4 Chord Charts
(C, D, and E Forms)

These charts are in the keys of C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, F#/Gb. Using a capo, these charts at first can all be used to practice reading numbers in C. Like 4 chord G charts, these charts feature the 1, 4, 5, and 6m chords in any order. These charts might also have less than four chords total (e.g. only 1, 4, and 5 or only 1, 4, and 6m,). Down the road these charts can be used to practice reading numbers in other keys (like D and E). At first, use only C chords (C, F, G, and Am) and refer to the capo guide when needed.

Oldies

La Bamba, Ritchie Valens, C 1/10
In The Still Of The Night, Five Satins, F 2/10

60s Rock

Hound Dog, Elvis Presley, C 1/10
Bring It Home To Me, Sam Cooke, C 1/10
In The Summertime, Mungo Jerry, E 1/10
Misery, The Beatles, C 2/10
Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley, Eb 2/10
Boys, The Beatles, E 2/10 (Blues form)
You Never Can Tell, Chuck Berry, C
Let it Be, The Beatles, C 3/10

70s Folk/Rock

Free Fallin', Tom Petty, F (Preferred is D, Capo 3)
Box # 10, Jim Croce, C
Have You Ever Seen the Rain, CCR, C 2/10
Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, C 2/10
Lean on Me, Bill Withers, C 2/10
Down on the Corner, Creedence Clearwater Revival, C 2/10
Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac, C/Am 2/10
Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac, F 3/10
For A Dancer, Jackson Browne, C 3/10
Learning to Fly, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, C 3/10
Love The One You're With, C.S.N., C
Second Hand News, Fleetwood Mac, E 4/10
Silver Springs, Fleetwood Mac, C 4/10
When Will I Be Loved, Linda Ronstadt, E 4/10

80s Rock

I’m On Fire, Bruce Springsteen, E 2/10
Harden My Heart, Quarterflash, Bm/D 3/10
The Boys Of Summer, Don Henley, F# 3/10
Forever Young, Alphaville, C 3/10
Stop Your Sobbing, Pretenders, C 3/10

80s Folk Rock

Time To Move On, Tom Petty, D 4/10

90s Rock

Laid, James, C 1/10
Thank U, Alanis Morissette, C 1/10
Got You (Where I Want You), The Flys, Eb 1/10
Scar Tissue, Red Hot Chili Peppers, F 2/10
Two Princes, Spin Doctor, D 3/10

2000s Alt. Rock

Run, Snow Patrol, Am/C 2/10

2000s Pop Rock

She Will Be Loved, Maroon 5, Eb 2/10

Alt. Pop Rock

I'm Good, The Mowgli's, C 1/10
J-Boy, Phoenix, C 1/10
On Melancholy Hill, Gorillaz, D 1/10
Don’t Take The Money, Bleachers, Db 1/10
Listen To The Radio, Sloan, C 2/10
State I’m In, NEEDTOBREATHE, D 2/10
Bury It, CHVRCHES, F# 2/10
All We Ever Knew, The Head and the Heart, C 2/10
One Foot, WALK THE MOON, C 3/10
Young Blood, The Naked and Famous, F# 3/10
Somebody That I Used To Know, Gotye, Dm/F 4/10

Indie Rock

Lightness, Death Cab For Cutie, C 4/10
Six Weeks, Of Monsters And Men, E 5/10

Pop

Just The Way You Are, Bruno Mars, F 1/10
Stranger Things, Kygo & One Republic, C 1/10
Can't Feel My Face, The Weeknd, C (Easier Version) 1/10
American Teen, Khalid, C 1/10
Scars to Your Beautiful, Alesia Cara, C 1/10
I Don't Wanna Live Forever, ZAYN & Taylor Swift, C 1/10
In My Blood, Shawn Mendes, F 1/10
8TEEN, Khalid, Db 1/10
Rise Up, Andra Day, Db 1/10
Can't Feel My Face, The Weeknd, C (Harder Version) 2/10
New, Daya, C 2/10
Tennis Court, Lorde, C  2/10
All You Have to Do Was Stay, Taylor Swift, F 2/10
There’s Nothing Holding Me Back, Shawn Mendes, D 2/10
Photograph, Ed Sheeran, E 2/10
Stay With Me, Sam Smith, C (Easier Version) 3/10
Million Reasons, Lady Gaga, C 3/10
(I Can’t) Forget About You, R5, C 3/10
Next to Me, Imagine Dragons, D 3/10
Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran, D 3/10
Hey Soul Sister, Train, E 3/10 (Easier Version)
Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran, D (Detailed) 4/10
I Would, One Direction, E 4/10

2000s Pop

Bleeding Love, Leona Lewis, F 2/10

Modern Musicals

This Is Me (The Greatest Showman), Keala Settle, D 2/10
This Is Me, Keala Settle, The Greatest Showman, D (Detailed) 5/10

