What Child Is This Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays545

What Child Is This by Christmas Songs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, C, Em, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			


Tablature Legend: 
p = pull off 
h = hammer on 
s = slide 
^ = pluck/strum down softly 



        Am              G    C                G                   Em 

-----------------------------0---------1p0-------------------------------------------- 
---------1--------------3---------------------3--------------0-----------0------------ 
----2--------------0--------------0---------------------0---------0h2----------------- 
--------------2------------------------------------0---------------------------------- 
---------0-------------------3------------------------------------2------------------- 
------------------------3---------------------3--------------------------------------- 


    Am               Am               E              E7 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----0h1-------------------------------0----------------------------------------------- 
----------------2----2---------1h2--------------1------------------------------------- 
-----------2--------------2----------------2---------2-------------------------------- 
----0----------------0---------------------------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------------------0--------------0-------------------------------- 


         Am               G    C                G                   Em 

-------------------------------0---------1p0------------------------------------------ 
---------0h1--------------3---------------------3--------------0-----------0---------- 
----2----------------0--------------0---------------------0---------0h2--------------- 
----------------2------------------------------------0-------------------------------- 
---------0---------------------3------------------------------------2----------------- 
--------------------------3---------------------3------------------------------------- 


    Am               E7               Am        Am 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----0h1----0-------------------------------1------------------------------------------ 
----------------2----1-----------1--------------2---------2--------------------------- 
--------------------------3s4---------2--------------2-------------------------------- 
----0---------------------------------0---------0------------------------------------- 
---------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------- 


    C                   C              G                   Em          Am 

----3-------------------3----2----0--------------------------------------------------- 
-------------------1-------------------3--------------0-----------0----0h1------------ 
--------------0----------------------------------0---------0h2------------------------ 
---------2----------------------------------0--------------------------------2-------- 
----3-------------------3----------------------------------------------0-------------- 
---------------------------------------3-------------------0-------------------------- 
       
         Am               E              E7        C                   C 

---------------------------------------------------3-------------------3----2----0---- 
--------------------------0---------------------------------------1------------------- 
----2----2---------1h2--------------1---------0--------------0------------------------ 
--------------2----------------2---------2--------------2----------------------------- 
---------0-----------------------------------------3-------------------3-------------- 
--------------------------0--------------0-------------------------------------------- 


    G                    Em          Am               E7               Am        Am 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----3---------------0-----------0----0h1----0-------------------------------1--------- 
---------------0---------0h2---------------------2----1-----------1--------------2---- 
----------0------------------------------------------------3s4---------2-------------- 
-------------------------------------0---------------------------------0---------0---- 
----3--------------------0----------------------------0------------------------------- 


         Am               G    C                G                   Em 

-------------------------------0---------1p0------------------------------------------ 
---------0h1--------------3---------------------3--------------0-----------0---------- 
----2----------------0--------------0---------------------0---------0h2--------------- 
----------------2------------------------------------0-------------------------------- 
---------0---------------------3------------------------------------2----------------- 
--------------------------3---------------------3------------------------------------- 


    Am               E7               Am 
                                      ^ 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----0h1----0-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
----------------2----1-----------1----2----------------------------------------------- 
--------------------------3s4---------2----------------------------------------------- 
----0---------------------------------0----------------------------------------------- 
---------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------- 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante