Cm Chord
The Cm 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 3
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 8
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play Cm
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ✕Mute, do not play this string | – |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 3 with your index finger | D# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 5 with your ring finger | G |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 5 with your pinky finger | C |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 4 with your middle finger | D# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 3 with your index finger | G |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in Cm
The Cm chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using Cm
These songs from our play-along library feature the Cm chord:
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
Been By Now
Morgan Wallen
Nicole Kidman
ADÉLA
Better Together
Jack Johnson
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Putaapu Gang
Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan
Breakin' Dishes
Rihanna
Quebec
Drake
Riha
Anuv Jain
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Training Season
Dua Lipa
Welcome To The Jungle
Guns N' Roses
Shake It To The Max (Fly) (Remix)
MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Dream On
Aerosmith
Gehra Hua
Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan
Touch
KATSEYE
Northern Attitude
Noah Kahan, Hozier
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
A Couple Minutes
Olivia Dean
Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma
Luke Combs
Best I Ever Had
Drake
Poison
Alice Cooper
Hooked On a Feeling
Blue Swede
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Madwoman
Laufey
Die On This Hill
SIENNA SPIRO
YUKON
Justin Bieber
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Gimme All Your Lovin'
ZZ Top
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
All The Stars
Kendrick Lamar, SZA
At Peace
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
Remember
Becky Hill
All Along the Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
It's My Life
Bon Jovi
Creep
Radiohead
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Where the Wild Things Are
Luke Combs
I Love You, I'm Sorry
Gracie Abrams
Demons
Imagine Dragons
Kabira
Tochi Raina & Rekha Bhardwaj
JUMP
BLACKPINK
Symphony
Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
Rockstar
LISA
Taste
Sabrina Carpenter
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Bad Dreams
Teddy Swims
Show Me Love
WizTheMc & bees & honey
You Broke Me
Sierra Jade
Lush Life
Zara Larsson
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
Eternity
Alex Warren
Roxanne
The Police
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Pretty Ugly
Zara Larsson
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Calling After Me
Wallows
Guess featuring billie eilish
Charli xcx
How You Remind Me
Nickelback
Teri Mitti
B Praak
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Blackbird
The Beatles
Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
Seven Nation Army
The White Stripes
Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
Ashke
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
Preet Re
Darshan Raval & Jonita Gandhi
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
She & Him
One Wild Night
Bon Jovi
Nonsense
Sabrina Carpenter
Bad Angel
Anyma, LISA
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
Baby Blue
Cody Simpson
APT.
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
A Night To Remember
beabadoobee, Laufey
you and forever
Bleachers
No One Knows
Queens of the Stone Age
The Subway
Chappell Roan
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
Other C Chords
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