BeginnerMajor

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.

Notes:FRoot (1)AMajor 3rd (3)CPerfect 5th (5)

Open Position

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Chord Diagrams

Open Position

Uses a barre chord technique

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Barre Shape, Fret 8

Uses a barre chord technique

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How to Play F

Follow these steps for the open position fingering:

Barre technique: Press your index finger flat across all strings at fret 1 to form the barre, then add the remaining fingers on top.
#StringInstructionNote
1Low E (6th string)●Fret 1 with your index fingerF
2A (5th string)●Fret 3 with your ring fingerA
3D (4th string)●Fret 3 with your pinky fingerC
4G (3rd string)●Fret 2 with your middle fingerF
5B (2nd string)●Fret 1 with your index fingerA
6High E (1st string)●Fret 1 with your index fingerC

○ = 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:

F
Root (1)
The root, gives the chord its name
A
Major 3rd (3)
The major third, creates the bright sound
C
Perfect 5th (5)
The fifth, adds power and stability

Songs Using F

These songs from our play-along library feature the F chord:

Your Idol

Saja Boys

intermediate

Mr. Jones

Counting Crows

beginner

Summer of '69

Bryan Adams

intermediate

One Name

Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu

intermediate

Where's My Phone?

Mitski

intermediate

Ho Hey

The Lumineers

beginner

STAY

The Kid Laroi

beginner

ZLATA OGNEVICH

Zlata Ognevich

intermediate

Solar Eclipse

Drake, Don Toliver

intermediate

Straight Up

Karan Aujla & MXRCI

intermediate

Eye Of The Tiger

Survivor

intermediate

The House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

beginner

Nicole Kidman

ADÉLA

intermediate

Better Together

Jack Johnson

intermediate

Yesterday

The Beatles

intermediate

Babydoll

Dominic Fike

intermediate

Problems

Mother Mother

advanced

Putaapu Gang

Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan

intermediate

Pink Skies

Zach Bryan

intermediate

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

masterofacdcsuckaS

beginner

Quebec

Drake

intermediate

Baba O'Riley

The Who

beginner

You Are My Sunshine

Jimmie Davis

beginner

How It’s Done

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Training Season

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Ala Bolelo

Anirudh Ravichander, Arunraja Kamaraj

intermediate

No Woman, No Cry

Bob Marley

advanced

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

Steam

advanced

Welcome To The Jungle

Guns N' Roses

advanced

Monster Mash

Bobby "Boris" Pickett

intermediate

Dust in the Wind

Kansas

intermediate

Freestyle

Lil Baby

intermediate

My Body Isn't Ready

sombr

advanced

Paint It, Black

The Rolling Stones

advanced

Softly

Karan Aujla, Ikky

beginner

Boston

STELLA LEFTY

beginner

Shake It To The Max (Fly) (Remix)

MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy

beginner

KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV

HYBE LABELS

advanced

Kesariya

Arijit Singh

beginner

La Bamba

Ritchie Valens

beginner

Dream On

Aerosmith

intermediate

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Gehra Hua

Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan

intermediate

Easy On Me

Adele

beginner

Dil Hai Na

Aditya Rikhari

beginner

House of the Rising Sun

The Animals

beginner

Channa Mereya

Arijit Singh

beginner

undressed

sombr

intermediate

Northern Attitude

Noah Kahan, Hozier

beginner

Safar

Arijit Singh

beginner

I Will Survive

Gloria Gaynor

intermediate

Pete Yorn

Pete Yorn

beginner

I Really Do...

Karan Aujla & Ikky

intermediate

Landslide

Fleetwood Mac

beginner

Kaun Tujhe

Palak Muchhal

beginner

Psycho Killer

Talking Heads

intermediate

expectations

Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan

intermediate

the cure

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

Blue Öyster Cult

beginner

Reality Club

REALITY CLUB

intermediate

Sooraj Dooba Hai

Arijit Singh

advanced

A Couple Minutes

Olivia Dean

intermediate

Magic Man

Heart

intermediate

Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma

Luke Combs

beginner

Made You Look

Meghan Trainor

intermediate

Falling in Love

Darin feat. Eloise

intermediate

The Scientist

Coldplay

beginner

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol

intermediate

I Remember Everything

Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves

beginner

Poison

Alice Cooper

advanced

vampire

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

21 Guns

Green Day

beginner

Ik Vaari Aa

Arijit Singh

advanced

Too Sweet

Hozier

intermediate

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana

intermediate

Marvins Room

Drake

beginner

Flowers

Miley Cyrus

intermediate

Rock That Body

Black Eyed Peas

advanced

We Are Young

Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe

intermediate

Have You Ever Seen the Rain

CCR

beginner

March Madness

Future

intermediate

"Soda Pop" Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

Sony Pictures Animation

intermediate

Free Fallin'

Tom Petty

beginner

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

intermediate

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

Jasleen Royal

beginner

Black Betty

Ram Jam

advanced

Beautiful Things

Benson Boone

beginner

twilight zone

Ariana Grande

beginner

Espresso

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Madwoman

Laufey

advanced

Tere Bin

Atif Aslam

beginner

Staring at the Sun

The Offspring

intermediate

Dreams (2004 Remaster)

Fleetwood Mac

beginner

Perfect Strangers

Deep Purple

intermediate

The Fate of Ophelia

Taylor Swift

beginner

Bulleya

Amit Mishra

advanced

YUKON

Justin Bieber

intermediate

HOT TO GO!

Chappell Roan

advanced

Hurt

Johnny Cash

beginner

Californication

Red Hot Chili Peppers

intermediate

Main Hoon Hero Tera

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Samjho Na

Aditya Rikhari

beginner

Just the Way You Are

Bruno Mars

beginner

Until I Found You

Stephen Sanchez

intermediate

Life is a Highway

Rascal Flatts

intermediate

Count on Me

Bruno Mars

beginner

I Write Sins Not Tragedies

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

Sunday Morning

Maroon 5

intermediate

Woh Ladki Jo

Abhijeet

advanced

Home

Phillip Phillips

beginner

I Ain't Worried

OneRepublic

intermediate

back to friends

sombr

intermediate

Xanadu

Rush

advanced

Like a Stone

Audioslave

intermediate

So Good

Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Can't Get Enough

Bad Company

beginner

In The Air Tonight

Phil Collins

intermediate

Austin (Boots Stop Workin')

Dasha

beginner

Gimme All Your Lovin'

