O Holy Night Chord Chart
Welcome to my O Holy Night chord chart. This is an absolutely beautiful Christmas song and it songs lovely on the guitar.
I would highly recommend fingerpicking this song as I think it does that song the most justice, but I will provide a strumming pattern below as well.
O HOLY NIGHT GUITAR CHORDS:
If you need an easy F chord, you can always play the Fmaj7 chord below.
O HOLY NIGHT STRUMMING PATTERN:
Now this song is in 6/8 time, so we will be counting to 6 instead of 3 or 4.
Strumming:
1 2 3 4 5 6
D D D D D D
Fingerpicking:
Stand 6/8 arpeggio pattern.
4 string chord play strings: 4 3 2 1 2 3
5 string chords play strings: 5 3 2 1 2 3
6 string chords play strings: 6 3 2 1 2 3
O HOLY NIGHT CHORD CHART
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Verse:
C C F C C
O holy night! The stars brightly shin-ing
C G7 C C
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth.
C C
Long lay the world in
F C C
sin and error pin-ing
Em
’Til He appeared and the
B7 Em Em
soul felt its worth.
G7 G7 C C
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices,
G7 G7 C
For yonder breaks a new and
C
glorious morn.
Chorus:
Am Am Em Em
Fall on your knees! O
Dm Dm Am Am
hear the angel voic-es!
C G7 C F C G7
O night divine, O night when
C C
Christ was born,
G G C F C G7 C
O night divine, O night O night Divine.
Verse:
C C F C C
Truly He taught us to love one another,
C G7 C C
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
C C
Chains shall He break for
F C C
the slave is our brother.
Em B7 Em
And in His name all oppresion shall cease.
Em G7 G7 C
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful
C G7
chorus raise we, let all within us
C C
praise His holy name.
Chorus:
Am Am Em Em
Christ is the Lord! O
Dm Dm Am Am
praise His name forev- er
C G7 C F C G7
His power and glo- ry ev- ermore
C C
proclaim
G G C F C G7
His power and glo- ry ev- ermore
C C
proclaim.
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.