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Cm7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play C Minor Seventh (Charts)

Cm7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as cm7 chord, cm7 guitar chord and how to play Cm7.

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.

Cm7 chord diagram, Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)Cm7 Barre (3rd fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 3, D fret 5, G fret 3, B fret 4, high e fret 3.×132x 3 5 3 4 3
Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)
x 3 5 3 4 3
Cm7 chord diagram, Easy 3-string versionCm7 Easy 3-string version: low E muted, A muted, D muted, G fret 5, B fret 4, high e fret 6.4fr×××213x x x 5 4 6
Easy 3-string version
x x x 5 4 6
Cm7 chord diagram, Movable shape (8th fret)Cm7 Movable shape (8th fret): low E fret 8, A fret 10, D fret 8, G fret 8, B fret 8, high e fret 8.8fr138 10 8 8 8 8
Movable shape (8th fret)
8 10 8 8 8 8

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 Cm7 (C minor seventh) on guitar, play x 3 5 3 4 3 from the low E string to the high e string (the barre (3rd fret, A-string root) shape). The chord contains C, Eb, G, Bb. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x x 5 4 6, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Cm7 chord facts

Chord Cm7 (C minor seventh)
Other names Cmin7, C-7
Notes C, Eb, G, Bb
Intervals C (root), Eb (minor 3rd), G (perfect 5th), Bb (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-5-b7
Difficulty Beginner (easy version) to intermediate (full shape)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Cm7 on guitar?

The main shape is x 3 5 3 4 3 (Barre (3rd fret, A-string root)). Finger by finger:

  1. Lay your index finger flat across the A to high e strings at fret 3. This is the barre.
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the B string at fret 4 (Eb, the minor 3rd).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the D string at fret 5 (G, the perfect 5th).
  5. Don't play the low E string: start your strum on the A string, or touch it lightly to mute.
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