Dear Dr. Guitar,

Many years ago, I learned a bunch of guitar chords out of a Mel Bay book. One kind of chord that I learned how to finger was something called an augmented chord. Well, I just realized that after almost forty years of playing the guitar, I do not play a single song that uses an augmented chord. Diminished, ninth, major seventh, minor seventh and a whole bunch of one-off type things I don't even know the names of, but no augmented chords. So, I was wondering if you had any suggestions regarding what I could do with these useless things. They are perfectly good chords - brand new and never been used. I just don't have any use for them and would like to see them in a good home.

Sincerely,

Clueless Clyde