B7sus4 Guitar Chord

An open chord combining seventh tension with a suspended fourth. Typical of soul, gospel and modern worship music. Often resolves to the dominant seventh chord.

Guitar

Strings X–1–3–1–4–1

How to play the B7sus4 chord on guitar

Read the string pattern X–1–3–1–4–1 from the low E string to the high E string. Numbers in the pattern are frets; numbers in the colored dots are left-hand fingers. X means a muted string and 0 means an open string.

6th string (low E) Do not play

5th string (A) Fret 1 · index finger

4th string (D) Fret 3 · ring finger

3rd string (G) Fret 1 · index finger

2nd string (B) Fret 4 · little finger

1st string (high E) Fret 1 · index finger