Which chord is Django playing in that famous photo?

dennis

he s playing the secret chord that leonard cohen referred to in Hallelujah

Jazzaferri

Dennis good thought. Its a 14 fret neck.

Archtop Eddy

Hmmm. Not sure about the chord but a closer look shows that the pick may be a black Wegen Trimus. A very big black Wegen Triumus... AE

Passacaglia

Lango-Django

Here's a vote for an "F-69 tormented" chord.

Steveareno

Great detail of Django's pick, Archtop. He's usually got his fingers and thumb curled over, concealing it with his grip. Always thought it was a small tortoise shell pick (or a button). Only seen a couple of other photos where you can even see it. Agree the chord looks like a G7 or G9. Hard to tell what strings he's actually hitting at times. I think he played so intuitively, he didn't give alot of thought to the names of the chords... just what worked and sounded good. Anyone know what song was he playing?
Swang on,