Silent Night Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays523

Silent Night by Melanie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, G, F and Am7. 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
  			 


Intro: C  G  C  

C                           
Silent night, holy night!   
G            C            
All is calm, all is bright   
F                 C                  
'Round yon virgin mother and child.   
F              C  
Holy infant so tender and mild,   
G                 C Am7  
Sleep in heavenly peace,   
C       G         C      G   C  
Sleep in heavenly peace.  


C                            
Silent night, holy night!   
G               C            
Shepherds quake at the sight.  
F                   C             
Glories stream from heaven afar,   
F                     C  
Heavenly hosts sing, "Hallelujah!  
G                     C Am7  
Christ the Saviour is born!   
C          G          C     G   C  
Christ the Saviour is born!  


INTERLUDE:  (same as verse)  


C                           
Silent night, holy night!   
G           C            
Son of god, Love's pure light   
F                  C               
Radiant beams from thy holy face   
F                  C  
With the dawn of redeeming grace,  
G                  C Am7  
Jesus, lord at thy birth,   
C      G           C       G   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