Blue Christmas Chords
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, A, A7, Am, G, E, E7, Am7, F# and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D A
I'll have a blue Christmas without you.
A7 D
I'll be so blue just thinking about you.
Am D G (walkdown)
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
E A A7
Won't be the same, dear, if you're not here with me,
D A
And when those blue snowflakes start fallin',
A7 D
That's when those blue memories start callin'.
Am D G E7
You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white
A D
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas.
Instrumental: D A A7 D
Am7 D G E7
You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white
A D
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas
*Walkdown is optional, G-F#-F-E using bar chords
There is a 3rd verse in some recordings of this song:
I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain,
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin',
You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas.