F Chord
The F is a major chord that sounds bright, happy, and resolved. Major chords are the backbone of countless songs. Their bright, stable sound makes them perfect for strumming, picking, and rhythm playing across every genre.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Open Position
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 8
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play F
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | F |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 3 with your ring finger | A |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 3 with your pinky finger | C |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 2 with your middle finger | F |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | A |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | C |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in F
The F chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using F
These songs from our play-along library feature the F chord:
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Easy On Me
Adele
Ed Sheeran - Old Phone (Lyric Video)
Ed Sheeran
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Dasha - Austin
BagOnly
Mitski - Where's My Phone?
Mitski
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
Tame Impala - My Old Ways
tameimpala
STAY
The Kid Laroi
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Remember
Becky Hill
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.
ROSÉ
Better Together
Jack Johnson
Yesterday
The Beatles
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Zach Bryan - Pink Skies
Zach Bryan
Problems
Mother Mother
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
masterofacdcsuckaS
Dominic Fike - White Keys
Ethereal Music
The Who - Baba O'riley
Zumie94
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Miluzie
Training Season
Dua Lipa
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
74sodapop
Queens of the Stone Age - No one Knows
0foofighter0
What I Got
Sublime
Dust in the Wind
Kansas
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
Creep
Radiohead
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult
SpiritWriterSong
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
ABKCO
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Lost Panda
MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) (Remix)
MOLIY
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
juju - Wasted Summers
jujumusic
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
acdc
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
Riptide
Vance Joy
Tere Bin
Atif Aslam
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Dil Hai Na
Aditya Rikhari
Noah Kahan - Call Your Mom
NoahKahan
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
Crying City - Urn
Chill Only
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
Teri Mitti
B Praak
sombr - undressed
sombr
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Safar
Arijit Singh
Motley Crue - Wild Side with Lyrics
Unknown
Noah Kahan, Hozier - Northern Attitude (Lyric Video)
NoahKahan
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
Alphaville - Forever Young
Pizza Music
ZZ Top - La Grange
Michael Baker
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Kaun Tujhe
Palak Muchhal
sombr - back to friends
deep blue sounds
CHRYSTAL - The Days (Notion Remix)
CHRYSTAL
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Unknown
Libianca - People
Unknown
Samjho Na
Aditya Rikhari
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes (Lyric Video)
Olivia Dean
Reality Club
REALITY CLUB
LISA - NEW WOMAN feat. Rosalía
Unknown
Take Me to Church
Hozier
Heart-Magic Man
Unknown
Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)
Unknown
Wallows – Calling After Me
Wallows
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
The Scientist
Coldplay
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
v94j
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nickelback
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - Timeless
Unknown
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Alex Warren - Eternity
Unknown
Hozier - Too Sweet
Hozier
21 Guns
Green Day
Rock That Body - The Black Eyed Peas
Pizza Music
We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe)
Fun.
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)
ArianaGrande
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
CCR
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
DJSocio18
PinkPantheress - Stateside + Zara Larsson
Creative Chaos
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
v94j
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
Let It Be
The Beatles
Ho Hey
The Lumineers
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Unknown
The Offspring - Staring at the Sun
0ffspring0
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Unknown
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
DeepPurple
APT.
