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F power chord guitar chord

F power chord is F and C. Only those two notes. Both pictures on this page are F5.

x means muted. 0 means open.

F power chord

Short code 133xxx, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: fret 1, index finger, note F, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 3, ring finger, note C, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 3, pinky finger, note F, 1st.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

F power chord uses the notes F and C.

More F guitar chords.

Also F major, F minor, F dominant 7, F major 7, F minor 7, F suspended 2, F suspended 4, F diminished, F augmented.

F power chord, another shape

Short code 13xxxx, thickest string first.

  1. Low E string: fret 1, index finger, note F, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 3, ring finger, note C, 5th.
  3. D string: muted, do not play.
  4. G string: muted, do not play.
  5. B string: muted, do not play.
  6. High E string: muted, do not play.

F power chord uses the notes F and C.

Why does this F power chord have only two notes?

Both pictures are F and C. That is an F power chord. There is no A, so it is not F major. The first picture uses three strings starting on the thick E at fret 1. The second picture uses only the two thick strings. Same two notes. The first shape has an extra F, so it often sounds bigger.

If the F power chord in a song sounds smaller than the first picture, try the two-string picture lower on this page.

This chord leaves off the note that would make it major or minor. Play F major after this and you will hear A come in.

Progressions that start on F power chord

Play each line in order.

F power chord, B flat power chord, C power chord, F power chord

This is the hard-hit one. F power chord (F5) to B flat power chord (Bb5) to C power chord (C5) and home, nothing soft in the middle. 1970s hard rock and 1990s punk, a garage with the door up. It feels like yelling along even when you do not know the words.

F power chord, B flat power chord, F power chord, B flat power chord

Two chords, and they punch. F5 then Bb5, over and over. 1970s punk, a school gym, bad speakers. Simple is the feeling.

F power chord, C power chord, F power chord, C power chord

F5 and C5 take turns hitting. Rock outros, a garage encore. You came to hit, not to sit.