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Tips for playing "Silent Night": Another one of the four quiet waltzes featured in my Christmas Caroling Songbook. Does the barred F give you trouble? I teach you how to play a great substitution, the Fmaj7/A, in this lesson.
Silent Night
Franz Gruber
| Chord Guide | |||
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32 1 C: x32010 |
3 4
G: 3x0003 |
3241
C7: x32310 |
134211
F: 133211 |
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B D D
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + |
C (4)
Silent night, holy night
G (2) C C7
All is calm, all is bright
F (2) C (2)
Round yon virgin, mother and child
F (2) C (2)
Holy infant so tender and mild,
G (2) C (2)
Sleep in heavenly peace,
C G C (2)
Sleep in heavenly peace.
C (4)
Silent night, holy night
G (2) C C7
Shepherds quake at the sight,
F (2) C (2)
Glories stream from heaven afar,
F (2) C (2)
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia
G (2) C (2)
Christ the savior is born!
C G C (2)
Christ the savior is born.
C (4)
Silent night, holy night
G (2) C C7
Son of God, love's pure light
F (2) C (2)
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
F (2) C (2)
with the dawn of redeeming grace,
G (2) C (2)
Jesus Lord at thy birth,
C G C
Jesus Lord at thy birth.
End on C
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.
