These are all based on the sus4 as the base - The suspended chords are power based, this means that the core of the chord is a power chord. Our common description for these chords would be 'powered 11ths' - Just take any 11th chord (except the diminished), Strip the 3rd and you have a sus4 chord. Check out our 'Chord Formula' chart for a more visual understanding of the the suspended chords...

sus4 Chord Shapes
NOTE: Sus4 chords resolve to Sus2 chords...
(C) sus4	I. - II. - III. - V. - VI.	IV.
(A) sus4	I. - II. - III. - V. - VI.	IV.
(G) sus4	I. - II. - III. - V. - VI.	IV.
(E) sus4	I. - II. - III. - V. - VI.	IV.
(D) sus4	I. - II. - III. - V. - VI.	IV.

    These Chords are cool sounding and sparse... That just means theres not to many combinations that can be used. You should however have a good understanding of the basic formula - some people add 7 to the sus? to get a hint of the extension. This works good for this chord: (7 + 4th = 11th) When you say the chord 'A suspended 4' it sounds like you are suspending the 4th - sus means dropped third in a practical sense...

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