Rock

Love Song, 311, C
Boston, Augustana C 3/10
All the Small Things, blink-182, C 3/10

Acoustic Pop

Riptide, Vance Joy, Db 2/10
Ho Hey, The Lumineers, C 3/10
Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons, C 4/10
Sleep on the Floor, The Lumineers, C 5/10
Babel, Mumford & Sons, D (Preferred is Drop D tuning) 6/10

Acoustic Indie

Sorry Man, The Avett Brothers, C 1/10
Alaska, Maggie Rogers, C 1/10
Every Time the Sun Comes Up, Sharon Van Etten, Db 1/10
Poison and Wine, The Civil Wars, Db 1/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 1)
And Now I'm In Your Shadow, Damien Jurado, Bm/D 1/10
Delicate, Damien Rice, F (Preferred is C, Capo 5) 1/10
Incomplete And Insecure, The Avett Brothers, C 2/10
Classy Girls, The Lumineers, C 2/10
I Had No Intentions, Damien Jurado, D 2/10
I Learn the Hard Way, Trampled By Turtles, D 2/10
Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard, C 3/10
Rolling Stone, Wild Rivers, C 3/10
First Defeat, Noah Gunderson, C 3/10
Arithmetic, David Ramirez, C 4/10
Home, Johnnyswim, C 4/10
Keep Your Heart Young, Brandi Carlile, F# 4/10
Geraldine, The Avett Brothers, F 4/10
Portland, Maine, Donovan Woods, E (Preferred is C, Capo 4) 4/10
BAD DESIRE, Noah Gundersen, C 5/10
Liberator, Noah Gunderson, F 5/10
Wandering Child, Wild Rivers, D 5/10
Sugartooth, Brandi Carlile, F (Preferred is E, Capo 1) 5/10
Finery, Penny & Sparrow, B (C Tuned Down 1/2 Step) 5/10
Hard Way Home, Brandi Carlile, C 6/10
These Days Are Numbered, The Head And The Heart, C

Folk Alt. Rock

Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams, Bm/D 4/10
Trouble, Ryan Adams, Cm/Eb (Preferred is C, Capo 3) 6/10

Lo-Fi Acoustic

Cocaine Carolina, blackbear, E 2/10

Indie Country

Dust to Dust, The Civil Wars, Db 1/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 1)
Gas Station, Damien Jurado, E 1/10 (Preferred is Drop D Tuning, Capo 2)
Killing The Blues, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, D 1/10
Elvis Presley Blues, Gillian Welch, D 2/10
Without You, Holly Williams, C 2/10
Do You Think About Me, Caitlyn Smith, F# 2/10
She Talks To Angels, The Black Crowes, E 2/10
Another Day In Rome, Statesborough Revue, C 2/10
Scarecrow In The Garden, Chris Stapleton, C#m/E
2/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 4)
In Spite of Ourselves, John Prine, C 3/10
Waiting On June, Holly Williams, Db 3/10
Denton, TX, Damien Jurado, F# 3/10 (Preferred is D, Capo 3)
Whiskey and You, Chris Stapleton, D 3/10 (Preferred is Drop D Tuning)
Bird and the Rifle, Lori McKenna, D 3/10 (Preferred is DADGAD Tuning)
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart, Hayes Carll, D 3/10
Hurricane In My Head, Ruston Kelly, Bb 4/10
(Preferred is C Chords, Tuned Whole Step Down)
Railroads, Holly Williams, Db 4/10 (Preferred is G, Capo 6)
I Am Still Here, Damien Jurado, C 4/10
Trying To Let Her, Ruston Kelly, D 4/10
Daddy Doesn't Pray Anymore, Chris Stapleton, E 4/10
More of You, Chris Stapleton, E 4/10
Cover My Tracks, Ruston Kelly, E 4/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 4)
(Preferred is C, Capo 4)
Alabama Pines, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, E 4/10
Giving Up, Holly Williams, E 4/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 4)
Anchors, Ruston Kelly, F 4/10
(Preferred is G Chords, Tuned Whole Step Down)
A Simple Song, Chris Stapleton, F 4/10
(Preferred is Drop D Tuning, Capo 3)
Smaller And Smaller, Lori McKenna, F 4/10
(Preferred is DADGAD Tuning, Capo 3)
Harder To Lie, David Ramirez, D 5/10
Drinkin', Holly Williams, D 5/10 (Preferred is G, Capo 7)
Gone Away From Me, Holly Williams, Db 5/10 (Preferred is G, Capo 6)
1000 Graves, Ruston Kelly, E 5/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 4)
Hollywood, Ruston Kelly, Db 5/10 (Preferred is C Tuning, Capo 1)

