Hey Parker Its Christmas Chords

KeyC Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays454

Hey Parker Its Christmas by Ryan Adams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, Gm, Bb, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C Gm Bb C Gm Bb C Gm Bb C Gm Bb 

Bb     C          Bb 
Ring-a-ding-ding, sleigh bells ring 
C                                 Bb 
Ice breaks on the concrete in the city street 
Bb     C          Bb 
Ring-a-ding-ding, sleigh bells ring 
C                               Bb 
Taxicab movies in our heads and cigarettes 

Bb     C 
Oh, my word 
             Bb          C 
Parker, will you take my hand? 
             Bb          C 
Parker, will you take my hand? 
     D 
It's Christmas time 

C Bb Gm C Bb C Bb 

              C            Bb                       
Bridges close down, on the L - I - E 
     C                     Bb 
Tiny lights fading out in Jersey City 
           C                       Bb 
Snow white room, on the snow white clouds 
C                               Bb 
Taxicabs disappear like keys in lost & found bins 

Bb     C 
Oh, my word 
             Bb          C 
Parker, will you take my hand? 
             Bb          C 
Parker, will you take my hand? 
     D 
It's Christmas time 


  C                          Bb 
I wish you were here with me now 
     D 
It's Christmas time 
   C                          Bb 
I wish you were here with me now 
      D 
It's Christmas time 

C Bb C Bb C Bb 

C Gm Bb C Gm Bb 

         C                       Bb 
But it's summertime, summertime, summertime 
         C                       Bb 
But it's summertime, summertime, summertime 

It's summertime 
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante