standard tuning G G 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 e--------------------------------------------------------------------| B----------------3---------------------------------3-----------------| G----------------------0---0-----------------------------0---0-------| D------------0-----------0---------------------0-----------0---------| A--------------------------------------------------------------------| E-----3---------------------------------3----------------------------| Cadd9 D 3 2 3 3 0 2 2 0 3 X X X e--------------------------------------------------------------------| B----------------3---------------------------------3-----------------| G----------------------0---0-------------------2---------2---2-------| D------------2-----------2--------------0------------------0---------| A------3-------------------------------------------------------------| E--------------------------------------------------------------------| another way to look at it... if you number your strings from 1 to 6, your fat E string being 1 and your little e string being 6, you would hold the following chords G,G,Cadd9,D as displayed above...and this would be your strumming pattern... G G Cadd9 D 135434 135434 235434 345434 so for example for the first G chord finger picking you would hold the G chord, and pluck the Fat E string, then the D string, B string, G string, D string, and the G string.