/G on guitar?

The main shape is 3 3 2 0 1 0 (C/G (open)). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the D string at fret 2 (E, the major 3rd).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the low E string at fret 3 (G, the perfect 5th).</