Bm Chord
The Bm 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.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Position, Fret 7
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 2
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play Bm
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | B |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 9 with your ring finger | D |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 9 with your pinky finger | F# |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | B |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | D |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 7 with your index finger | F# |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in Bm
The Bm chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using Bm
These songs from our play-along library feature the Bm chord:
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin
Sonu Nigam
Tujhe Bhula Diya
Mohit Chauhan
beabadoobee - All I Did Was Dream Of You ft. The Marías
beabadoobee
With or Without You
U2
Hotel California
Eagles
Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile
Unknown
A Horse with No Name
America
Zach Bryan - Pink Skies
Zach Bryan
Eddie Money - Shakin'
EddieMoney
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!
Unknown
Dominic Fike - White Keys
Ethereal Music
Goo Goo Dolls
Unknown
Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine
Mitski
Tyla - SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson
Tyla
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
As It Was
Harry Styles
The A Team
Ed Sheeran
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Lost Panda
Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977)
Eagles
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
acdc
Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
7clouds
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Boston
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton
Ae Watan
Arijit Singh
James Arthur - Train Wreck
Lazy Fox
broken
lovelytheband
CHRYSTAL - The Days (Notion Remix)
CHRYSTAL
Galliyan
Ankit Tiwari
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
ChappellRoan
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
Unknown
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae - What I Want
MorganWallen
Mitski - Francis Forever
Mitski
Soch Na Sake
Arijit Singh
Teri Deewani
Kailash Kher
Play On
Unknown
Lady Gaga - Disease
LadyGaga
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Kun Faya Kun
A.R. Rahman
Mishri
Anuv Jain
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER
BillieEilish
Lizzy McAlpine - Staying
LizzyMcAlpine
Dil Diyan Gallan
Atif Aslam
Best Day Of My Life (Acoustic)
American Authors
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - Timeless
Unknown
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Alex Warren - Ordinary
7clouds
Yellow
Coldplay
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
ImagineDragons
Baarishein
Anuv Jain
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover
MileyCyrus
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Noah Kahan - Stick Season (Lyric Video)
NoahKahan
Counting Stars
OneRepublic
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Stephen McElvain
Gerua
Arijit Singh
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
3DoorsDown
HOT TO GO!
Chappell Roan
Imagine Dragons - Demons
ImagineDragons
Is This Love? - Bob Marley
Bob Marley
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Let Her Go
Passenger
Stuck In The Middle
Tai Verdes
Hey There Delilah
Plain White T's
Golden
HUNTR/X
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
4NonBlondes
Bubbly
Colbie Caillat
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
ABKCO
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
GunsNRoses
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
BonJovi
Strangers
Kenya Grace
greedy
Tate McRae
Die With A Smile
Lady Gaga
Eyes Closed
Ed Sheeran
Europe - The Final Countdown
Europe
I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore
Solo Sounds
REACT
Switch Disco
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (With Lyrics + HQ Sound)
TheJukeboxRock
Unholy
Sam Smith
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
My Universe
Coldplay
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
The Marías - No One Noticed (Visualizer)
The Marías
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Unknown
Don Toliver - Lose My Mind (feat. Doja Cat)
Don Toliver
Billie Eilish - LUNCH
Unknown
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Tommy Richman
Laufey - Madwoman
Laufey
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Unknown
BTS (방탄소년단) ‘SWIM’ Official MV
Unknown
David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I - Gone Gone Gone
David Guetta
Bebe Rexha & Faithless - New Religion
Bebe Rexha
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (Lyric Video)
Sabrina Carpenter
a-ha - Take On Me
a-ha
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
KendrickLamar
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
70sand80s4u
Myles Smith - Stargazing (Lyric Video)
Unknown
AC/DC - Back In Black
acdc
Iktara
Kavita Seth
Tu Jaane Na
Atif Aslam
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
Morgan Wallen - What I Want (feat. Tate McRae) (Lyric Video)
Morgan Wallen
SZA
BangersOnly
Bella Kay - iloveitiloveitiloveit
VibesOnly
Huntrix
Unknown
Djo - End Of Beginning
Unknown
Tyla - CHANEL
Unknown
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
Mitski - I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Saiyaara Reprise - Female | Ahaan, Aneet | Tanishk, Faheem, Arslan | Shreya | Irshad
YRF
Billie Eilish - THE GREATEST (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
Unknown
Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)
ChappellRoan
Glass Animals - Take A Slice (Fan Lyric Video)
GlassAnimals
Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
Muskurane
Arijit Singh
Bol Do Na Zara
Armaan Malik
Tere Bina Full Video - A. R. Rahman | Guru | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan
Sony Music India
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Mann Bharrya
B Praak
Hawayein
Arijit Singh
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