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.
Open Position
Chord Diagrams
Open Position
Uses a barre chord technique
Barre Shape, Fret 8
Uses a barre chord technique
How to Play F
Follow these steps for the open position fingering:
| # | String | Instruction | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low E (6th string) | βFret 1 with your index finger | F |
| 2 | A (5th string) | βFret 3 with your ring finger | A |
| 3 | D (4th string) | βFret 3 with your pinky finger | C |
| 4 | G (3rd string) | βFret 2 with your middle finger | F |
| 5 | B (2nd string) | βFret 1 with your index finger | A |
| 6 | High E (1st string) | βFret 1 with your index finger | C |
β = Open string (no fingers needed)
β = Muted string (don't play)
β = 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:
Songs Using F
These songs from our play-along library feature the F chord:
Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas
Unknown
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
Layla (Unplugged)
Eric Clapton
Ed Sheeran - Old Phone (Lyric Video)
Ed Sheeran
Easy On Me
Adele
Rush - Xanadu
Rush
Sunday Morning
Maroon 5
Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild
Vibe Music
Sahiba
Aditya Rikhari
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
GunsNRoses
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (Lyric Video)
Sabrina Carpenter
Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits
Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Survivor
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis
The Offspring - Staring at the Sun
0ffspring0
Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER
Unknown
Kendrick Lamar, SZA - All The Stars
Unknown
Heartbreak Anthem
Galantis
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
Dust in the Wind
Kansas
Mitski - Where's My Phone?
Mitski
Huntrix
Unknown
Tum Hi Ho
Arijit Singh
Dasha - Austin
BagOnly
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
DJSocio18
Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun
Unknown
BED
Joel Corry
Creep
Radiohead
Tame Impala - My Old Ways
tameimpala
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Israel KamakawiwoΚ»ole
ZLATA OGNEVICH
Zlata Ognevich
STAY
The Kid Laroi
Three Little Birds
Bob Marley
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
Ariana Grande - twilight zone (lyric visualizer)
ArianaGrande
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
v94j
Remember
Becky Hill
Audioslave - Like a Stone
Audioslave
Alex Warren - FEVER DREAM
Pizza Music
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Unknown
Guess feat. billie eilish
Charli xcx
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
BobSeger
Riptide
Vance Joy
Yesterday
The Beatles
Better Together
Jack Johnson
La Bamba
Ritchie Valens
Burning Pile
Mother Mother
Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance
Vibe Music
Zach Bryan - Pink Skies
Zach Bryan
Austin (Boots Stop Workin')
Dasha
Home
Phillip Phillips
Deep Purple - Smoke On the Water
Deep Purple
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals
Kabhi Kabhi Aditi
Rashid Ali
Problems
Mother Mother
Heart-Magic Man
Unknown
Bon Jovi
Unknown
Wrecking Ball
Mother Mother
Dominic Fike - White Keys
Ethereal Music
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us
KendrickLamar
Before You Go
Lewis Capaldi
PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake - NOKIA
PARTYNEXTDOOR
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
Sweet Home Alabama
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sierra
Unknown
I will survive - Gloria Gaynor
70sand80s4u
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Unknown
Take Me to Church
Hozier
Training Season
Dua Lipa
Good Times by Finger Eleven
RockofVengeance
Charli xcx - Guess featuring billie eilish
Charli xcx
