Em Chord
The Em 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
Open Position (Alt)
Alternative voicing
How to Play Em
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ○Open, play the open string | E |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 2 with your middle finger | G |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 2 with your ring finger | B |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ○Open, play the open string | E |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ○Open, play the open string | G |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ○Open, play the open string | B |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in Em
The Em chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Read the deep-dive guide for Em
Songs Using Em
These songs from our play-along library feature the Em chord:
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Sabrina Carpenter – Espresso
Latin City
Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin
Sonu Nigam
Tujhe Bhula Diya
Mohit Chauhan
seasons
wave to earth
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
Mitski - Where's My Phone?
Mitski
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Heart of Gold
Neil Young
Nothing Else Matters
Metallica
Hotel California
Eagles
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
A Horse with No Name
America
Yesterday
The Beatles
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Zach Bryan - Pink Skies
Zach Bryan
Eddie Money - Shakin'
EddieMoney
Wagon Wheel
Darius Rucker
Dominic Fike - Babydoll
Vibe Music
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
The Beatles
Redemption Song
Bob Marley
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
masterofacdcsuckaS
Dominic Fike - White Keys
Ethereal Music
Crash Into Me
Dave Matthews Band
Goo Goo Dolls
Unknown
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Miluzie
*NSYNC
7clouds
Love Me Do
The Beatles
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
74sodapop
Tyla - SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson
Tyla
What I Got
Sublime
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
As It Was
Harry Styles
Creep
Radiohead
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult
SpiritWriterSong
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
ABKCO
Where Are You Now
Lost Frequencies
The A Team
Ed Sheeran
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Lost Panda
Photograph
Ed Sheeran
Eagles - Hotel California (Live 1977)
Eagles
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
acdc
Dooron Dooron
Paresh Pahuja
Stop Waiting - Cigarettes After Sex
Cigarettes After Sex
Tere Bin
Atif Aslam
Agar Tum Saath Ho
Arijit Singh
Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
7clouds
Noah Kahan - Call Your Mom
NoahKahan
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Boston
Lut Gaye
Jubin Nautiyal
Thinking Out Loud
Ed Sheeran
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
Wonderful Tonight
Eric Clapton
Crying City - Urn
Chill Only
Akele hain to kya gum hai
Alka Yagnik,Udit Narayan
Sum41-Fat Lip
mreddy100
sombr - undressed
sombr
Tera Ban Jaunga
Akhil
Blackbird
The Beatles
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Zombie
The Cranberries
Safar
Arijit Singh
Ae Watan
Arijit Singh
broken
lovelytheband
Kaun Tujhe
Palak Muchhal
Teri Yaad
Aditya Rikhari
Choo Lo
The Local Train
CHRYSTAL - The Days (Notion Remix)
CHRYSTAL
Harry Styles - Aperture
HarryStyles
Galliyan
Ankit Tiwari
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
ChappellRoan
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
Unknown
Morgan Wallen, Tate McRae - What I Want
MorganWallen
Samjho Na
Aditya Rikhari
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mitski - Francis Forever
Mitski
Tyla, Sean Paul - PUSH 2 START (REMIX - Official Music Video)
Tyla
Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister
QueensStoneAge
Take Me to Church
Hozier
Teri Deewani
Kailash Kher
Heart-Magic Man
Unknown
Play On
Unknown
Lady Gaga - Disease
LadyGaga
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Mishri
Anuv Jain
Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you
Unknown
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
Bob Seger Old Time Rock n Roll
Unknown
Tyla - PUSH 2 START
Unknown
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
v94j
Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER
BillieEilish
Lizzy McAlpine - Staying
LizzyMcAlpine
Dil Diyan Gallan
Atif Aslam
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Zaroorat
Mustafa Zahid
Best Day Of My Life (Acoustic)
American Authors
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - Timeless
Unknown
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Hozier - Too Sweet
Hozier
Message in a Bottle
The Police
Hurts So Good
Ag3nte360
Alex Warren - Ordinary
7clouds
Yellow
Coldplay
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
CCR
Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours
LukeCombs
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
ImagineDragons
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today - She And Him
Cassiopeia
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover
MileyCyrus
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Unknown
Mitski - Once More to See You
Mitski
Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin' You
Kiss
Pointless
Lewis Capaldi
Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour
SabrinaCarpenter
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
STIF UPPER LIP LYRICS
Unknown
"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Nain Matakka
Dhee, Diljit Dosanjh, Thaman S, Irshad Kamil
Don McLean- American Pie
Unknown
Ho Hey
The Lumineers
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Unknown
Espresso
Sabrina Carpenter
The Offspring - Staring at the Sun
0ffspring0
Judas Priest - Living After Midnight
JudasPriest
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Unknown
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Stephen McElvain
Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia
LatinHype
Teenage Dirtbag (2020)
Wheatus
Gerua
Arijit Singh
Channa Mereya
Arijit Singh
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
3DoorsDown
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
One way or another
Blondie
Kato - Turn The Lights Off feat. Jon
LatinHype
Imagine Dragons - Demons
ImagineDragons
Teenage Dirtbag (With Lyrics) - Wheatus
MovieContributer
Here I Go Again-Lyrics-Whitesnake
eggs712
Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress-The Hollies
Unknown
I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Let Her Go
Passenger
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
Count on Me
Bruno Mars
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Gives You Hell
The All-American Rejects
Home
Phillip Phillips
My Immortal (Band Version)
Evanescence
Bruno Mars - Risk It All
Unknown
Golden
HUNTR/X
4 Non Blondes - What's Up
4NonBlondes
Forget Me
Lewis Capaldi
Tonight Tonight
Hot Chelle Rae
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
TedNugent
Rush - Xanadu
Rush
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
ABKCO
Rush - Tom Sawyer
Rush
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
GunsNRoses
Heart - "Barracuda" (1977)
Heart
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
journey
Austin (Boots Stop Workin')
Dasha
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
BonJovi
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Mary Jane's Last Dance
TomPetty
Strangers
Kenya Grace
greedy
Tate McRae
The Offspring - Why Don't you get a job? Lyrics
YoSabina
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Unknown
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
JimiHendrix
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen
Guess feat. billie eilish
Charli xcx
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
OzWho
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith
Europe - The Final Countdown
Europe
REACT
Switch Disco
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (With Lyrics + HQ Sound)
TheJukeboxRock
The Offspring
YoSabina
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
kansas
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
Bad Habits
Ed Sheeran
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
Physical
Dua Lipa
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Unknown
Sam Barber - Indigo (feat. Avery Anna) (Lyric Video)
Sam Barber
Tate McRae - Sports car
TateMcRae
Kendrick Lamar - luther
Kendrick Lamar
Bruno Mars - I Just Might
Bruno Mars
Billie Eilish - LUNCH
Unknown
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman
SabrinaCarpenter
W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - Beéle, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums
W Sound
Laufey - Madwoman
Laufey
Zach Bryan - I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Zach Bryan
Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange
Zach Bryan
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Unknown
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I - Gone Gone Gone
David Guetta
Taylor Swift - Opalite (Lyric Video)
Unknown
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Bebe Rexha & Faithless - New Religion
Bebe Rexha
Charli xcx - Guess featuring billie eilish
Charli xcx
Kendrick Lamar - tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
KendrickLamar
Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER
Unknown
Headstones - Tweeter and the Monkey Man
blind51de
Shocking Blue - Venus (Video)
Unknown
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
70sand80s4u
Pat Benatar
OldLyrics
Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D - Somedays
Sonny Fodera
Teddy Swims - The Door
Teddy Swims
Def Leppard - Rock Of Ages lyrics
MeJeNiFeRx
Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
PostMalone
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
ShawnxXxMichaels
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
GunsNRoses
BLACKPINK '뛰어(JUMP)' (Color Coded Lyrics)
Unknown
Iktara
Kavita Seth
Wonderwall
Oasis
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
remhq
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Vibe Music
Tu Jaane Na
Atif Aslam
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
onlythepianoplayer
Sign of the Gypsy Queen
April Wine
Rupert Holmes - (Escape) The Pina Colada Song
Unknown
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
masterofacdcsuckaS
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
R&BHype
Morgan Wallen - What I Want (feat. Tate McRae) (Lyric Video)
Morgan Wallen
Don't Stop Believin'
Journey
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER
Unknown
Sabrina Carpenter - Taste
Lost Panda
SZA - Snooze
Unknown
Saja Boys - Your Idol KPop Demon Hunters
Unknown
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
Wild Thing
The Troggs
Kendrick Lamar - luther ft. SZA
Unknown
Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj
Unknown
Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Unknown
KATSEYE - Internet Girl
7clouds
Tate McRae - TIT FOR TAT (Lyric Video)
TateMcRae
Huntrix
Unknown
Taylor Swift - Opalite
Unknown
Porter Block - Gi
Unknown
Come As You Are
Nirvana
Tyla - CHANEL
Unknown
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
She & Him - I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
Unknown
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
CG5 - GRIMACE (Original Song)
CG5
Mitski - I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Wrecking Ball
Mother Mother
Saiyaara Reprise - Female | Ahaan, Aneet | Tanishk, Faheem, Arslan | Shreya | Irshad
YRF
Billie Eilish - THE GREATEST (BILLIE BY FINNEAS)
Unknown
Meet Me in the Woods
Lord Huron
Bekhayali
Unknown
Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
Kesariya
Arijit Singh
Apna Time Aayega
Divine
Roxanne
The Police
Bol Do Na Zara
Armaan Malik
Tere Bina Full Video - A. R. Rahman | Guru | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan
Sony Music India
Enter Sandman
Metallica
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Phir Le Aaya Dil
Arijit Singh
Faasle
Aditya Rikhari
Hawayein
Arijit Singh
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