Tips for playing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas": The C -> D7 -> G transitions can be made easier by employing anchor fingers (here's my video lesson on anchor fingers) and lead fingers: Two secrets of the guitar greats. An anchor finger stays in the same place while other fingers move to a new chord. When playing C -> D, your anchor finger will be on the 2nd string, 1st fret. A lead finger stays on the same string when moving to a different chord, scooting along the string like a train on a monorail. In your D7 -> G transition, your third finger can scoot from the 1st string, 2nd fret to the third fret without losing contact, provided you fret a G chord using your 3rd finger on the 1st string (I have about five ways of fretting an open G depending on the situation).
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional
| Chord Guide | |||
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3 4 G: 3x0003 |
32 1
C: x32010 |
1 2
A7: x02020 |
213
D7: xx0212 |
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213 4 B7: x21202 |
12
Em: 022000 |
132
D: xx0232 |
231
Am: x02210 |
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D D U D U
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + |
G C
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
A7 D7
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
B7 Em
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
C (2 beats) D7 (1 beat) G
And a Happy New Year.
Chorus:
G D A7 D7
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
G (2) Am (2 beats) D7 (1 beat) G
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
G C
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
A7 D7
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
B7 Em
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
C (2 beats) D7 (1 beat) G
And a cup of good cheer.
Chorus
G C
We won't go until we get some
A7 D7
We won't go until we get some
B7 Em
We won't go until we get some
C (2 beats) D7 (1 beat) G
So bring it out here!
Chorus
Repeat Verse 1
Chorus, Hold last G