Beginner's Luck #1: Try these chords on for size if you're having trouble getting started on the guitar. They are simplified versions of chords in the key of C. For the usual fingerings, go to the "Chords" section of this site. The vertical lines represent strings. The horizontal lines represent the frets. The strings go left to right, lowest to highest, thickest to thinnest. The x's above a string tell you not to play that string. The o's above a string indicate that you are to play a string ", or unfretted.

Beginner's Luck #2: Learn these chords if you want to learn 'Beginner's Blues.'