How Else Can I Play These Chord Changes?

Play it

Am → F → C → G, one connected top voice

Play the broad shapes once, then the upper-string shapes. The harmony is unchanged; Version B keeps the top voice close—A → C → C → B—so the progression feels like one line instead of four blocks.

Try another reading

Keep Version B, pick it as a small arpeggio, and let the highest note ring wherever the shape allows. The color opens without changing the progression or asking for a new chord vocabulary.

Try this

Play Am–F–C–G once with broad shapes, then once as the upper-string shapes. On the second pass, listen only to the highest note; move as little as possible and keep the version that creates a part you would play.