15 distinct chords · 46 changes · 2:12 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- G♯
- F♯
- G♯m
- E
- D♯m
- C♯m
- C♯
- G
- C
- F
- Em
- Dm
- Am
- D
What you are playing
Chords for A Holly Jolly Christmas (pitch -1), laid out across its 2:12 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 15 chords is a plain triad, so three notes under the right hand covers the whole song.
Play it in another key
The same song, moved. Every row is A Holly Jolly Christmas (pitch -1) shifted by that many semitones — useful when the recording sits too high or too low for your voice. The chords keep their relationships, so the song is unchanged apart from its pitch.
| Shift | Chords |
|---|---|
| F♯D♯C♯D♯mBA♯mG♯mG♯DGCBmAmEmA | |
| GEDEmCBmAmAD♯G♯C♯CmA♯mFmA♯ | |
| G♯FD♯FmC♯CmA♯mA♯EADC♯mBmF♯mB | |
| AF♯EF♯mDC♯mBmBFA♯D♯DmCmGmC | |
| A♯GFGmD♯DmCmCF♯BED♯mC♯mG♯mC♯ | |
| BG♯F♯G♯mED♯mC♯mC♯GCFEmDmAmD | |
| CAGAmFEmDmDG♯C♯F♯FmD♯mA♯mD♯ | |
| C♯A♯G♯A♯mF♯FmD♯mD♯ADGF♯mEmBmE | |
| DBABmGF♯mEmEA♯D♯G♯GmFmCmF | |
| D♯CA♯CmG♯GmFmFBEAG♯mF♯mC♯mF♯ | |
| EC♯BC♯mAG♯mF♯mF♯CFA♯AmGmDmG | |
| FDCDmA♯AmGmGC♯F♯BA♯mG♯mD♯mG♯ |
On a guitar there is a shortcut in one direction: transpose down by n and put a capo on fret n, and you are back at the original pitch while playing the easier shapes. That is what the capo line above is doing.
