Blue Christmas Chords

KeyE Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays393

Blue Christmas by The Raveonettes is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, A, A7, Am, G, E, E7, Am7, F# and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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  			** for the key Elvis recorded it in** 
 
             D                 A 
I'll have a blue Christmas without you 
            A7                  D          
I'll be so blue just thinking about you 
     Am         D        G                 (walkdown) 
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree 
E                           A                   A7 
Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me 
 
                D                     A 
And when those blue snowflakes start fallin' 
                   A7                  D 
That's when those blue memories start callin' 
           Am      D               G            E7 
You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white 
     A                                 D 
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas 
 
 
Instrumental: D  A  A7  D 
 
 
           Am7     D               G            E7 
You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white 
     A                                 D 
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas 
 
 
*Walkdown is optional, G-F#-F-E using bar chords 
 
There is a 3rd verse in some recordings of this song: 
 
I'll have a blue Christmas that's certain 
And when that blue heartache starts hurtin' 
You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of whiteH 
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas 
 
Chords: 
A   =   x02220 
A7  =   x02020 
Am  =   x02210 
Am7 =   x02010 
D   =   xx0232 
E   =   022100 
E7  =   020100 
G   =   320003   
 
Walkdown chords: 
G   =   355433 
F#  =   244322 
F   =   133211 
E   =   022100 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante