
Easy Way To Play F Chord On Guitar
One of the hardest chords for beginners to play is the F chord, and it just so happens that it comes up a lot in the songs you’ll be looking to learn.
So instead of struggling to play a barre chord that kills your fingers, we’re going to show you some easy replacements you can learn in 3 minutes that sounds almost the same as the full barre chord.
Get ready because it’s going to shock you how easy this is…
The Easiest F Chord
Finger Positions For The Easiest F Chord
- Index finger: 1st fret, 2nd string
Place your index finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string - Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string
Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string - Ring finger: 3rd fret, 4th string
Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string - Play chord
Strum the 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings
By the way: If you need help understanding chord charts, check out our guide by clicking here.
Slightly Harder, But Still Easier F Chord
Finger Positions
- Index finger: barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret
Use your index finger to barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret - Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string
Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string - Ring finger: 3rd fret, 4th string
Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string - Play chord
Strum all strings, except for the 5th and 6th strings
Easy F Chord (that sounds almost identical to the barre chord)
Finger Positions
- Index finger: barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret
Use your index finger to barre the 1st and 2nd strings on the 1st fret - Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string
Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string - Ring finger: 3rd fret, 5th string
Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 5th string - Pinky finger: 3rd fret, 4th string
Place your pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string - Play chord
Strum all strings, except for the 6th string
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This Is How To Learn The F Chord…
Now that you’ve tried out a few variations and can see they sound great, you’re going to want to practice them on a regular basis.
We would recommend starting off with the easiest F chord (above) and then working down the list.
This is because with time it’ll become far easier for you to play the full F barre chord once you’ve mastered the 3rd version of the F chord we included.
If you bookmark this page (hold ctrl and press D), it’ll be far easier for you to find this page again once you progres onto the next F variation – so we would highly recommend doing that.
And let us know as you progress in the comments below!

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The F Barre Chord
We thought we’d include this here because you will need to learn it at some point. This is the way to play the F barre chord:
- Index finger: barre the 1st fret.
Use your index finger to barre the 1st fret. - Middle finger: 2nd fret, 3rd string.
Place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string. - Ring finger: 3rd fret, 5th string.
Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 5th string. - Pinky finger: 3rd fret, 4th string.
Place your pinky finger on the 3rd fret of the 4th string. - Play chord.
Strum all strings.
Wow I can’t thank you enough for this. I’ve always struggled playing F and that easiest way you showed has helped me out so much. I can play it now!!