slash chord · A root
Am/G chord
- G♭7
- A1
- E5
- A1
- C♭3
- E5
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The A minor over G chord is built from the notes G, A, E, A, C, E. It turns up 4 times in the 80 songs on this site, including Ain't No Sunshine and While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
By Chiye · Updated
What is the Am/G chord?
The Am/G chord (A minor over G) is a slash chord built from six notes: G, A, E, A, C, E — the 1–♭3–5 of the A scale, 3 semitones and 7 semitones above the root. On guitar it is most often played in open position (3-0-2-2-1-0) with 4 fingers while 2 strings ring open. It is rated beginner — most players learn it in their first weeks. The same triad with a different note placed in the bass, so the chord keeps its identity while the lowest voice walks underneath it. It is one of the most-used chords in this site's library: across the 80 song sheets charted here, Am/G appears 4 times in 2 songs, most often in the key of Am, and the chord it most often moves to is F. Below you will find step-by-step fingering, audio of every shape, and the real progressions this chord lives inside.
How do you play the Am/G chord on guitar?
Open position — the easiest version of Am/G on the guitar.
- Press the low E string at fret 3 with your pinky finger.
- Press the D string at fret 2 with your middle finger.
- Press the G string at fret 2 with your ring finger.
- Press the B string at fret 1 with your index finger.
- Strum all six strings and let every one ring.
If it buzzes, the usual cause is a fingertip sitting in the middle of the fret space instead of just behind the wire. Move the whole hand a few millimetres toward the bridge and the buzz usually disappears without any extra pressure. 3-0-2-2-1-0
How do you make Am/G sound clean?
Am/G needs the low E fretted at the 3rd fret while Am keeps it muted — that switch is the lesson.
Am → Am/G → F: a descending bass line under a static chord.
In real songs
What songs use the Am/G chord?
- chord changes
- 4
- songs
- 2
- common keys
- Am
Across the 80 chord sheets on this site, Am/G appears 4 times in 2 songs — most often in the key of Am.
AmAm/GEmDm
AmAm/GFG
AmAm/GFG
Chord flow
What chord comes after Am/G?
Every number here is a count from the progressions in our song sheets, not a generalisation: 1560 chord changes are behind these figures.
Three-chord moves
Three-chord moves are where a chord really shows its character. These are the ones that actually happen in this library, counted from the sheets:
The theory behind Am/G
Am/G is spelled G – A – E – A – C – E — the 1 – 3 – 5 of the A scale, which is the root plus 4 semitones, 7 semitones. The same triad with a different note placed in the bass, so the chord keeps its identity while the lowest voice walks underneath it.
The letter after the slash is a bass note, not a new chord. Am/G is the same Am shape with one low string fretted differently, which is how a bass line walks underneath a chord that is not moving.
What key is the Am/G chord in?
Am/G is the A minor triad with G in the bass, so it takes the same three slots as the plain minor chord: the i in A minor, the ii in G major and the vi in C major.
the home chord of the minor key
the gentle predominant — often before the V
the relative minor — the major key’s shadow
Am/G on other instruments
G – A – E – A – C – E — all white keys, so you can find the shape by counting up from C.
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