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Beginner

G7sus4 Ukulele Chord

A spacious, open dominant suspended chord built on G, C, D and F, where the suspended fourth softens the dominant's bluesy edge. It makes an easy hovering V chord in folk and country and resolves smoothly into C.

Also known as

  • G 7sus4
  • G dominant 7th suspended 4th

How to Play This Chord

Position your fingers on the fretboard as shown in the diagram. The vertical lines represent the four strings, from the top G string (left) to the A string (right), and the horizontal lines are the frets. Numbers inside the dots indicate which finger to use: 1 (index), 2 (middle), 3 (ring), 4 (pinky). An X means don't play that string; an O means play it open. A bar spanning multiple strings means one finger presses across all of them at once — this is known as a barre chord.

Tips & Tricks

Keep the G string open and use three fingers staggered across the neck: index on the E string at the first fret, middle on the C string at the second fret, ring on the A string at the third fret. Because the fingers climb fret by fret, keep them well arched so the open G string still rings clear underneath.

There are many ways to play this chord. Try these:

AECG 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 3
AECG 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 0
AECG 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3
AECG 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 1

See how G7sus4 works with other chords — Progression Generator