Charli xcx - party 4 u
Charli xcx
Unholy
Sam Smith
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ed Sheeran - Sapphire
TrendingTracks
Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - 1969
74sodapop
Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Scientist
Coldplay
Kendrick Lamar - tv off
Kendrick Lamar
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
Free Fallin'
Tom Petty
What I Got
Sublime
Mitski - I Bet on Losing Dogs
Mitski
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not
R&BHype
Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club
Lost Panda
LUNCH
Billie Eilish
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
21 Guns
Green Day
Doechii - Anxiety
Vibe Music
SZA - Snooze
Unknown
Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Γyster Cult
SpiritWriterSong
Queens of the Stone Age - No one Knows
0foofighter0
Zach Bryan - I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Zach Bryan
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
Phil Collins
Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer
BonJovi
The Rolling Stones - Paint It, Black
ABKCO
Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)
Gym Class Heroes
Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin
Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please
Lost Panda
Clean Bandit - Symphony Feat. Zara Larsson
Unknown
MOLIY, Shenseea, Skillibeng, Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) (Remix)
MOLIY
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Unknown
Count on Me
Bruno Mars
Kal Ho Na Ho
Sonu Nigam
juju - Wasted Summers
jujumusic
Channa Mereya
Arijit Singh
Styx-Renegade Lyrics
RockinBassPlayer3
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
acdc
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough
Unknown
Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars
Could you Be Loved
Bob Marley
Tame Impala - Dracula
TrendingTracks
Tere Bin
Atif Aslam
Kenny Loggins - Footloose
Miluzie
Chappell Roan - The Subway
ChappellRoan
Noah Kahan - Call Your Mom
NoahKahan
Dil Hai Na
Aditya Rikhari
Kansas - Dust in the wind 1977
Magnus Schult
Kesariya
Arijit Singh
Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper
Here Without You
3 Doors Down
Me And My Broken Heart
push baby
Mr. Brightside
The Killers
Crying City - Urn
Chill Only
O Mere Dil Ke Chain
Kishore Kumar
Ik Vaari Aa
Arijit Singh
3 Doors Down - Here Without You
3DoorsDown
Tom Odell - Black Friday
Tom Odell
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan
Jasleen Royal
Ariana Grande - We Canβt Be Friends
Lost Panda
Teri Mitti
B Praak
The Who - Baba O'riley
Zumie94
Teri Aankhon Mein
Darshan Raval
Noah Kahan, Hozier - Northern Attitude (Lyric Video)
NoahKahan
Safar
Arijit Singh
Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
Unknown
Motley Crue - Wild Side with Lyrics
Unknown
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
masterofacdcsuckaS
Alphaville - Forever Young
Pizza Music
Tere Sang Yaara
Atif Aslam
ROSEΜ & Bruno Mars - APT.
ROSΓ
I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Panic! At The Disco
sombr - back to friends
deep blue sounds
Kaun Tujhe
Palak Muchhal
Ilahi
Mohit Chauhan
Bulleya
Amit Mishra
ZZ Top - La Grange
Michael Baker
WizTheMc, bees & honey - Show Me Love
Unknown
Khairiyat
Arijit Singh
Libianca - People
Unknown
The Offspring
YoSabina
CHRYSTAL - The Days (Notion Remix)
CHRYSTAL
Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams
7clouds
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen
Samjho Na
Aditya Rikhari
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal Lyrics
MJKiingofPop
RAYE - WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!
RAYE
I Ain't Worried
OneRepublic
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith
Reality Club
REALITY CLUB
ROSΓ & Bruno Mars - APT.
