Can anyone recommend a substitute for the D# chord? All the D# shapes I’ve found are well beyond my fretting ability at this time. Thanks!
What’s the song? Are you sure it’s not Eb and the guitar is tuned down.
If it’s a D# in standard tuning you can slide the open D chord up 1 fret and only play the e, B and G.
If you can play A shaped barre chords slide the D barre chord up 1 fret.
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Thanks. The song is I Only Want to Be with You by Dusty Springfield. I assume it’s open tuning because the other chords sound right.
Out of curiosity, I looked it up on Ultimate Guitar. I don’t see a D# in it anywhere. 
I use Capo software.
I’ll try your Open D trick. Thanks!
I’m confused. The chords to the song are G C D and Em even if you used capo software there wouldn’t be a D#. What chords did the software say to use.
If you are capoing on the first fret all the chords would be sharp.
D# - You stopped and
D# - Smiled at me
Not using a capo
Where did you get the chords from. I’ve looked up 3 different versions of the song and none have a D#. One of the versions did have a Cm.
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I’ll try an open D and see how it sounds on the guitar. I must say that D# sounds good in Capo.
From Capo software by a company called Super Mega Ultra Groovy software. Justin recommended it in a lesson, although I don’t recall which one.
My mistake. I was looking for a D# in the Ultimate Guitar version. I see it now as Eb at those phrases you listed.
The song is in the key of G. Since either would be a “borrowed” chord, not a part of the key of G, I guess it doesn’t matter whether you call it D# or Eb.
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Looks like you got your answer for the song you’re working on, but for what its worth…
Fret a regluar D chord, move that shape up one fret (so you’re fretting G3, B4 and E3). Dont play the open strings, just strum the G, and high E. That triad has all 3 notes of a major chord, as long as you don’t play the open strings, you can move it anywhere.
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Thank you, jbm, and to all who helped me!