Okay, so you’re playing some song with fairly normal guitar chords on the lead, and then all a sudden you see a terrible foe… The dread Eb chord… This is where the guitar player stands kind of dumbfounded.

Should I use a capo? Or perhaps barre it like this:

To go from your regular acoustic chords to a barred Eb? Kind of awkward. Solution? Let’s go back to our friendly C form with a pinky. Play it on the forth fret and wala, Eb!

Yes, you get to play that open G. Even though it’s the same as G on the D-string below, it sounds fine. Enjoy your new easy chord!