IntermediateMajor

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:F#Root (1)A#Major 3rd (3)C#Perfect 5th (5)

Open Position

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Chord Diagrams

Position, Fret 2

Uses a barre chord technique

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Barre Shape, Fret 9

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

Lookin' Out My Back Door

Creedence Clearwater Revival

intermediate

Here Without You

3 Doors Down

beginner

Sahiba

Aditya Rikhari

intermediate

Refugee

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

beginner

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Great Expectation

SIENNA SPIRO

intermediate

Saturn

SZA

beginner

Rein Me In

Sam Fender & Olivia Dean

intermediate

STAY

The Kid Laroi

beginner

ZLATA OGNEVICH

Zlata Ognevich

intermediate

A Bar Song (Tipsy)

Shaboozey

beginner

Solar Eclipse

Drake, Don Toliver

intermediate

Straight Up

Karan Aujla & MXRCI

intermediate

Antidote

Karan Aujla

advanced

Hotel California

Eagles

intermediate

I'm Yours

Jason Mraz

intermediate

My Old Ways

Tame Impala

intermediate

Problems

Mother Mother

advanced

Janice STFU

Drake

intermediate

Bindaas

Deepthi Suresh, Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu

intermediate

Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman

intermediate

Radhimaa

Sai Abhyankkar, Nargis Teji, Asma Teji & Vivek feat. Sai Smriti

intermediate

stupid song

Olivia Rodrigo

beginner

Bye Bye Bye

*NSYNC

intermediate

Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

intermediate

Welcome To The Jungle

Guns N' Roses

advanced

Freestyle

Lil Baby

intermediate

My Body Isn't Ready

sombr

advanced

Black Friday

Tom Odell

beginner

Man I Need

Olivia Dean

beginner

That’s So True

Gracie Abrams

beginner

Dooron Dooron

Paresh Pahuja

beginner

November Rain

Guns N' Roses

advanced

Riptide

Vance Joy

beginner

Spooky, Scary Skeletons (Undead Tombstone Remix)

Andrew Gold

intermediate

Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby ft. Ronnie Spector

Eddie Money

beginner

Kabhi Kabhi Aditi

Rashid Ali

intermediate

People

Libianca

beginner

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

intermediate

Angel Of My Dreams

JADE

intermediate

Galliyan

Ankit Tiwari

intermediate

the cure

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

Francis Forever

Mitski

intermediate

Reality Club

REALITY CLUB

intermediate

Sooraj Dooba Hai

Arijit Singh

advanced

Jolene

Dolly Parton

beginner

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

beginner

LIKE ME

Future feat. 42 Dugg & Lil Baby

intermediate

Rebel Yell

Billy Idol

intermediate

Dil Diyan Gallan

Atif Aslam

intermediate

Naal Nachna

Shashwat Sachdev; Afsana Khan; IRSHAD KAMIL; Reble

intermediate

Ik Vaari Aa

Arijit Singh

advanced

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana

intermediate

Night Moves

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band

beginner

BMF

SZA

beginner

Run To You

Bryan Adams

intermediate

Message in a Bottle

The Police

intermediate

Marianne

Fontaines D.C.

beginner

Hurts So Good

John Mellencamp

beginner

Yellow

Coldplay

beginner

Cold feat. Post Malone

BigXthaPlug

intermediate

Breaking Me

Topic

beginner

Tujhe Bhula Diya

Mohit Chauhan

intermediate

Mystical Magical

Benson Boone

intermediate

Kho Gaye Hum Kahan

Jasleen Royal

beginner

Once More to See You

Mitski

intermediate

House Tour

Sabrina Carpenter

intermediate

Pehla Nasha

Udit Narayan

intermediate

Die On This Hill

SIENNA SPIRO

advanced

Teri Yaad

Aditya Rikhari

beginner

You Will Never Know it

Carpetman

intermediate

Counting Stars

OneRepublic

beginner

Highway to Hell

AC/DC

intermediate

Beds Are Burning

Midnight Oil

intermediate

Housewife

Tate McRae

intermediate

HOT TO GO!

Chappell Roan

advanced

Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin

Sonu Nigam

intermediate

Kryptonite

3 Doors Down

intermediate

Sajni

Jal The Band

intermediate

One way or another

Blondie

intermediate

Patience

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

Kun Faya Kun

A.R. Rahman

intermediate

Last Night

Morgan Wallen

beginner

Tera Ban Jaunga

Akhil

intermediate

Main Hoon Hero Tera

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

intermediate

Woh Ladki Jo

Abhijeet

advanced

Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage

Arijit Singh

intermediate

Stereo Hearts

Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine

intermediate

back to friends

sombr

intermediate

Gimme Shelter

The Rolling Stones

intermediate

Tom Sawyer

Rush

intermediate

Xanadu

Rush

advanced

Whole Lotta Love

Led Zeppelin

beginner

Pour Some Sugar On Me

DEF LEPPARD

intermediate

I Can't Love You Anymore

Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen

beginner

Dark Thoughts

Lil Tecca

beginner

Homewrecker

sombr

intermediate

Gerua

Arijit Singh

intermediate

People Watching

Sam Fender

beginner

Die With A Smile

Lady Gaga

intermediate

Lose Control

Teddy Swims

intermediate

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

beginner

Dead Fresh

Lil Baby

beginner

Hell Yeah

Rev Theory

intermediate

The Final Countdown

Europe

intermediate

The Offspring

YoSabina

intermediate

Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)

