Now that you know the five CAGED chord shapes, try playing songs with them. Okay – this isn’t exactly practical because not all of the CAGED shapes are easy to grab and they don’t sound that great. Consider this a challenge to see how well you really know the shapes. There are two familiar chord progressions on this page. Try to play them using CAGED shapes.
Sweet Child o’ Mine
D | D | C | C | G | G | D | D | D | D | C | C | G | G | D | D | A | C | D | D | A | C | D | D ||
Not like Guns ‘n’ Roses plays it. Use the CAGED shapes to play the chord progression. Remember – the point isn’t to learn to play Sweet Child o’ Mine. The point is to apply CAGED chords to a musical example.
- Watch the video
- Play along with the video
- Play along with the backing track
Sweet Child o' Mine
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
D | D | D | D | D | D | G | C G | D | D | G | C G | D | Bb C | D | D | G | G | C | G | Bb | Bb | E A | F | F | F | F | D ||
Not like Queen plays it. Use the CAGED shapes to play the chord progression. Remember – the point isn’t to learn to play Crazy Little Thing Called Love. The point is to apply CAGED chords to a musical example.
- Watch the video
- Play along with the video
- Play along with the backing track