How to Play Imagine on Guitar?

John Lennon - Imagine can be played in the key of C using the C, Cmaj7, F, G, E7 chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Cmaj7, To play Cmaj7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Imagine with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

John Lennon - Imagine Chords

Chord reference C, Cmaj7, F, G, C, E7

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[C]Imagine there’s [Cmaj7]no hea[F]ven [C]It’s easy if [Cmaj7]you t[F]ry [C]No hell be[Cmaj7]low [F]us [C]Above us [Cmaj7]only s[F]ky [F]Imagine [Am]all the peo[Dm]ple [F] [G]Living for to[G]day ah ah ahahah

[C]Imagine there’s [Cmaj7]no coun[F]tries [C]It isn’t hard [Cmaj7]to do [F] [C]Nothing to kill or di[Cmaj7]e for [F] [C]And no reli[Cmaj7]gion t[F]oo [F]Imagine [Am]all the peo[Dm]ple [F] [G]Living life in [G]peace oh oh ohohoh

[F]You may [G]say I’m a [C]dreamer [E7] [F]But I’m [G]not the only [C]one [E7] [F]I hope some [G]day you’ll [C]join us [E7] [F]And the [G]world will [C]be as one

[C]Imagine no [Cmaj7]possessi[F]ons [C]I wonder if [Cmaj7]you [F]can [C]No need for greed [Cmaj7]or hun[F]ger [C]A brotherhood [Cmaj7]of [F]man [F]Imagine [Am]all the peo[Dm]ple [F] [G]Sharing all the [G]world oh oh ohohoh

[F]You may [G]say I’m a [C]dreamer [E7] [F]But I’m [G]not the only [C]one [E7] [F]I hope some [G]day you’ll [C]join us [E7] [F]And the [G]world will [C]be as one

Artist John Lennon

Album Imagine

Genres Rock

Year 1971

Key C

John Lennon - Imagine can be played in the key of C using the C, Cmaj7, F, G, E7 chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Cmaj7, To play Cmaj7, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Imagine with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.