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Gm7 Chord on Guitar: 3 Easy Ways to Play G Minor Seventh (Charts)

Gm7 chord charts with finger numbers, an easier version, the notes and intervals, and the keys and progressions that use it. Also searched as gm7 chord, gm7 guitar chord and how to play Gm7.

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.

Gm7 chord diagram, Open positionGm7 Open position: low E fret 3, A fret 1, D open, G open, B fret 3, high e fret 1.31423 1 0 0 3 1
Open position
3 1 0 0 3 1
Gm7 chord diagram, Barre (3rd fret, E-string root)Gm7 Barre (3rd fret, E-string root): low E fret 3, A fret 5, D fret 3, G fret 3, B fret 3, high e fret 3.133 5 3 3 3 3
Barre (3rd fret, E-string root)
3 5 3 3 3 3
Gm7 chord diagram, Easy 4-string versionGm7 Easy 4-string version: low E muted, A muted, D fret 5, G fret 7, B fret 6, high e fret 6.5fr××1423x x 5 7 6 6
Easy 4-string version
x x 5 7 6 6

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 Gm7 (G minor seventh) on guitar, play 3 1 0 0 3 1 from the low E string to the high e string (the open position shape). The chord contains G, Bb, D, F. If that is hard, use the easier shape x x 5 7 6 6, which needs 4 fretted notes.

Gm7 chord facts

Chord Gm7 (G minor seventh)
Other names Gmin7, G-7
Notes G, Bb, D, F
Intervals G (root), Bb (minor 3rd), D (perfect 5th), F (minor 7th)
Formula 1-b3-5-b7
Difficulty Intermediate (barre or stretch)
Shapes on this page 3

How do you play Gm7 on guitar?

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

  1. Put your index finger (1) on the A string at fret 1 (Bb, the minor 3rd).
  2. Put your middle finger (2) on the high e string at fret 1 (F, the minor 7th).
  4. Put your ring finger (3) on the low E string at fret 3 (G, the root).
  5. Put your pinky (4) on the B string at fret 3 (D, the perfect 5th).