12 distinct chords · 99 changes · 4:03 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- C
- D♯
- B
- Em
- F
- E
- Am
- D
- Cm
- Dm
- A
What you are playing
Chords for All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition), laid out across its 4:03 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 12 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 All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition) 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 | DGA♯F♯BmCBEmAGmAmE | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯BGCmC♯CFmA♯G♯mA♯mF | |
| E major | EACG♯C♯mDC♯F♯mBAmBmF♯ | |
| F major | FA♯C♯ADmD♯DGmCA♯mCmG | |
| F♯ major | F♯BDA♯D♯mED♯G♯mC♯BmC♯mG♯ | |
| G major | GCD♯BEmFEAmDCmDmA | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯ECFmF♯FA♯mD♯C♯mD♯mA♯ | |
| A major | ADFC♯F♯mGF♯BmEDmEmB | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯F♯DGmG♯GCmFD♯mFmC | |
| B major | BEGD♯G♯mAG♯C♯mF♯EmF♯mC♯ | |
| C major | CFG♯EAmA♯ADmGFmGmD | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯AFA♯mBA♯D♯mG♯F♯mG♯mD♯ |
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.