Modern Blues

Call Me The Breeze, John Mayer, F# 1/10 (Preferred is E, Capo 2)
North Pole Man, Over The Rhine, F 3/10 (Preferred is E, Capo 1)

Modern Folk

Cruel and Pretty, Over the Rhine, C 1/10
Wrapped In My Sweet Savior's Arms, Grey DeLisle, C 1/10
Swallow, The Waillin’ Jennys, C 2/10
9 Crimes, Damien Rice, C 2/10
Sleep Don't Weep, Damien Rice, C 2/10
My Wrecking Ball, Ryan Adams, E 3/10 (Preferred is C, Capo 4)
The Boxer, Mumford and Sons & Paul Simon, C 4/10
Beautiful Dawn, The Wailin’ Jennys, F 4/10
Glory Bound, The Wailin’ Jennys, D 5/10

Classic Country

Jambalaya, Hank Williams, C 1/10
I Never Go Around Mirrors, Keith Whitley, E 1/10
Big City, Merle Haggard, E 1/10
Loving Her Was Easier, Kris Kristofferson, C 1/10
White Line Fever, Merle Haggard, C 1/10
Begging to You, Merle Haggard, Eb 1/10
A Lifetime of Regrets, George Jones, F 1/10
Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain, Willie Nelson, E 1/10
Cold Cold Heart, Hank Williams, D 1/10
Heartaches By The Numbers, Willie Nelson, D 1/10
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, George Strait, C 2/10
Chiseled in Stone, Vern Gosdin, Eb 2/10
TB Blues, Merle Haggard, C 2/10
I'm Over You, Keith Whitley, E 2/10
Go Rest High On That Mountain, Vince Gill, D 2/10
I’d Rather Be Sorry, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, D 2/10
Tulsa Time, Don Williams, E 3/10
Once A Day, George Jones, C 3/10
(I'm A) Ramblin Man, Waylon Jennings, C 3/10
Jolene, Dolly Parton, C#m/E 3/10
Mama Tried, Merle Haggard, D 3/10
When You Say Nothing At All, Keith Whitley, Eb 4/10
Check Yes Or No, George Strait, F 4/10
Folsom Prison Blues, Johhny Cash, F 1/10 (Preffered is E, Capo 1)
I Couldn't Love You More, Vern Gosdin, D 5/10
Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain), Gary Allen, C 5/10

Modern Country

Highway Don’t Care, Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, D 1/10
Six Degrees Of Separation, Miranda Lambert, F 1/10
Sunny And 75, Joe Nichols, C 2/10
Sunday Morning, Parmalee, C 2/10
Better Man, Little Big Town, E 2/10
I've Got Wheels, Miranda Lambert, C 2/10
All About Tonight, Blake Shelton, C 3/10
Gimme That Girl, Joe Nichols, D 3/10
Drink in My Hand, Eric Church, C 4/10
Stay Downtown, Cole Swindell, C 4/10
Burning House, Cam, C (Preferred is G, Capo 5)
A Guy With a Girl, Blake Shelton, C
Buy Me A Boat, Chris Janson, D
What I Never Knew I Always Wanted, Carrie Underwood, Eb 3/10
Different For Girls, Dierks Bentley/Elle King, E 3/10
I Can Take It From There, Chris Young, Eb 4/10
All The Pretty Girls, Kenny Chesney, E 4/10
All Too Well, Taylor Swift, C 4/10
How Not To, Dan + Shay, D 4/10
Celebrity, Brad Paisley, C 5/10
Whiskey Lullaby, Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss, Bm/D
She's Everything, Brad Paisley, C 5/10


Modern Acoustic

XO, John Mayer (Beyonce cover), D (Preferred is C, Capo 2)

Christian

Made For Me, TobyMac, C 1/10
TESTIFY, NEEDTOBREATHE, C 1/10
I Need You God, Consumed By Fire, Db 1/10
First, Lauren Daigle, C 3/10
Everything, Lauren Daigle, C 4/10
Old Church Choir, Zach Williams, C 4/10
Better Than Life, Phil Wickham, C 5/10
As It Is In Heaven, Phil Wickham, Db 6/10

Praise and Worship

Reckless Love, Cory Asbury, F# 1/10
I Can Only Imagine, MercyMe, E 1/10
Glorious Day, Passion/Kristian Stanfill, D 2/10
How Great Is Our God, Chris Tomlin, Db 2/10
Forever Reign, Hillsong, C 2/10
God With Us, All Sons And Daughters, D 3/10
Who You Say I Am, Hillsong Worship, F# 3/10
Cornerstone, Hillsong Worship, C 3/10
Living Hope, Phil Wickham, Eb 4/10
At The Cross, Hillsong, E 4/10
Whom Shall I Fear, Chris Tomlin, C 5/10