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Gmaj7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play G Major Seventh (Charts)

Gmaj7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as gmaj7 chord, gmaj7 guitar chord and how to play Gmaj7.

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.

Gmaj7 chord diagram, Open positionGmaj7 Open position: low E fret 3, A fret 2, D open, G open, B open, high e fret 2.3123 2 0 0 0 2
Open position
3 2 0 0 0 2
Gmaj7 chord diagram, Barre (3rd fret, E-string root)Gmaj7 Barre (3rd fret, E-string root): low E fret 3, A fret 5, D fret 4, G fret 4, B fret 3, high e fret 3.14233 5 4 4 3 3
Barre (3rd fret, E-string root)
3 5 4 4 3 3
Gmaj7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionGmaj7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G open, B open, high e fret 2.×××1x x x 0 0 2
Easy 3-string version
x x x 0 0 2

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 Gmaj7 (G major seventh) on guitar, play 3 2 0 0 0 2 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains G, B, D, F#. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 0 0 2, which needs 1 fretted note.

Gmaj7 chord facts

Chord Gmaj7 (G major seventh)
Other names GM7, GΔ7
Notes G, B, D, F#
Intervals G (root), B (major 3rd), D (perfect 5th), F# (major 7th)
Formula 1-3-5-7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Gmaj7 on guitar?

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

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the A string at fret 2 (B, the major 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the high e string at fret 2 (F#, the major 7th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the low E string at fret 3 (G, the root).
  5. Let the D (D) and G (G) and B (B) strings ring open.