14 distinct chords · 88 changes · 3:27 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- E
- G
- F♯m
- B
- G♯
- C♯
- C♯m
- F♯
- D♯
- C
- F
- Dm
- D
What you are playing
Chords for It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas, laid out across its 3:27 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes F C D♯ Dm G E A Am D B G♯ C♯ A♯m A♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 14 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 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 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 |
|---|---|
| EBDC♯mF♯D♯G♯G♯mC♯A♯GCAmA | |
| FCD♯DmGEAAmDBG♯C♯A♯mA♯ | |
| F♯C♯ED♯mG♯FA♯A♯mD♯CADBmB | |
| GDFEmAF♯BBmEC♯A♯D♯CmC | |
| G♯D♯F♯FmA♯GCCmFDBEC♯mC♯ | |
| AEGF♯mBG♯C♯C♯mF♯D♯CFDmD | |
| A♯FG♯GmCADDmGEC♯F♯D♯mD♯ | |
| BF♯AG♯mC♯A♯D♯D♯mG♯FDGEmE | |
| CGA♯AmDBEEmAF♯D♯G♯FmF | |
| C♯G♯BA♯mD♯CFFmA♯GEAF♯mF♯ | |
| DACBmEC♯F♯F♯mBG♯FA♯GmG | |
| D♯A♯C♯CmFDGGmCAF♯BG♯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.
