Gm Chord
The Gm 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
Position, Fret 3
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 10
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play Gm
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | ●Fret 3 with your index finger | G |
| 2 | A (5th string) | ●Fret 5 with your ring finger | A# |
| 3 | D (4th string) | ●Fret 5 with your pinky finger | D |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | ●Fret 3 with your index finger | G |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | ●Fret 3 with your index finger | A# |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | ●Fret 3 with your index finger | D |
○ = Open string (no fingers needed)
✕ = Muted string (don't play)
● = Press your finger down firmly just behind the fret
Notes in Gm
The Gm chord is built from 3 distinct notes, each serving a harmonic role:
Songs Using Gm
These songs from our play-along library feature the Gm chord:
seasons
wave to earth
NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake
One Name
Anirudh Ravichander, Super Subu
Where's My Phone?
Mitski
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
Been By Now
Morgan Wallen
Nicole Kidman
ADÉLA
Better Together
Jack Johnson
Yesterday
The Beatles
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
Putaapu Gang
Anirudh Ravichander, Thamizh Aadhavan
Quebec
Drake
Riha
Anuv Jain
How It’s Done
HUNTR/X
Low Fade
Karan Aujla & MXRCI
Freestyle
Lil Baby
My Body Isn't Ready
sombr
Gehra Hua
Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan
Easy On Me
Adele
Touch
KATSEYE
Northern Attitude
Noah Kahan, Hozier
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
expectations
Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan
A Couple Minutes
Olivia Dean
Magic Man
Heart
Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)
Unknown
Poison
Alice Cooper
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
Too Sweet
Hozier
Rock That Body
Black Eyed Peas
We Are Young
Fun. feat. Janelle Monáe
March Madness
Future
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Perfect Strangers
Deep Purple
The Fate of Ophelia
Taylor Swift
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
Eloise
Unknown
YUKON
Justin Bieber
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Risk It All
Bruno Mars
I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
Xanadu
Rush
Like a Stone
Audioslave
In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Gimme All Your Lovin'
ZZ Top
Houdini
Dua Lipa
Girls, Girls, Girls
Mötley Crüe
Old Phone
Ed Sheeran
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
Physical
Dua Lipa
All The Stars
Kendrick Lamar, SZA
Tears
Sabrina Carpenter
I Just Might
Bruno Mars
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
I Love You, I'm Sorry
Gracie Abrams
Layla
Derek & The Dominos
JUMP
BLACKPINK
Losing My Religion
R.E.M.
Symphony
Clean Bandit feat. Zara Larsson
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Babydoll
Jamie Miller
Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin
Bad Dreams
Teddy Swims
Dracula
Tame Impala
Lush Life
Zara Larsson
Lut Gaye
Jubin Nautiyal
Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam
Eternity
Alex Warren
Roxanne
The Police
Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Pretty Ugly
Zara Larsson
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Calling After Me
Wallows
party 4 u
Charli xcx
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Kill Bill
SZA
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Blackbird
The Beatles
Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top
Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
Wild Side
Mötley Crüe
Ashke
Karan Aujla, MXRCI
W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - Beéle, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums
W Sound
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
DYNAMITE
Tyla x Wizkid
Renegade
Styx
Bad Angel
Anyma, LISA
Anxiety
Doechii
A Night To Remember
beabadoobee, Laufey
Take A Slice
Glass Animals
GRIMACE (Original Song)
CG5
The Subway
Chappell Roan
So Easy (To Fall In Love)
Olivia Dean
Other G Chords
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