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Silent Night
Key of C · 6/8, "slow six" strum · Chords: C F G7 · Words: Joseph Mohr, trans. John Freeman Young
C
Silent night, holy night,
G7 C
All is calm, all is bright
F C
Round yon virgin mother and child,
F C
Holy infant so tender and mild,
G7 C
Sleep in heavenly peace,
C G7 C
Sleep in heavenly peace.
2. Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight;
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born!
3. Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light;
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Key of C · 4/4, steady or "down, down-up" · Chords: C F G · Words: Isaac Watts, 1719 · Verses 2–4: same chords, from the hymnal
C F G C
Joy to the world! the Lord is come;
C F G
Let earth receive her King;
C
Let every heart prepare him room,
C G C
And heaven and nature sing,
C G C
And heaven and nature sing,
C F G C
And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
Key of G · 3/4, "boom-strum-strum" · Chords: G C D · Words: anonymous, 1885 · Verses 2–3: same chords, from the hymnal
G C G
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
G D
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head;
G C G
The stars in the sky looked down where he lay,
D G D G
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
Key of G · 4/4, "hymn steady" · Chords: G C D Em Am A7 · Words: Latin hymn, trans. Frederick Oakeley · A7 (x02020) is a two-finger chord, taught in week 5 · Later verses: same chords, from the hymnal
G D G D
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant,
Em D A7 D
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
G C G Am D
Come and behold him, born the King of angels;
G C G
O come, let us adore him,
G C G
O come, let us adore him,
G C D
O come, let us adore him,
G D G
Christ the Lord.
Key of G · 3/4, "boom-strum-strum" · Chords: G C D · Words: traditional English carol · Later verses: same chords, from the hymnal
G D C G
The first Noel the angel did say
C G C D
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
G D C G
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,
C G C D G
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
G D G C
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel,
G C D G
Born is the King of Israel.
Key of G · 4/4, "hymn steady" · Chords: G C D Em Am A7 · Words: Charles Wesley, alt. George Whitefield · Verses 2–3: same chords, from the hymnal
G D G
Hark! the herald angels sing,
G C D G
"Glory to the newborn King;
G D G
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
Em A7 D
God and sinners reconciled!"
G D G
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
G D G
Join the triumph of the skies;
C G D
With th'angelic host proclaim,
G D G
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
C Am D
Hark! the herald angels sing,
G C G D G
"Glory to the newborn King!"
Key of G · 4/4, "down, down-up" · Chords: G C D Em Am · Words: French carol, trans. James Chadwick · Later verses: same chords, from the hymnal
In the Gloria, change chords on every beat, one strum each. It is the best drill in the book.
G D G
Angels we have heard on high,
G D G
Sweetly singing o'er the plains,
G D G
And the mountains in reply
G D G
Echoing their joyous strains.
G Em Am D G C Am D
Glo--o----o----o----o----o----o----ria,
G C D G
in excelsis Deo.
(sing the Gloria twice)
Key of G · 4/4, "down, down-up" · Chords: G C D Em · Words: African American spiritual, verses by John W. Work Jr. · Begin and end with the refrain · Verses 2–3: same chords, from the hymnal
Refrain:
G
Go, tell it on the mountain,
C G
Over the hills and everywhere;
G Em
Go, tell it on the mountain
D G
That Jesus Christ is born.
Verse 1:
G C
While shepherds kept their watching
G
O'er silent flocks by night,
G C
Behold throughout the heavens
D
There shone a holy light.