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Guitar chord
A5 Chord
A5 is a power chord chord rooted on A. Just the root and the fifth. With no third it is neither major nor minor, which is exactly why it survives heavy distortion.
The notes
Every A5 chord anywhere on the neck is some arrangement of these 2 notes.
A1
E5
How to play it
2 shapes, low on the neck to high. Tap any diagram to hear it. Green marks the root.