11 distinct chords · 105 changes · 4:48 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- B
- F♯m
- A
- C
- Bm
- G♯m
- D♯
- C♯m
- F♯
- D
What you are playing
Chords for O Holy Night, laid out across its 4:48 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes D A Em G A♯ Am F♯m C♯ Bm E C, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 11 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 O Holy Night 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | BF♯C♯mEGF♯mD♯mA♯G♯mC♯A | |
| C major | CGDmFG♯GmEmBAmDA♯ | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯D♯mF♯AG♯mFmCA♯mD♯B | |
| D major | DAEmGA♯AmF♯mC♯BmEC | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯FmG♯BA♯mGmDCmFC♯ | |
| E major | EBF♯mACBmG♯mD♯C♯mF♯D | |
| F major | FCGmA♯C♯CmAmEDmGD♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯G♯mBDC♯mA♯mFD♯mG♯E | |
| G major | GDAmCD♯DmBmF♯EmAF | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯A♯mC♯ED♯mCmGFmA♯F♯ | |
| A major | AEBmDFEmC♯mG♯F♯mBG | |
| A♯ major | A♯FCmD♯F♯FmDmAGmCG♯ |
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.
