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Dsus4 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play D Suspended Fourth (Charts)

Dsus4 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as dsus4 chord, dsus4 guitar chord and how to play Dsus4.

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.

Dsus4 chord diagram, Dsus4 (open)Dsus4 Dsus4 (open): low E muted, A muted, D open, G fret 2, B fret 3, high e fret 3.××134x x 0 2 3 3
Dsus4 (open)
x x 0 2 3 3
Dsus4 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, A-string root)Dsus4 Barre (5th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 5, D fret 5, G fret 7, B fret 8, high e fret 5.5fr×134x 5 5 7 8 5
Barre (5th fret, A-string root)
x 5 5 7 8 5
Dsus4 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionDsus4 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 7, B fret 8, high e fret 5.5fr×××341x x x 7 8 5
Easy 3-string version
x x x 7 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 Dsus4 (D suspended fourth) on guitar, play x x 0 2 3 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the dsus4 (open) shape). The chord contains D, G, A. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 7 8 5, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Dsus4 chord facts

Chord Dsus4 (D suspended fourth)
Other names Dsus
Notes D, G, A
Intervals D (root), G (perfect 4th), A (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-4-5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Dsus4 on guitar?

The main shape is x x 0 2 3 3 (Dsus4 (open)). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the G string at fret 2 (A, the perfect 5th).
  2. Put your ring finger (3) on the B string at fret 3 (D, the root).
  4. Put your pinky (4) 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.