Fm Chord
The Fm 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
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 8
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play Fm
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 | G# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 3 with your pinky finger | C |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | F |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 1 with your index finger | G# |
| 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 Fm
The Fm chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using Fm
These songs from our play-along library feature the Fm chord:
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
Tame Impala - My Old Ways
tameimpala
STAY
The Kid Laroi
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Remember
Becky Hill
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
abc (nicer)
GAYLE
Better Together
Jack Johnson
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Zach Bryan - Pink Skies
Zach Bryan
Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!
Unknown
Dominic Fike - Babydoll
Vibe Music
Problems
Mother Mother
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
RUMI & JINU
Unknown
The Who - Baba O'riley
Zumie94
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Miluzie
*NSYNC
7clouds
Kabira
Unknown
Training Season
Dua Lipa
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
74sodapop
Queens of the Stone Age - No one Knows
0foofighter0
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
ABKCO
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Lost Panda
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
juju - Wasted Summers
jujumusic
Riptide
Vance Joy
Tere Bin
Atif Aslam
Agar Tum Saath Ho
Arijit Singh
Dil Hai Na
Aditya Rikhari
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
Teri Mitti
B Praak
KATSEYE - Touch
Unknown
sombr - undressed
sombr
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Noah Kahan, Hozier - Northern Attitude (Lyric Video)
NoahKahan
Libianca - People
Unknown
Afraid To Feel
LF System
Samjho Na
Aditya Rikhari
Luke Combs - Fast Car
The Vibe Guide
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
LISA - NEW WOMAN feat. Rosalía
Unknown
Wallows – Calling After Me
Wallows
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
The Scientist
Coldplay
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
1. Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling
Joel Gustafsson
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
Hozier - Too Sweet
Hozier
Rock That Body - The Black Eyed Peas
Pizza Music
SZA - BMF
SZA
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
Luke Combs - When It Rains It Pours
LukeCombs
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
DJSocio18
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
ImagineDragons
PinkPantheress - Stateside + Zara Larsson
Creative Chaos
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
I Thought I Saw Your Face Today - She And Him
Cassiopeia
Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour
SabrinaCarpenter
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
"Your Idol" | Official Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Rain On Me
Lady Gaga
Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill
InvertOG
Breaking Me
Topic
Head & Heart (feat. MNEK)
Joel Corry
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Eloise
Unknown
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
HOT TO GO!
Chappell Roan
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Imagine Dragons - Demons
ImagineDragons
Teenage Dirtbag (With Lyrics) - Wheatus
MovieContributer
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Home
Phillip Phillips
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
What It Sounds Like
HUNTR/X
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
BobSeger
Audioslave - Like a Stone
Audioslave
Rush - Xanadu
Rush
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
Unknown
Eddie Money - Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector
EddieMoney
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Unknown
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith
The Offspring - Why Don't you get a job? Lyrics
YoSabina
5. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Joel Gustafsson
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
JimiHendrix
Kill Bill
SZA
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
kansas
Green Green Grass
George Ezra
Seventeen Going Under (Edit)
Sam Fender
Unholy
Sam Smith
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Elton John
BED
Joel Corry
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
TheWeeknd
Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
Lost Panda
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
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
SZA - Kill Bill
SZA
Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Tommy Richman
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
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
BTS (방탄소년단) ‘SWIM’ Official MV
Unknown
Tyla x Wizkid - DYNAMITE
Tyla
Dave - Raindance (ft. Tems)
Santan Dave
Bon Jovi - One Wild Night(album version)
Unknown
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead
OliviaRodrigo
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
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
70sand80s4u
Benson Boone - Mystical Magical
Benson Boone
Sonny Fodera, Jazzy, D.O.D - Somedays
Sonny Fodera
Teddy Swims - The Door
Teddy Swims
Luke Combs - Where the Wild Things Are
LukeCombs
Benson Boone - Slow It Down
Benson Boone
Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
PostMalone
Michael Jackson - Thriller
michaeljackson
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
The Jackson 5 - ABC
ChloeOliver15
Clean Bandit - Symphony Feat. Zara Larsson
Unknown
Justin Bieber - DAISIES
Lost Panda
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
R&BHype
Sabrina Carpenter - Nonsense
Unique Sound
Ed Sheeran - Sapphire
TrendingTracks
Sabrina Carpenter - Taste
Lost Panda
SZA - Snooze
Unknown
Sierra
Unknown
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
7clouds
Saja Boys - Your Idol KPop Demon Hunters
Unknown
Sabrina Carpenter - Tears
TrendingTracks
Alexia
Unknown
Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj
Unknown
Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Unknown
Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams
7clouds
WizTheMc, bees & honey - Show Me Love
Unknown
Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
Unknown
Tame Impala - Dracula
TrendingTracks
Zara Larsson - Lush Life
Dan Music
Cody Simpson - Baby Blue
Cody Simpson
Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM
Pizza Music
Perfect
Ed Sheeran
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Dave, Tems - Raindance
Unknown
beabadoobee, Laufey - A Night To Remember
beabadoobee
She & Him - I Thought I Saw Your Face Today
Unknown
Tears in Heaven
Eric Clapton
Tenerife Sea
Ed Sheeran
CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
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
Ranjha
B Praak
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Phir Le Aaya Dil
Arijit Singh
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
Pehla Nasha
Udit Narayan
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
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