BeginnerMinor

Am Chord

The Am is a minor chord that sounds darker, more melancholic, and expressive. Minor chords add emotional depth and drama. The lowered third gives them their characteristic bittersweet quality, making them essential for blues, rock, and emotional ballads.

Notes:ARoot (1)CMinor 3rd (b3)EPerfect 5th (5)

Open Position

Am✕231

Chord Diagrams

Open Position

No barre required

Am✕231

Barre Shape, Fret 5

Uses a barre chord technique

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How to Play Am

Follow these steps for the open position fingering:

#StringInstructionNote
1Low E (6th string)✕Mute, do not play this string–
2A (5th string)○Open, play the open stringC
3D (4th string)●Fret 2 with your middle fingerE
4G (3rd string)●Fret 2 with your ring fingerA
5B (2nd string)●Fret 1 with your index fingerC
6High E (1st string)○Open, play the open stringE

○ = Open string (no fingers needed)

✕ = Muted string (don't play)

● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret

Notes in Am

The Am chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:

A
Root (1)
The root, gives the chord its name
C
Minor 3rd (b3)
The minor third, creates the darker sound
E
Perfect 5th (5)
The fifth, adds power and stability

Songs Using Am

These songs from our play-along library feature the Am chord:

Your Idol

Saja Boys

intermediate

Mr. Jones

Counting Crows

beginner

seasons

wave to earth

advanced

NOKIA

PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake

beginner

Ho Hey

The Lumineers

beginner

Nothing Else Matters

Metallica

intermediate

ZLATA OGNEVICH

Zlata Ognevich

intermediate

Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

v94j

beginner

Better Together

Jack Johnson

intermediate

Problems

Mother Mother

advanced

Pink Skies

Zach Bryan

intermediate

In A Minute

Lil Baby

beginner

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

beginner

Redemption Song

Bob Marley

beginner

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

masterofacdcsuckaS

beginner

How It’s Done

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Ala Bolelo

Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj

intermediate

No Woman, No Cry

Bob Marley

advanced

Low Fade

Karan Aujla & MXRCI

intermediate

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Steam

advanced

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett

intermediate

Dust in the Wind

Kansas

intermediate

My Body Isn't Ready

sombr

advanced

Barsaat

Banjaare, Roni

beginner

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Easy On Me

Adele

beginner

House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

beginner

Channa Mereya

Arijit Singh

beginner

Wonderful Tonight

Eric Clapton

beginner

undressed

sombr

intermediate

Safar

Arijit Singh

beginner

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

intermediate

No One Noticed

The Marías

beginner

Kaun Tujhe

Palak Muchhal

beginner

Psycho Killer

Talking Heads

intermediate

Patient Zero

Taylor Swift

beginner

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Blue Öyster Cult

beginner

Play On

Unknown

beginner

Best I Ever Had

Drake

intermediate

Stuck in the Middle with You

Stealers Wheel

intermediate

Slow Ride

Foghat

intermediate

I Remember Everything

Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

beginner

Poison

Alice Cooper

advanced

Wicked Games

The Weeknd

advanced

Zaroorat

Mustafa Zahid

intermediate

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

advanced

Ik Vaari Aa

Arijit Singh

advanced

Too Sweet

Hozier

intermediate

Marvins Room

Drake

beginner

Flowers

Miley Cyrus

intermediate

Message in a Bottle

The Police

intermediate

Rock That Body

Black Eyed Peas

advanced

We Are Young

Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe

intermediate

Have You Ever Seen the Rain

CCR

beginner

"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

Sony Pictures Animation

intermediate

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

intermediate

Akele hain to kya gum hai

Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan

intermediate

I Was Made For Lovin' You

Kiss

advanced

STIF UPPER LIP LYRICS

Unknown

intermediate

twilight zone

Ariana Grande

beginner

Espresso

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Madwoman

Laufey

advanced

I'm Eighteen

Alice Cooper

beginner

Tere Bin

Atif Aslam

beginner

American Pie

Don Mclean

beginner

Dreams (2004 Remaster)

