Learn Easy Guitar Chords

If you're new to guitar, learning a few easy guitar chords is a great way to jump start your playing. Of course, you'll still want to learn how to read sheet music and guitar tabs, but the chords pictured in this slideshow will help speed you on your way. Each image shows which fingers to place near particular frets in order to strum a particular chord. Once you learn these basic chords, you can move on to mastering more complicated chord fingerings. Just pause on any chord to give it a try.