Major Chords
A major chord contains a root, major third and a perfect fifth and is considered to sound quite upbeat or happy :).
Below are some common guitar major chords, these chords are 'open' i.e. they use open strings as well as fretted strings.
E major
OOOOOO
1
2
3
1
A major
XOOOOO
1
2
3
4
D major
XXOOOO
1
1
3
2
C major
XOOOOO
1
3
2
1
G major
OOOOOO
1
3
2
4
get more chords on the guitar chordbook