Fleetwood Mac

beginner

Perfect Strangers

Deep Purple

intermediate

Bulleya

Amit Mishra

advanced

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

intermediate

Back In Black

AC/DC

intermediate

Hurt

Johnny Cash

beginner

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper

advanced

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

intermediate

Here I Go Again

Whitesnake

beginner

Ae Watan

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)

The Hollies

intermediate

Samjho Na

Aditya Rikhari

beginner

Life is a Highway

Rascal Flatts

intermediate

Count on Me

Bruno Mars

beginner

I Write Sins Not Tragedies

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

Home

Phillip Phillips

beginner

Risk It All

Bruno Mars

advanced

Golden

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Bekhayali

Unknown

intermediate

Xanadu

Rush

advanced

Barracuda

Heart

intermediate

In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins

intermediate

Austin (Boots Stop Workin')

Dasha

beginner

Houdini

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Welcome to the Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

advanced

I Had Some Help

Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

beginner

LUNCH

Billie Eilish

intermediate

Lose My Mind

Don Toliver feat. Doja Cat

beginner

Physical

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Tears

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

I Just Might

Bruno Mars

intermediate

Busy Woman

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video

Unknown

intermediate

Sports car

Tate McRae

advanced

Stranglehold

Ted Nugent

intermediate

Lover

Diljit Dosanjh

intermediate

Dude Looks Like A Lady

Aerosmith

intermediate

DENIAL IS A RIVER

Doechii

intermediate

Venus

Shocking Blue

intermediate

Rock of Ages

Def Leppard

intermediate

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

advanced

Sweet Emotion

Aerosmith

beginner

Iktara

Kavita Seth

beginner

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

beginner

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

intermediate

Manchild

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

advanced

Jump

Van Halen

intermediate

High Hopes

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

The Dead Dance

Lady Gaga

beginner

Nain Matakka

Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil

intermediate

Kisses ft. bbyclose

BL3SS x CamrinWatsin

advanced

Lies

Zach Bryan & Lana Del Rey

beginner

Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj

Unknown

intermediate

Call Your Mom

Noah Kahan

beginner

we can't be friends (wait for your love)

Ariana Grande

beginner

Lut Gaye

Jubin Nautiyal

intermediate

Come As You Are

Nirvana

intermediate

Opalite

Taylor Swift

intermediate

Tears in Heaven

Eric Clapton

advanced

Teri Deewani

Kailash Kher

beginner

New Woman

LISA feat. ROSALÍA

intermediate

Banana Pancakes

Jack Johnson

beginner

Paradise City

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Jeena Jeena

Atif Aslam

beginner

O Mere Dil Ke Chain

Kishore Kumar

advanced

Forever Young

Alphaville

beginner

Love Me Not

Ravyn Lenae

beginner

La Grange

ZZ Top

beginner

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

advanced

Carry On Wayward Son

Kansas

intermediate

Aperture

Harry Styles

beginner

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

advanced

Agar Tum Saath Ho

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

beginner

Bad Habits

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

Let It Be

The Beatles

beginner

Tu Jaane Na

Atif Aslam

intermediate

Take Me to Church

Hozier

beginner

THE GREATEST

Billie Eilish

beginner

Kashmir

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Tom Petty

advanced

Fooled Around and Fell in Love

Elvin Bishop

intermediate

W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - Beéle, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums

W Sound

intermediate

"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

Sony Pictures Animation

intermediate

Somedays

Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D

beginner

I Thought I Saw Your Face Today

She & Him

advanced

DYNAMITE

Tyla x Wizkid

intermediate

Midnight Sun

Zara Larsson

intermediate

Disease

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Porter Block - Gi

Unknown

intermediate

A Night To Remember

beabadoobee, Laufey

advanced

Take A Slice

Glass Animals

advanced

GRIMACE (Original Song)

CG5

beginner

Sign of the Gypsy Queen

April Wine

intermediate

Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult

SpiritWriterSong

beginner

So Easy (To Fall In Love)

Olivia Dean

advanced

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