Guitar Chords in the Key of C Major

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The chords in the key of C Major

C Major Chord C
D minor Chord Dm
E minor Chord Em
F Major Chord F
G Major Chord G
A Minor Chord Am
B Diminished Chord Bdim

C Major - D minor - E minor - F Major - G Major - A minor - B diminished (B°)

      C     Dm    Em    F     G     Am   Bdim   
e|----------1-----0-----1-----3-----0----------|
B|----1-----3-----0-----1-----0-----1-----3----|
G|----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----4----|
D|----2-----0-----2-----3-----0-----2-----3----|
A|----3-----------2-----------2-----0-----2----|
E|----------------0-----------3----------------|
      I     ii   iii    IV    V     vi   vii

The chord formula for any Major key is
Major - minor - minor - Major - Major - minor - diminished

A common way to number these chords is by Roman numerals
I - ii - iii - IV - V - vi - vii

(Major chords are usually capitalized, minor and diminished chords are lower case)

Key of C Major Using 7th Chords

C Major 7 Chord CMaj7
D minor 7 Chord Dm7
E minor 7 Chord Em7
F Major 7 Chord FMaj7
G Dominant 7 Chord G7
A Minor 7 Chord Am7
B minor 7 ♭5 Chord Bm7♭5

C Major 7 - D minor 7 - E minor 7 - F Major 7 - G Dominant 7 - A minor 7 - B minor 7♭5

  CMaj7  Dm7   Em7  FMaj7   G7   Am7  Bm7♭5 
e|--0-----1-----0-----0-----2-----0--------|
B|--0-----1-----0-----1-----0-----1-----3--|
G|--0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----0-----2--|
D|--2-----0-----0-----3-----0-----2-----3--|
A|--3-----------2-----------2-----0-----2--|
E|--------------0-----------3--------------|
    I     ii   iii    IV    V     vi   vii