Hey rjdooley,

Possibly another way to answer this: if you have the capo on the first fret, just play your normal chords up a fret. The names of the chords will change, but the shapes can be moved.

For example, your A chord will now become an A#. You'd fret it just like an A chord, but on the 3rd fret instead of 2nd fret. Think of the Capo as the nut (open string, zero fret) of the guitar.

You can do the same thing with all of your open chords (G, D, E, C, etc). Just play them up a fret. You can do the same thing by putting the capo on the 5th. You'd treat the 5th fret as the zero fret / open string and then place your open chords down accordingly.

Again, this changes the NAMES of the chords, but it allows you to use open chord shapes anywhere on the neck.

-Carl.