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Csus4 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play C Suspended Fourth (Charts)

Csus4 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as csus4 chord, csus4 guitar chord and how to play Csus4.

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.

Csus4 chord diagram, Open positionCsus4 Open position: low E muted, A fret 3, D fret 3, G open, B fret 1, high e fret 1.×3412x 3 3 0 1 1
Open position
x 3 3 0 1 1
Csus4 chord diagram, Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)Csus4 Barre (3rd fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 3, D fret 3, G fret 5, B fret 6, high e fret 3.3fr×134x 3 3 5 6 3
Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)
x 3 3 5 6 3
Csus4 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionCsus4 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 5, B fret 6, high e fret 3.3fr×××341x x x 5 6 3
Easy 3-string version
x x x 5 6 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 Csus4 (C suspended fourth) on guitar, play x 3 3 0 1 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains C, F, G. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 5 6 3, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Csus4 chord facts

Chord Csus4 (C suspended fourth)
Other names Csus
Notes C, F, G
Intervals C (root), F (perfect 4th), G (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-4-5
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Csus4 on guitar?

The main shape is x 3 3 0 1 1 (Open position). 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 high e string at fret 1 (F, the perfect 4th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the A string at f