Elton John

beginner

Winning Speech

Karan Aujla, MXRCI

intermediate

BED

Joel Corry

intermediate

Not Like Us

Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Alag Aasmaan

Anuv Jain

beginner

Azizam

Ed Sheeran

intermediate

Where Are You Now

Lost Frequencies

advanced

Don't We

Morgan Wallen

beginner

Bol Do Na Zara

Armaan Malik

intermediate

Stranglehold

Ted Nugent

intermediate

hate that i made you love me

Ariana Grande

intermediate

New Religion

Bebe Rexha & Faithless

intermediate

Please Please Please

Sabrina Carpenter

advanced

WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

RAYE

intermediate

Pink Pony Club

Chappell Roan

intermediate

Free

Rumi & JINU

intermediate

The Door

Teddy Swims

intermediate

Choosin' Texas

Ella Langley

beginner

Old Time Rock & Roll

Bob Seger

beginner

Jump

Van Halen

intermediate

Cherry Bomb

The Runaways

intermediate

Burning Pile

Mother Mother

advanced

Tum Se Hi

Mohit Chauhan

beginner

Sapphire

Ed Sheeran

beginner

luther

Kendrick Lamar

intermediate

Little Sister

Queens of the Stone Age

intermediate

Khairiyat

Arijit Singh

advanced

Sprinter

Central Cee & Dave

intermediate

Dracula

Tame Impala

intermediate

iloveitiloveitiloveit

Bella Kay

beginner

Stand By Me

Ben E. King

beginner

I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore

Solo Sounds

intermediate

FEVER DREAM

Alex Warren

intermediate

tv off

Kendrick Lamar

advanced

Home

Good Neighbours

beginner

Tears in Heaven

Eric Clapton

advanced

Wrecking Ball

Mother Mother

intermediate

Gone Gone Gone

David Guetta, Teddy Swims, Tones and I

beginner

Riri

NINEVICIOUS

beginner

Paradise City

Guns N' Roses

intermediate

What It Sounds Like

HUNTR/X

intermediate

Muskurane

Arijit Singh

intermediate

O Mere Dil Ke Chain

Kishore Kumar

advanced

No Broke Boys

Disco Lines & Tinashe

intermediate

Enter Sandman

Metallica

intermediate

Zara Zara

Bombay Jayashri

intermediate

Faasle

Aditya Rikhari

intermediate

About Damn Time

Lizzo

advanced

Under the Bridge

Red Hot Chili Peppers

advanced

Ranjha

B Praak

beginner

All I Did Was Dream Of You ft. The Marías

beabadoobee

intermediate

White Keys

Dominic Fike

intermediate

In The End

Linkin Park

intermediate

party 4 u

Charli xcx

advanced

Raindance

Dave & Tems

intermediate

Unwell

Matchbox Twenty

intermediate

Billie Jean

Michael Jackson

intermediate

Kal Ho Na Ho

Sonu Nigam

advanced

More Than Words

Extreme

intermediate

Bohemian Rhapsody

Queen

advanced

Stateside

PinkPantheress

intermediate

Heartbreak Anthem

Galantis

intermediate

Seventeen Going Under (Edit)

Sam Fender

beginner

Chahun Main Ya Naa

Arijit Singh

intermediate

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Tommy Richman

intermediate

Gul

Anuv Jain

beginner

good 4 u

Olivia Rodrigo

intermediate

BbY WOW

KAROL G, Judeline, & rusowsky

intermediate

SZA

BangersOnly

intermediate

GBP

Central Cee & 21 Savage

advanced

Beautiful Crazy

Luke Combs

beginner

Immigrant Song

Led Zeppelin

intermediate

ღ Black Velvet ~ Alannah Myles ღ

Nikoletta Triantopoulou

intermediate

Favorite

Isabel LaRosa

intermediate

TIT FOR TAT

Tate McRae

beginner

Take A Slice

Glass Animals

advanced

Living After Midnight

Judas Priest

intermediate

SHE DID IT AGAIN ft. Zara Larsson

Tyla

intermediate

Runnin' with the Devil

Van Halen

intermediate

American Girls

Harry Styles

beginner

When It Rains It Pours

Luke Combs

beginner

Come a Little Closer

Cage the Elephant

intermediate

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