FREE CHRISTMAS CAROLING SONGBOOK

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Tips for playing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas": The C -> D7 -> G transitions can be made easier by employing anchor fingers (here's my video lesson on anchor fingers) and lead fingers: Two secrets of the guitar greats. An anchor finger stays in the same place while other fingers move to a new chord. When playing C -> D, your anchor finger will be on the 2nd string, 1st fret. A lead finger stays on the same string when moving to a different chord, scooting along the string like a train on a monorail. In your D7 -> G transition, your third finger can scoot from the 1st string, 2nd fret to the third fret without losing contact, provided you fret a G chord using your 3rd finger on the 1st string (I have about five ways of fretting an open G depending on the situation).

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Traditional

        G                          C                                  

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

       A7                        D7                                  

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

       B7                       Em                                 

We wish you a Merry Christmas,

            C (2 beats)     D7 (1 beat)   G                                       

And a Happy          New           Year.

          G                           C

Now bring us some figgy pudding,

         A7                         D7

Now bring us some figgy pudding,

         B7                         Em

Now bring us some figgy pudding,

           C (2 beats)    D7 (1 beat)   G

And a cup of       good          cheer.

Chorus

        G                       C

We won't go until we get some

        A7                     D7

We won't go until we get some

       B7                      Em

We won't go until we get some

       C (2 beats)    D7 (1 beat)   G

So bring it        out            here!

Chorus

Repeat Verse 1

Chorus, Hold last G