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Fsus2 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play F Suspended Second (Charts)

Fsus2 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as fsus2 chord, fsus2 guitar chord and how to play Fsus2.

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.

Fsus2 chord diagram, Open positionFsus2 Open position: low E fret 1, A fret 3, D fret 3, G open, B fret 1, high e muted.1342×1 3 3 0 1 x
Open position
1 3 3 0 1 x
Fsus2 chord diagram, Barre (8th fret, A-string root)Fsus2 Barre (8th fret, A-string root): low E muted, A fret 8, D fret 10, G fret 10, B fret 8, high e fret 8.8fr×134x 8 10 10 8 8
Barre (8th fret, A-string root)
x 8 10 10 8 8
Fsus2 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionFsus2 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 3, G open, B fret 1, high e fret 1.××312x x 3 0 1 1
Easy 4-string version
x x 3 0 1 1

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 Fsus2 (F suspended second) on guitar, play 1 3 3 0 1 x from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains F, G, C. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 3 0 1 1, which needs 3 fretted notes.

Fsus2 chord facts

Chord Fsus2 (F suspended second)
Other names —
Notes F, G, C
Intervals F (root), G (major 2nd), C (perfect 5th)
Formula 1-2-5
Difficulty Beginner
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Fsus2 on guitar?

The main shape is 1 3 3 0 1 x (Open position). Finger by finger:

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the low E string at fret 1 (F, the root).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the B string at fret 1 (C, the perfect 5th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the A string at fret 3 (C, the perfect 5th).
  5. Put your pinky (4) on the D string at fret 3 (F, the root).<