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.

  1. Watch the video
  2. Play along with the video
  3. Play along with the backing track

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.

  1. Watch the video
  2. Play along with the video
  3. Play along with the backing track