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Tips for playing "O, Holy Night": This can sound lovely fingerpicked, provided you're in a quiet environment and your guitar can be heard over the singers. Try the following pattern. The first note of the measure should play the root of the chord, which is sometimes on the 5th string:
|-------------------------| 1st string |-------------X-----------| |---------X-------X-------| |-----X---------------X---| |-------------------------| |-X-----------------------| 6th string 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +
If you're outside and your fingers are freezing, I recommend strumming, but be gentle with the unaccented strums, or it'll sound like a sea shanty. 🙂
O Holy Night
Traditional
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> B D U D U D D U D U Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + |
Starting note: B (5th String, 2nd fret) |
G (2) C G (2)
Oh holy night the stars are brightly shining
G D7 G (2)
It is the night of our dear Savior's birth
G (2) C G (2)
Long lay the world in sin and error pining 'til he
Bm F#7 Bm (2)
appeared and the soul felt its worth
D7 (2) G (2)
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
D7 (2) G (2)
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn
Chorus 1:
Em (2) Bm (2) Am (2) Em (2)
Fall on your knees oh hear the angel voices
G D7 Em C G D7 G (2)
Oh ni - ght divi - ne, oh night when Christ was born
D7 (2) G C G D G (2)
Oh night divine oh night oh night divine
G (2) C G (2)
Truly He taught us to love one another
G D7 G (2)
His law is love and His gospel is peace
G (2) C G (2)
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
Bm F#7 Bm (2)
And in His name all oppression shall cease
D7 (2) G (2)
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we
D7 (2) G (2)
Let all within us praise His holy name
Chorus
End on last measure of G
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.
