Paul December
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Anyone know how to make this chord?
I'm assuming you're talking about a Cmaj7 with a 9 added in. AKA Cmaj9.
If so, the chord has five notes in it: C, E, G, B, and D.
You only have four strings, so at least one of those notes has to go. That gives you a few options.
You could drop the root. That makes it essentially an Em7. 0202 is one way to play that.
Or you could drop the fifth (the G note). It's probably the least-essential of the five. One way to play that would be 4005. That has the advantage of putting that D note on top, giving it more of an "add 9 sound" than an "add 2 sound" like 0202 does.
You could also just not add the 9 in there (the D note) and play a regular ol' Cmaj7. 0002.
Or not have the maj7 in there (the B note) and play 0005.
Or pick a couple of these and switch between them.
Whatever sounds good to you.
JJ
P.S. Is this in a particular song you're trying to play? Which song? And where in the song does this chord come up? It's probably the right chord to play there, but it never hurts to make sure!