50
THREE-CHORD CHRISTMAS SONGS
FOR GUITAR, BANJO AND UKULELE
Chord Songbook
With the Three-Chord Christmas Songbook you will need only minimal playing skills and three chords–G, C, and D7–to accompany each song in this great book. The jam-packed book is invaluable for all beginning musicians, casual musicians, teachers, family bands, and performers. Melody, lyrics, and chords are included for all songs.
Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with basic accompaniment tips. Transposing and how-to-use-the-capo tips are included for singers. An invaluable sourcebook for teachers–and a handy, compact fakebook for performers. A unique collection of timeless songs for the entire family.
• Accompany 50 vibrant Christmas songs with only minimal playing skills.
• Each song includes melody, lyrics, and chords.
• Perhaps the most interesting collection of Christmas songs to be found in print today.
• Interesting historical images are found throughout the text.
• A superb book for getting beginners involved and keeping them involved.
• Only a few minutes of technical training equips any person to accompany all 50 songs in this book.
• Teachers can use this collection as a foundation to teach more advanced patterns and arranging techniques.
• Excellent "mini fake book" resource for all musicians and performers
- A Babe i s Born All of a May
- A Little Child on Earth Has Been Born
- All Through the Night
- Angels We Have Heard on High
- As With Gladness Men of Old
- Auld Lang Syne
- Away in a Manger
- Born is He, This Holy Child
- Child in the Manger
- Christ Was Born in Bethlehem
- Christ Was Born on Christmas Day
- Christmas is Coming
- Come, Thou Almighty King
- Ding Dong Merrily on High
- Glad Christmas Bells
- Go Tell It on the Mountain
- God Bless the Master of This House
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice
- Good King Wenceslas
- Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
- Here We Come A-Caroling
- I Saw Three Ships
- In the Silence of the Night
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
- Jingle Bells
- Joy to the World
- Let Our Gladness Know No End
- Let Us Go, O Shepherds
- Love Came Down at Christmas
- Mary Had a Baby
- O Come, Little Children
- Oh Christmas Tree
- Once in Royal David's City
- Out of the Orient Crystal Skies
- Over the River and Through the Woods
- Shepherds, Shake off Your Drowsy Sleep
- Silent Night
- Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night, All Christians Sing)
- The Boar's Head Carol
- The Cherry Tree Carol
- The Christmas Tree with its Candles Bright
- The First Noel
- The Friendly Beasts
- The Holly and the Ivy
- The Holly Bears a Berry (The St. Day Carol)
- The Seven Blessings of Mary
- The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
- Up on the Housetop
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
