Chances are, you’re here because you’re a Led Zeppelin fan. Lucky for you, you’re in good company!
Whether you just picked up a guitar for the first time or you’re a seasoned professional, everyone can benefit from knowing how to play Stairway to Heaven on guitar. Let’s get to it.
The guitar chords you’ll want to know for this song are:
Am, E+, C, D, F, G, Dsus2, Dsus4, Cadd9, and Em.
The only trick thing you may run into is the E augmented chord. One way to play it is to place your first finger on the G string of the first fret, put your second finger on the B string of the first fret, and place your third finger on the D string of the 2nd fret.
Start with this intro and play:
Am E+ (augmented) C D F G Am
Then you’ll head into the first verse and fingerpick essentially the same thing but repeat it twice.
Verse 1:
Am E+
C D
F G Am (2x)
Once you get to the oohs, you’ll play:
C D F Am C G D.
The second verse has the same chord progression you played in the first verse, and you’ll play it twice:
Verse 2:
Am E+
C D
F G Am (2x)
Play a short interlude using the same chord progression as the intro:
Am E+ (augmented) C D F G Am
Things change a bit in the chorus. Now you’ll play the following chord progressions:
Chorus:
D Am Em D C D
D Dsus4 D Am Em D C D
When you get to the third verse, you’ll play these chords two times with an extra C G Am interlude at the end:
Verse 3:
C G
Am
C G F Am
C G
Am
C G F Am (2x)
Interlude:
C G Am
You’ll go back to the chorus and play the same chords:
Chorus:
D Am Em D C D
D Dsus4 D Am Em D C D
After this, you’ll go into the fourth verse, playing:
Verse 4:
C G
Am
C G F Am
C G
Am
C G F Am
Add this interlude at the end:
C G Am
Am D Am Em D C D
During the oohs, you’ll play:
Am
D Am Em D C D
For the fifth verse, you’ll play:
Verse 5:
C G Am
G
C G Am
C G Am
G
C G Am
Then you take a quick trip back to the chorus chord progression, but only once.
D Am Em D C D
Play the same chords in verse 6 as you did in verse 5.
There’s another interlude before the final verse. Here, you play these chords two times:
D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 C Cadd9 C Cadd9 C (2x)
Verse 7 stands out from the rest. The chords are:
Verse 7:
Am G F G/Am
G F G/Am (7x)
G F
And the last line you’ll play:
F G Am
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