Hot Cross Buns Chords

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Hot Cross Buns by Misc Children is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 
G            D 
One a penny, two a penny, 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 

Verso 1: 
G              D 
If you have no daughters, 
D                 G 
give them to your sons. 
G            D 
One a penny, two a penny, 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 

 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 
G            D 
One a penny, two a penny, 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 

Verso 2: 
G               D 
Butter them and sugar them and 
D                G 
put them in your muns (i.e.mouths) 
G            D 
One a penny, two a penny, 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 

 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns! 
G            D 
One a penny, two a penny, 
G   D     G 
Hot cross buns!  
    	

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