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Have yourself a merry litle christmas

Carpenters

RockAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×○○
Amaj7Diagram coming soon
D××○
Dmaj7Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon
E6Diagram coming soon
E○○○
F#mDiagram coming soon
E7○○○○
F#m7Diagram coming soon
D6Diagram coming soon
C#mDiagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C#m7Diagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
A9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: A Amaj7 D Dmaj7 Fdim(I) E6 
 
 
  A      Amaj7    D     Dmaj7  E   E6 
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas 
 
 A        Amaj7      D   Dmaj7 E E6 
Let your hearts be light 
 
Amaj7    F#m      D       Dmaj7    E   E7   A  Amaj7 D Dmaj7 E E6 
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight 
                                                                  
 
 A        Amaj7   D      Dmaj7 E   E6 
Have yourself a merry little Christmas 
 
 A        Amaj7    D    Dmaj7 E    E6 
Make the Yuletide gay 
 
Amaj7     F#m    D        Dmaj7   E     E7   F#m    F#m9    F#m    F#m7 
From now on, our troubles will be miles a - way. 
        
 
Bridge:                                                        
 
Dmaj7    D6       C#m        Amaj7 
Here we are as in olden days 
 
      Bm7        Fdim   Amaj7 C#m7 
Happy golden days    of yore 
 
 F#m      Cdim           Amaj7      F#m 
Faithful friends who are dear to us 
 
        B7        Bm7/5-      Fdim    E7  
Travel near to us      once more. 
 
  
  A         Amaj7     D       Dmaj7  Fdim 
Through the years we all will be together  
 
A      Amaj7    D    Dmaj7  E 
If the fates allow; 
 
 A      F#m    D    Fdim     E        F#m    F#m9    F#m  - F#m7 
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough 
 
    Dmaj7     D6    Bm7/5-   E     E6   E7 
And have yourself a merry little Christmas 
 
  A  Amaj7 A Amaj7 A A9 Amaj7 
Now.

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Chord set

A · Amaj7 · D · Dmaj7 · Fdim · E6 · E · F#m · E7 · F#m7 · D6 · C#m · Bm7 · C#m7 · Cdim · B7 · A9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.