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Am7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play A Minor Seventh (Charts)

Am7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as am7 chord, am7 guitar chord and how to play Am7.

By David Sandy, guitar player and founder of Sandy Music Lab. Every chord shape on this page is checked note by note against the chord's formula.

Am7 chord diagram, Open positionAm7 Open position: low E muted, A open, D fret 2, G open, B fret 1, high e open.×21x 0 2 0 1 0
Open position
x 0 2 0 1 0
Am7 chord diagram, Barre (5th fret, E-string root)Am7 Barre (5th fret, E-string root): low E fret 5, A fret 7, D fret 5, G fret 5, B fret 5, high e fret 5.5fr135 7 5 5 5 5
Barre (5th fret, E-string root)
5 7 5 5 5 5
Am7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionAm7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 2, B fret 1, high e fret 3.×××213x x x 2 1 3
Easy 3-string version
x x x 2 1 3

Numbers are fingers (1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky, T thumb). × = don't play that string, ○ = play it open. A long bar is a barre: one finger flat across those strings. Strings run low E (left) to high e (right).

Chord chart by Sandy Music Lab

Quick answer: To play Am7 (A minor seventh) on guitar, play x 0 2 0 1 0 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains A, C, E, G. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 2 1 3, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Am7 chord facts

Chord Am7 (A minor seventh)
Other names Amin7, A-7
Notes A, C, E, G
Intervals A (root), C (minor 3rd), E (perfect 5th), G (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Am7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 0 2 0 1 0 (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the minor 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the D string at fret 2 (E, the perfect 5th).
  4. Let the A (A) and G (G) and high e (E) strings ring open.
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string, or touch it lightly to mute.
  7. Strum, then pick each string one at a time and fix any string that buzzes or is silent.

What is the easiest way to play Am7?

The easier version is x x x 2 1 3