Dm Chord
The Dm 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
Open Position
No barre required
Barre Shape, Fret 5
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play Dm
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) | ✕Mute, do not play this string | – |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ○Open, play the open string | A |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 2 with your middle finger | D |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 3 with your ring finger | F |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | A |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in Dm
The Dm chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
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Songs Using Dm
These songs from our play-along library feature the Dm chord:
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
seasons
wave to earth
NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake
Where's My Phone?
Mitski
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
Nicole Kidman
ADÉLA
Better Together
Jack Johnson
Yesterday
The Beatles
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
Quebec
Drake
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Ala Bolelo
Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj
Low Fade
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Dust in the Wind
Kansas
Freestyle
Lil Baby
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Boston
STELLA LEFTY
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Dream On
Aerosmith
Gehra Hua
Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan
Easy On Me
Adele
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Channa Mereya
Arijit Singh
undressed
sombr
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC
Kaun Tujhe
Palak Muchhal
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
expectations
Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Reality Club
REALITY CLUB
With or Without You
U2
Falling in Love
Darin feat. Eloise
Stuck in the Middle with You
Stealers Wheel
The Scientist
Coldplay
Poison
Alice Cooper
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
21 Guns
Green Day
Too Sweet
Hozier
Marvins Room
Drake
Flowers
Miley Cyrus
Rock That Body
Black Eyed Peas
We Are Young
Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe
March Madness
Future
twilight zone
Ariana Grande
Espresso
Sabrina Carpenter
Madwoman
Laufey
Staring at the Sun
The Offspring
Dreams (2004 Remaster)
Fleetwood Mac
Perfect Strangers
Deep Purple
The Fate of Ophelia
Taylor Swift
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
YUKON
Justin Bieber
Kun Faya Kun
A.R. Rahman
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
Until I Found You
Stephen Sanchez
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Count on Me
Bruno Mars
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
Xanadu
Rush
Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones
Like a Stone
Audioslave
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Houdini
Dua Lipa
Panic in Detroit
David Bowie
The Stroke
Billy Squier
Girls, Girls, Girls
Mötley Crüe
Lose My Mind
Don Toliver feat. Doja Cat
Unholy
Sam Smith
Tears
Sabrina Carpenter
My Love Mine All Mine
Mitski
I Just Might
Bruno Mars
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Where Are You Now
Lost Frequencies
Sports car
Tate McRae
Apna Time Aayega
Divine
Please Please Please
Sabrina Carpenter
Stiff Upper Lip
AC/DC
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
It All Goes
Eloise
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
Bekhayali
Arijit Singh
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
Jump
Van Halen
How It's Done
HUNTR/X
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
The Dead Dance
Lady Gaga
Snooze
SZA
Babydoll
Jamie Miller
Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Beauty and a Beat
Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
Call Your Mom
Noah Kahan
we can't be friends (wait for your love)
Ariana Grande
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Lut Gaye
Jubin Nautiyal
Come As You Are
Nirvana
tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam
Eternity
Alex Warren
Roxanne
The Police
Forever Young
Alphaville
Pretty Ugly
Zara Larsson
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Carry On Wayward Son
Kansas
Wasted Summers
juju
party 4 u
Charli xcx
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
La Plena (W Sound 05)
Beéle, Westcol & Ovy On The Drums
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
She & Him
DYNAMITE
Tyla x Wizkid
Renegade
Styx
Gift or a Curse
Porter Block
Anxiety
Doechii
Take A Slice
Glass Animals
GRIMACE (Original Song)
CG5
Urn
Crying City
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