Guitar chord · Sevenths
D dominant 7th chord on guitar
xx0212 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D7 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
Bluesy tension that pulls strongly toward the chord a 5th below.
D7 is the V7 chord in G major. In minor keys: V7 in G minor.
- Notes
- DF♯AC
- Formula
- 135♭7
- Built from
- root · major 3rd · perfect 5th · minor 7th
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 6 voicings · E string on the left · Other tunings →
How to play it · Open position
- 6th string (low E): don’t play — mute it
- 5th string (A): don’t play — mute it
- 4th string (D): play open D
- 3rd string (G): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) A
- 2nd string (B): 1st fret, index finger (1) C
- 1st string (high E): 2nd fret, ring finger (3) F♯
Tablature
e|--2---| B|--1---| G|--2---| D|--0---| A|--x---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D7 note on the guitar neck
Bright dots are the selected voicing — the rest are other places you can find the same chord tones.
Tips for playing D7 on guitar
An upside-down triangle on the top three strings (xx0212), with the open D string as the bass.
You’ll find D7 in common progressions such as D7–G7–A7 (the 12-bar blues in D major) and Am7–D7–Gmaj7 (the jazz cadence in G major).
Learning guitar? D7 is part of stage 6 (“A7, D7 and E7”) of our first guitar chords path.
