Just as ‘G’ is often slang for G major, other terms that refer to extended and/or altered chords have developed over time. C7, for instance, means a C major chord with a b7th (Bb).

Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a 7th, we’d call this a major 7th chord (C-E-G-B).

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The chords in the verse are G, D, Em, B7 …what? You don’t often see a B7 in the key of G, and when you do, it usually leads to an E or Em. In this case, it leads to a C chord.

In the C setting, for example, the corresponding chords C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Hm (English Bm) can be played. The frets on the C1 correspond to the chord steps I to VII.

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