Silent Night Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays696

Silent Night by Franz Xaver Gruber is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
C 
Silent night! Holy night! 
G7           C 
All is calm, all is bright 
F                C 
round yon Virgin Mother and Child, 
F              C 
Holy infant so tender and mild, 
G7                C 
sleep in Heavenly peace! 
             G7   C 
sleep in Heavenly peace! 

C 
Silent night! Holy night! 
G7              C 
Shepherds quake at the sight; 
F                   C 
glories stream from Heaven afar, 
F                    C 
Heavenly hosts sing "Alleluia!", 
G7                      C 
Christ, the Savior, is born! 
               G7       C 
Christ, the Savior, is born! 

C 
Silent night! Holy night! 
G7          C 
Son of God, Love pure light 
F                       C 
radiant, beams from Thy Holy face, 
F                  C 
with the dawn of redeeming grace, 
G7                 C 
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth, 
            G7     C 
Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.  
    	

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