ZZ Top

beginner

Homewrecker

sombr

intermediate

Houdini

Dua Lipa

intermediate

Welcome to the Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

advanced

Free Bird

Lynyrd Skynyrd

intermediate

Guess feat. billie eilish

Charli xcx

intermediate

I Had Some Help

Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen

beginner

The Stroke

Billy Squier

intermediate

Girls, Girls, Girls

Mötley Crüe

intermediate

Old Phone

Ed Sheeran

beginner

Green Green Grass

George Ezra

intermediate

Before You Go

Lewis Capaldi

beginner

Sweet Melody

Little Mix

advanced

Physical

Dua Lipa

intermediate

All The Stars

Kendrick Lamar, SZA

intermediate

At Peace

Karan Aujla & Ikky

advanced

I Just Might

Bruno Mars

intermediate

Shayad

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Laal Ishq

Arijit Singh

advanced

Me And My Broken Heart

push baby

beginner

Sports car

Tate McRae

advanced

hate that i made you love me

Ariana Grande

intermediate

Livin' On A Prayer

Bon Jovi

advanced

Apna Time Aayega

Divine

intermediate

Lover

Diljit Dosanjh

intermediate

Please Please Please

Sabrina Carpenter

advanced

WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

RAYE

intermediate

Dude Looks Like A Lady

Aerosmith

intermediate

It's My Life

Bon Jovi

intermediate

Creep

Radiohead

intermediate

I Bet on Losing Dogs

Mitski

advanced

Good Times by Finger Eleven

RockofVengeance

intermediate

Free

Rumi & JINU

intermediate

I Love You, I'm Sorry

Gracie Abrams

beginner

Layla

Derek & The Dominos

advanced

It All Goes

Eloise

intermediate

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Green Day

intermediate

JUMP

BLACKPINK

intermediate

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

intermediate

Bekhayali

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

advanced

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son

masterofacdcsuckaS

beginner

Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes

beginner

Jump

Van Halen

intermediate

How It's Done

HUNTR/X

intermediate

High Hopes

Panic! At The Disco

intermediate

Burning Pile

Mother Mother

advanced

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper

advanced

Taste

Sabrina Carpenter

beginner

The Dead Dance

Lady Gaga

beginner

Snooze

SZA

beginner

Khairiyat

Arijit Singh

advanced

Babydoll

Jamie Miller

beginner

Pumped Up Kicks

Foster the People

beginner

Kisses ft. bbyclose

BL3SS x CamrinWatsin

advanced

Lies

Zach Bryan & Lana Del Rey

beginner

I Just Might

Alexia

beginner

Sprinter

Central Cee & Dave

intermediate

Beauty and a Beat

Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj

intermediate

Call Your Mom

Noah Kahan

beginner

Wild Side

Mötley Crüe

beginner

we can't be friends (wait for your love)

Ariana Grande

beginner

Lush Life

Zara Larsson

intermediate

Lut Gaye

Jubin Nautiyal

intermediate

FEVER DREAM

Alex Warren

intermediate

New Woman

LISA feat. ROSALÍA

intermediate

Down on the Corner

Creedence Clearwater Revival

beginner

Riri

NINEVICIOUS

beginner

Jeena Jeena

Atif Aslam

beginner

O Mere Dil Ke Chain

Kishore Kumar

advanced

Pain

Jimmy Eat World

intermediate

Eternity

Alex Warren

intermediate

Roxanne

The Police

advanced

Forever Young

Alphaville

beginner

Smoke On the Water

Deep Purple

beginner

Love Me Not

Ravyn Lenae

beginner

Why Don't You Get A Job

The Offspring

beginner

Hawa Banke

Darshan Raval

intermediate

Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd

intermediate

Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Pritam

intermediate

About Damn Time

Lizzo

advanced

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

advanced

Sultans of Swing

Dire Straits

beginner

Carry On Wayward Son

Kansas

intermediate

Wasted Summers

juju

beginner

Footloose

Kenny Loggins

advanced

Blinding Lights

The Weeknd

intermediate

Ilahi

Mohit Chauhan

intermediate

Internet Girl

KATSEYE

advanced

party 4 u

Charli xcx

advanced

Guess featuring billie eilish

Charli xcx

intermediate

How You Remind Me

Nickelback

beginner

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

beginner

Enna Sona

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Let It Be

The Beatles

beginner

Kill Bill

SZA

intermediate

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

advanced

Sharp Dressed Man

ZZ Top

intermediate

Stateside

PinkPantheress

intermediate

Chahun Main Ya Naa

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Kashmir

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

Mary Jane's Last Dance

Tom Petty

advanced

Fooled Around and Fell in Love

Elvin Bishop

intermediate

ABC

Jackson 5

intermediate

Heartbreaker

Pat Benatar

intermediate

One Sun One Moon

Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg

intermediate

La Plena (W Sound 05)

Beéle, Westcol & Ovy On The Drums

intermediate

Preet Re

Darshan Raval & Jonita Gandhi

beginner

Aerosmith Walk This Way

Aerosmith

intermediate

Raataan Lambiyan

Jubin Nautiyal

intermediate

I Thought I Saw Your Face Today

She & Him

advanced

DYNAMITE

Tyla x Wizkid

intermediate

Renegade

Styx

intermediate

Gift or a Curse

Porter Block

intermediate

APT.

ROSÉ & Bruno Mars

intermediate

Anxiety

Doechii

intermediate

you and forever

Bleachers

intermediate

Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Öyster Cult

SpiritWriterSong

beginner

No One Knows

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

The Subway

Chappell Roan

beginner

Urn

Crying City

intermediate

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