Guitar chord · Suspended & power
D♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord on guitar
x44402 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play D♭7sus4 on guitar, with finger positions, tabs and step-by-step instructions.
A dominant 7th with a suspended 4th — common in funk, soul and gospel.
- Notes
- D♭G♭A♭C♭
- Formula
- 145♭7
- Built from
- root · perfect 4th · 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): 4th fret, middle finger (2) D♭
- 4th string (D): 4th fret, ring finger (3) G♭
- 3rd string (G): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) C♭
- 2nd string (B): play open C♭
- 1st string (high E): 2nd fret, index finger (1) G♭
Tablature
e|--2---| B|--0---| G|--4---| D|--4---| A|--4---| E|--x---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every D♭7sus4 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 D♭7sus4 on guitar
On guitar, D♭7sus4 has an open-position shape, x44402, using four fingers alongside the open strings. Don’t strum the low E string.
Notice the C♭ in D♭7sus4 (D♭ G♭ A♭ C♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (D–G–A–C), so the minor 7th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
