Song · Open F9 (American Football) tuning

Never Meant — American Football

This is the song FACGCE is named for — the opening riff that made this tuning a Midwest-emo and math-rock standard, playable almost entirely with one finger sliding along a single string while the rest ring open. The chords underneath move F → G → Am → C → Dm, a simple loop that sounds far richer than its shapes because the open strings are already voicing extra color most tunings would need extra fingers for.

This is the progression as commonly transcribed, not a note-for-note copy of any one tab — open it below to hear each real shape in F A C G C E.

Every chord verified against the app's own voicing engine in F A C G C E.