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C7sus4 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play C Seventh Suspended Fourth (Charts)

C7sus4 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as c7sus4 chord, c7sus4 guitar chord and how to play C7sus4.

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.

C7sus4 chord diagram, Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)C7sus4 Barre (3rd fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 3, D fret 3, G fret 3, B fret 6, high e fret 3.3fr×14x 3 3 3 6 3
Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)
x 3 3 3 6 3
C7sus4 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionC7sus4 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 5, B fret 6, high e fret 6.5fr×××123x x x 5 6 6
Easy 3-string version
x x x 5 6 6
C7sus4 chord diagram, Movable shape (8th fret)C7sus4 Movable shape (8th fret): low E fret 8, A fret 8, D fret 8, G fret 10, B fret 8, high e fret 8.8fr138 8 8 10 8 8
Movable shape (8th fret)
8 8 8 10 8 8

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 C7sus4 (C seventh suspended fourth) on guitar, play x 3 3 3 6 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the barre (3rd fret, A-string root) shape). The chord contains C, F, G, Bb. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 5 6 6, which needs 3 fretted notes.

C7sus4 chord facts

Chord C7sus4 (C seventh suspended fourth)
Other names C7sus, Csus7
Notes C, F, G, Bb
Intervals C (root), F (perfect 4th), G (perfect 5th), Bb (minor 7th)
Formula 1-4-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play C7sus4 on guitar?

The main shape is x 3 3 3 6 3 (Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)). Finger by finger:

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to high e strings at fret 3. This is the barre.
  2. Put your pinky (4) on the B string at fret 6 (F, the perfect 4th).
  4. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string, or touch it lightly to mute.
  5. Strum, then pick each string one at a time and fix any string that buzzes or is silent.