7 distinct chords · 92 changes · 4:12 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- Bm
- Em
- C
- D
- B
- A
What you are playing
Chords for A Christmas Invitation, laid out across its 4:12 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 7 the same song becomes C Em Am F G E D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 Christmas Invitation 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 | Key | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| D major | DF♯mBmGAF♯E | |
| D♯ major | D♯GmCmG♯A♯GF | |
| E major | EG♯mC♯mABG♯F♯ | |
| F major | FAmDmA♯CAG | |
| F♯ major | F♯A♯mD♯mBC♯A♯G♯ | |
| G major | GBmEmCDBA | |
| G♯ major | G♯CmFmC♯D♯CA♯ | |
| A major | AC♯mF♯mDEC♯B | |
| A♯ major | A♯DmGmD♯FDC | |
| B major | BD♯mG♯mEF♯D♯C♯ | |
| C major | CEmAmFGED | |
| C♯ major | C♯FmA♯mF♯G♯FD♯ |
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.
