Rockin Around the Christmas Tree Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Rockin Around the Christmas Tree Chord Chart by Brenda Lee. Fantastic song. This song isn't really one I teach to beginners but with enough practice and simplification of the strumming even an absolute beginner should be able to handle this song. Having the Capo at the first fret also helps to make some of the chords easier.
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The strumming on this can also be a bit tricky sit it's syncopated, mean we are missing some of the down strums. Some of the chords also change on the up strum which gives this song a little bit of a hop feel to it. Beginners, use a simple 2 or 4 down strums per chord as indicated in the chart.
Strumming:
1 + 2+ 3 + 4 +
D DU U DU
Strumming on split measures: The chord changes takes place on the 1st up strum
Am7 D7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D DU U DU
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree Guitar Lesson:
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Intro: G Em C D
Verse:
G G D7 D7
Rocking around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop
|Am7 D7| |Am7 D7| | Am7 D7| G
Mistletoe hung where you can see every couple wants to stop
Verse:
G G D7 D7
Rocking around the Christmas tree let the Christmas spirit ring
| Am7 D7| | Am7 D7| |Am7 D7| G
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling
Bridge:
C C Bm Bm
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Em Em7 A7 (hold) D7
Voices singing let's be jolly, deck the halls with boughs of holly
Verse:
G G D7 D7
Rocking around the Christmas tree, have a happy holiday
|Am7 D7| |Am7 D7 | |Am7 D7 | G
Everyone dancing merri ly in the new old-fashioned way
Solo:
G G D7 D7 | Am7 D7 | | Am7 D7 | | Am7 D7 | G
G G D7 D7 | Am7 D7 | | Am7 D7 | | Am7 D7 | G
Bridge:
C C Bm Bm
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Em Em7 A7 (hold) D7
Voices singing let's be jolly, deck the halls with boughs of holly
Verse:
G G D7 D7
Rocking around the Christmas tree, have a happy holiday
|Am7 D7| | Am7 D7 | D7 D7 G Em C G(hold)
Everyone dancing merri ly in the new old-fashioned way
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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