Vibe Music
Laal Ishq
Arijit Singh
Sooraj Dooba Hai
Arijit Singh
Olivia Dean - A Couple Minutes (Lyric Video)
Olivia Dean
ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man
Unknown
LISA - NEW WOMAN feat. RosalΓa
Unknown
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower
JimiHendrix
Woh Ladki Jo
Unknown
Zara Zara
Bombay Jayashri
Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)
PostMalone
Made You Look
Meghan Trainor
Hawa Banke
Darshan Raval
Wallows β Calling After Me
Wallows
Darin feat. Eloise - Falling In love (Music Video)
Unknown
Central Cee & Dave - Sprinter
Vibe Music
Tate McRae - Sports car
TateMcRae
Hurt
Johnny Cash
Pete Yorn
Pete Yorn
Benson Boone - Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Anyma, LISA - Bad Angel
Anyma
Not Like Us
Kendrick Lamar
High Hopes
Panic! At The Disco
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son
masterofacdcsuckaS
a-ha - Take On Me
a-ha
Teddy Swims - Lose Control (Lyric Video)
Teddy Swims
vampire
Olivia Rodrigo
sombr - undressed
sombr
MΓΆtley CrΓΌe - Girls,Girls,Girls
Unknown
The Weeknd, Playboi Carti - Timeless
Unknown
Ed Sheeran - Azizam
Ed Sheeran
Billie Eilish - LUNCH
Unknown
Nickelback - How You Remind Me
Nickelback
Chahun Main Ya Naa
Arijit Singh
Porter Block - Gi
Unknown
Alex Warren - Eternity
Unknown
Spirit In The Sky Norman Greenbaum
worldslover234
Pain! - Jimmy eat world
Meerschweinchen99
Hozier - Too Sweet
Hozier
SZA - Kill Bill
SZA
greedy
Tate McRae
Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix
Preet Re
Unknown
Rock That Body - The Black Eyed Peas
Pizza Music
Rupert Holmes - (Escape) The Pina Colada Song
Unknown
Until I Found You
Stephen Sanchez
Zindagi Kuch Toh Bata (Reprise) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Pritam
Let It Be
The Beatles
Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat ft. Nicki Minaj
Unknown
Bon Jovi - One Wild Night(album version)
Unknown
Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)
ArianaGrande
Riri
NINEVICIOUS
We Are Young (feat. Janelle MonΓ‘e)
Fun.
Raataan Lambiyan
Jubin Nautiyal
Have You Ever Seen the Rain
CCR
Taylor Swift - Opalite
Unknown
5. Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Joel Gustafsson
The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
TheWeeknd
Luke Combs β Ainβt No Love In Oklahoma (From Twisters: The Album)
Luke Combs
Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison
Wild Thing
The Troggs
PinkPantheress - Stateside + Zara Larsson
Creative Chaos
Bruno Mars - I Just Might
Bruno Mars
Houdini
Dua Lipa
I Love You, I'm Sorry
Gracie Abrams
Blinding Lights
The Weeknd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Unknown
Aerosmith Walk This Way
Aerosmith
Mary Jane's Last Dance
Tom Petty
Alexia
Unknown
Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
v94j
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
OzWho
Physical
Dua Lipa
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Pumped Up Kicks
Foster the People
Zara Larsson - Lush Life
Dan Music
Justin Bieber - Yukon
Lost Panda
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
remhq
Sweet Melody
Little Mix
Kill Bill
SZA
In The End - Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Down on the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Ho Hey
The Lumineers
Banana Pancakes
Jack Johnson
BLACKPINK 'λ°μ΄(JUMP)' (Color Coded Lyrics)
Unknown
Teenage Dirtbag (With Lyrics) - Wheatus
MovieContributer
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Unknown
Roxanne
The Police
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
kansas
Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
Lil Tecca
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Unknown
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Aerosmith
Main Hoon Hero Tera
Armaan Malik
Sabrina Carpenter - Tears
TrendingTracks
Dreams (2004 Remaster)
Fleetwood Mac
W Sound 05 "LA PLENA" - BeΓ©le, Westcol, Ovy On The Drums
W Sound
APT.
ROSΓ
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
DeepPurple
Mere Rashke Qamar
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia
LatinHype
Saja Boys - Your Idol KPop Demon Hunters
Unknown
Alice Cooper - Poison
AliceCooper
The Offspring - Why Don't you get a job? Lyrics
YoSabina
Bekhayali
Unknown
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
Life is a Highway
Rascal Flatts
Enna Sona
Arijit Singh
Gerua
Arijit Singh
Eloise
Unknown
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
GunsNRoses
Imagine Dragons - Demons
ImagineDragons
good 4 u
Olivia Rodrigo
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra
7clouds
BL3SS x CamrinWatsin - Kisses ft. bbyclose
BL3SS
"How It's Done" Official Lyric Video
Unknown
Jeena Jeena
Atif Aslam
Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
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