Guitar chord · Suspended & power
G♭ dominant 7th suspended 4th chord on guitar
242400 · Open position
All 6 shapes, tab & fingering ↓
6 ways to play G♭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
- G♭C♭D♭F♭
- 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): 2nd fret, index finger (1) G♭
- 5th string (A): 4th fret, ring finger (3) D♭
- 4th string (D): 2nd fret, middle finger (2) F♭
- 3rd string (G): 4th fret, pinky finger (4) C♭
- 2nd string (B): play open C♭
- 1st string (high E): play open F♭
Tablature
e|--0---| B|--0---| G|--4---| D|--2---| A|--4---| E|--2---|
Top line is the high E string. x = don’t play, 0 = open string.
Every G♭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 G♭7sus4 on guitar
On guitar, G♭7sus4 has an open-position shape, 242400, using four fingers alongside the open strings.
Notice the C♭ in G♭7sus4 (G♭ C♭ D♭ F♭): each note of the chord takes its own letter (G–C–D–F), so the perfect 4th has to be written C♭ rather than B — the same key on a piano, spelled to fit the chord.
