7th sus4 chords

The seventh suspended chords are less common than the regular sus4 and sus2 chords. 7th sus chords are often similar to the dominant 7th chords, but in many cases the shapes are kind of hard to play because of the lack of natural ways to add the fourth.

7th sus4

C7sus4

D7sus4

E7sus4

F7sus4

G7sus4

A7sus4

B7sus4

More chords

Barre sus chords

Comments

The diagram picturing C7sus4 is obviously a barre chord, it can also be played as X3331X. The most common alternative to the suggestion for F7sus4 is to play it as a barre chord: 131311. This is also true for G7sus4 (353533). Other alternatives for G7sus4 are 3X3013 or 3X3011 , with a muted in-between string.

Note that A7sus4 is identical to a version of the A13 chord. Another way to play A7sus4 is X02233.

7th suspended chords with flats and sharps

Since these are not played all that often, they are only presented in shortened notation:

C sharp / D flat 7sus4: X46474
D sharp / E flat 7sus4: X68696
F sharp / G flat 7sus4: XX4657
G sharp / A flat 7sus4: XX6879
A sharp / B flat 7sus4: X13141

Movable shape

A movable shape for this chord category is Bb7sus4/F as XX3344.

Chord formula

The seventh suspended fourth is built with the formula 1-4-5-b7.

Chord progressions

Progressions including this chord type:

G7sus4 - G7 - F7 - C7

Em - Am - D7sus4 - D7 - G

D - Dmaj7 - D6 - D - A7sus4 - A7 - D

In the famous song "California Dreaming" a 7sus4 to 7th change is used:

Am - G - F - G - E7sus4 - E7 (capo 4)

Alternative chord names

A7sus4 is identical to Dsus4/A.
B7sus4 is identical to Esus4/B.
C7sus4 is identical to Fsus4/C.
D7sus4 is identical to Gsus4/D.
E7sus4 is identical to Asus4/E.

7sus2?

Yes, this chord type also exists, but since the seventh sus 2nd are much more uncommon than 7sus4 they are only presented in a shortened format:

C7sus2: X3031X
D7sus2: XX0210
E7sus2: 054400
F7sus2: 131011
G7sus2: 300031
A7sus2: X02000
B7sus2: X2X22X