Hey Friend,
The E major barre chord holds a special place in my heart as it is the second chord I ever played in front of a live audience.
My first high-school band got its first (and only) gig playing a block party - a neighborhood picnic of sorts. My bass and lead guitar players lived next door to each other, and it was their neighborhood having the shindig. We set up our gear in the street in front of their houses.
The first song on out set list was " Feelin' Satisfied" by Boston, and it was my job to hold down the rhythm guitar and sing lead. Because the song begins with the rhythm guitar alone, it was all me.
I had no problems playing the opening progression - yeah, I rocked it. The problem started when I opened my mouth and nothing came out!
Fortunately, we were professionals (LOL). We just ran through the intro riff again and I got my wits about me. I was able to sing the song without any more issues.
Gotta love stage fright!
"Feelin' Satisfied" is a good representation of a song written in the key of E major. The B chord is the V chord in the harmonic progression, and the A (IV) and C#m (VIm) chords play heavily on the movement of the song as well.
The root 5 instance of the E barre chord at the seventh fret makes a very good power chord because you can play the sixth string open E as part of it. In fact, the entire chorus section uses power chords very effectively. Check it out...
Anyway, review the E major barre chord exercise files below and play though the tabs. If you're up to it, try out the tabs for "Feelin' Satisfied." Take them slow to learn the progression, and then work on speeding up to play to tempo.
Rock on!
Peace~
Dave | 
