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:
seasons
wave to earth
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
Saturn
SZA
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
STAY
The Kid Laroi
Solar Eclipse
Drake, Don Toliver
Straight Up
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
Better Together
Jack Johnson
My Old Ways
Tame Impala
Problems
Mother Mother
Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
Head & Heart
Joel Corry feat. MNEK
Training Season
Dua Lipa
No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
Steam
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
Softly
Karan Aujla, Ikky
KATSEYE (캣츠아이) "PINKY UP" Official MV
HYBE LABELS
Dream On
Aerosmith
Riptide
Vance Joy
Touch
KATSEYE
Last Thing You Need
Morgan Wallen
I Really Do...
Karan Aujla & Ikky
People
Libianca
the cure
Olivia Rodrigo
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
A Couple Minutes
Olivia Dean
Best I Ever Had
Drake
Hooked On a Feeling
Blue Swede
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Night Moves
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
BMF
SZA
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Black Betty
Ram Jam
Die On This Hill
SIENNA SPIRO
SWIM
BTS
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
Xanadu
Rush
So Good
Jhené Aiko feat. Kendrick Lamar
Fast Car
Luke Combs
Can't Get Enough
Bad Company
Homewrecker
sombr
Perfect
Ed Sheeran
Guess feat. billie eilish
Charli xcx
I'm The Problem
Morgan Wallen
The Stroke
Billy Squier
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
Green Green Grass
George Ezra
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
Elton John
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
All The Stars
Kendrick Lamar, SZA
At Peace
Karan Aujla & Ikky
Tears
Sabrina Carpenter
Shayad
Arijit Singh
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
hate that i made you love me
Ariana Grande
Remember
Becky Hill
All Along the Watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
Free
Rumi & JINU
Where the Wild Things Are
Luke Combs
Slow It Down
Benson Boone
Kabira
Tochi Raina & Rekha Bhardwaj
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
DAISIES
Justin Bieber
Taste
Sabrina Carpenter
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin
I Just Might
Alexia
Sprinter
Central Cee & Dave
Show Me Love
WizTheMc & bees & honey
You Broke Me
Sierra Jade
Dracula
Tame Impala
New Woman
LISA feat. ROSALÍA
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
Roxanne
The Police
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
About Damn Time
Lizzo
Ranjha
B Praak
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Calling After Me
Wallows
party 4 u
Charli xcx
Raindance
Dave & Tems
Tenerife Sea
Ed Sheeran
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
Kill Bill
SZA
Phir Le Aaya Dil
Arijit Singh
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
Stateside
PinkPantheress
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
drop dead
Olivia Rodrigo
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
ABC
Jackson 5
Heartbreaker
Pat Benatar
One Sun One Moon
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu, Heisenberg
La Plena (W Sound 05)
Beéle, Westcol & Ovy On The Drums
Preet Re
Darshan Raval & Jonita Gandhi
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
GBP
Central Cee & 21 Savage
Nonsense
Sabrina Carpenter
Bad Angel
Anyma, LISA
Abracadabra
Lady Gaga
Baby Blue
Cody Simpson
you and forever
Bleachers
Runnin' with the Devil
Van Halen
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
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