Happy Christmas Chords

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Happy Christmas by John Lennon is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords A, A9, A4, Bm, B9, B4, E4, E, E9, D, D9, D4, Em, Em7+ and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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  			Verso 1:
              A       A9  A4 
So this is christmas 
     A             Bm  B9  B4 
And what have you done 
  Bm         E4  E E9 
Another year over 
       E              A  A9 A4 
And a new one just begun 
    A             D      D9  D4 
And so this is Christmas 
   D        Em      Em7+  E9 
I hope you have fun 
     Em           A4    A  A9 
The near and the dear one 
    A            D    D9  D4 
The old and the young 


   D           G 
A very merry Christmas 
                  A 
And a happy New Year 
                  Em       G 
Let's hope it's a good one 
             D    E 
Without any fear 

Verso 2:
                 A       A9  A4 
And so this is Christmas 
     A         Bm       B9  B4 
For weak and for strong 
     Bm         E4     E E9 
For rich and the poor ones 
     E            A   A9 A4 
The world is so wrong 
     A          D      D9  D4 
And so happy Christmas 
      D        Em      Em7+  E9 
For black and for white 
      Em        A4    A  A9 
For yellow and red ones 
        A           D     D9  D4 
Let's stop all the fight 


    D           G 
A very merry Christmas 
                 A 
And a happy New Year 
                  Em       G 
Let's hope it's a good one 
             D    E 
Without any fear 

Verso 3:
              A       A9  A4 
And so this is christmas 
     A             Bm  B9  B4 
And what have you done 
  Bm         E4  E E9 
Another year over 
       E              A  A9 A4 
And a new one just begun 
    A             D      D9  D4 
And so this is Christmas 
   D        Em      Em7+  E9 
I hope you have fun 
     Em           A4   A  A9 
The near and the dear one 
    A            D    D9  D4 
The old and the young 


    D           G 
A very merry Christmas 
                 A 
And a happy New Year 
                  Em        G 
Let's hope it's a good one 
         D    E 
Without any fear 

  A    A9     A4    A 
Waaaar iiiiis oooooover 
Bm B9   B4    Bm 
If  you  want  it 
E4     E  E9    E 
Waaaar is oooooover 
A  A9 A4 A 
Nooooooow 
    	

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