ROSÉ
Dreams (2004 Remaster)
Fleetwood Mac
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia
LatinHype
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Gerua
Arijit Singh
Channa Mereya
Arijit Singh
Eloise
Unknown
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Hurt
Johnny Cash
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Imagine Dragons - Demons
ImagineDragons
Teenage Dirtbag (With Lyrics) - Wheatus
MovieContributer
Pain! - Jimmy eat world
Meerschweinchen99
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Until I Found You
Stephen Sanchez
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Here Without You
3 Doors Down
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
Count on Me
Bruno Mars
Home
Phillip Phillips
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)
Gym Class Heroes
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
BobSeger
I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
Preet Re
Unknown
Audioslave - Like a Stone
Audioslave
Rush - Xanadu
Rush
3 Doors Down - Here Without You
3DoorsDown
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
Unknown
In The End - Linkin Park
Linkin Park
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Unknown
Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Austin (Boots Stop Workin')
Dasha
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
BonJovi
Houdini
Dua Lipa
greedy
Tate McRae
The Offspring - Why Don't you get a job? Lyrics
YoSabina
5. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Joel Gustafsson
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Unknown
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
JimiHendrix
Kill Bill
SZA
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
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Lyrics
MJKiingofPop
Mötley Crüe - Girls,Girls,Girls
Unknown
The Offspring
YoSabina
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
kansas
Unholy
Sam Smith
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
BED
Joel Corry
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
TheWeeknd
Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
Lost Panda
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
Physical
Dua Lipa
Kendrick Lamar, SZA - All The Stars
Unknown
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Luke Combs – Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
Luke Combs
Tate McRae - Sports car
TateMcRae
Bruno Mars - I Just Might
Bruno Mars
SZA - Kill Bill
SZA
Billie Eilish - LUNCH
Unknown
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake - NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR
Charli xcx - party 4 u
Charli xcx
W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - Beéle, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums
W Sound
Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Zach Bryan - I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Zach Bryan
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Unknown
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
Anyma, LISA - Bad Angel
Anyma
Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
Lil Tecca
Chappell Roan - The Subway
ChappellRoan
Bon Jovi - One Wild Night(album version)
Unknown
Charli xcx - Guess featuring billie eilish
Charli xcx
RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Kendrick Lamar - tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (Lyric Video)
Sabrina Carpenter
a-ha - Take On Me
a-ha
ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man
Unknown
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
KendrickLamar
Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER
Unknown
Styx-Renegade Lyrics
RockinBassPlayer3
Bon Jovi
Unknown
Kansas - Dust in the wind 1977
Magnus Schult
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
70sand80s4u
Teddy Swims - Lose Control (Lyric Video)
Teddy Swims
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin - Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS
I Love You, I'm Sorry
Gracie Abrams
Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
GunsNRoses
Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
PostMalone
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
GunsNRoses
BLACKPINK '뛰어(JUMP)' (Color Coded Lyrics)
Unknown
Alice Cooper - Poison
AliceCooper
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
remhq
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Vibe Music
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
Rupert Holmes - (Escape) The Pina Colada Song
Unknown
Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum
worldslover234
Central Cee & Dave - Sprinter
Vibe Music
Clean Bandit - Symphony Feat. Zara Larsson
Unknown
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
masterofacdcsuckaS
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
R&BHype
Ed Sheeran - Sapphire
TrendingTracks
Ariana Grande - twilight zone (lyric visualizer)
ArianaGrande
SZA - Snooze
Unknown
Sierra
Unknown
Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance
Vibe Music
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
7clouds
Saja Boys - Your Idol KPop Demon Hunters
Unknown
Justin Bieber - Yukon
Lost Panda
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
Sabrina Carpenter - Tears
TrendingTracks
Alexia
Unknown
Wild Thing
The Troggs
Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj
Unknown
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT.
Vibe Music
Doechii - Anxiety
Vibe Music
Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams
7clouds
WizTheMc, bees & honey - Show Me Love
Unknown
Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
Unknown
Ariana Grande - We Can’t Be Friends
Lost Panda
Tame Impala - Dracula
TrendingTracks
Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas
Unknown
Zara Larsson - Lush Life
Dan Music
Huntrix
Unknown
Taylor Swift - Opalite
Unknown
Porter Block - Gi
Unknown
Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM
Pizza Music
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn
Tom Odell - Black Friday
Tom Odell
Mitski - I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Wrecking Ball
Mother Mother
Bekhayali
Unknown
Down on the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam
Kesariya
Arijit Singh
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Jasleen Royal
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Roxanne
The Police
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
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