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D7sus4 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Seventh Suspended Fourth (Charts)

D7sus4 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as d7sus4 chord, d7sus4 guitar chord and how to play D7sus4.

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.

D7sus4 chord diagram, Open positionD7sus4 Open position: low E muted, A muted, D open, G fret 2, B fret 1, high e fret 3.××213x x 0 2 1 3
Open position
x x 0 2 1 3
D7sus4 chord diagram, Open positionD7sus4 Open position: low E muted, A muted, D open, G open, B fret 1, high e fret 3.××13x x 0 0 1 3
Open position
x x 0 0 1 3
D7sus4 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, A-string root)D7sus4 Barre (5th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 5, D fret 5, G fret 5, B fret 8, high e fret 5.5fr×14x 5 5 5 8 5
Barre (5th fret, A-string root)
x 5 5 5 8 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 D7sus4 (D seventh suspended fourth) on guitar, play x x 0 2 1 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains D, G, A, C. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 0 0 1 3, which needs 2 fretted notes.

D7sus4 chord facts

Chord D7sus4 (D seventh suspended fourth)
Other names D7sus, Dsus7
Notes D, G, A, C
Intervals D (root), G (perfect 4th), A (perfect 5th), C (minor 7th)
Formula 1-4-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play D7sus4 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 0 2 1 3 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the minor 7th).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the perfect 5th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the high e string at fret 3 (G, the perfect 4th).
  5. Let the D (D) string ring open.
  6. Don't play the low E and A strings: start your strum on the D string, or touch them lightly to mute.