How To Play Christmas Music On Guitar

Last Updated on November 25, 2021 by

Christmas time, I love it. I am a sucker for romance, christmas lights and feel good songs. It's a time where I teach my guitar students the joy of playing and singing christmas songs. Two for the price of one.

We all have our favorites and it's funny to see those old christmas songs appearing in new jackets over and over again. A great way to inspire a new generation with the real classics. Sometimes I really enjoy a new version, but I keep coming back to those warm beautiful voices of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

Yet I hope new christmas songs will be written every year and that the best of those songs will become classics again. Anyway, in the meantime there are a zillion songs you can enjoy. I created a top 35 to get busy. Grab your guitar, start playing and building your christmas repertoire!

Just click the song title to listen to the song on Youtube. Click "Chords" (next to the artists name) for the chords and lyrics to the song and Tabs for the tablature.

Enjoy!

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
1 Jingle Bells	Dean Martin	Chords	Tabs
2 Happy Xmas	John Lennon	Chords	Tabs
3 Hark! The herald Angels Sing	Frank Sinatra	Chords	Tabs
4 Santa claus is coming to town	Michael Buble	Chords	Tabs
5 Christmas time	Bryan Adams	Chords	Tabs

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
6 Driving home for christmas	Chris Rea	Chords	Tabs
7 It's beginning to look a lot like christmas	Michael Buble	Chords	Tabs
8 Silver Bells	Bing Crosby	Chords	Tabs
9 White Christmas	Bing Crosby	Chords	Tabs
10 The First Noel	Frank Sinatra	Chords	Tabs

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
11 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Gene Autry	Chords	Tabs
12 Jingle Bell Rock	Bobby Helms	Chords	Tabs
13 A holly jolly christmas	Burt Ives	Chords	Tabs
14 Someday at christmas	Stevie Wonder	Chords	Tabs
15 Have yourself a merry little christmas	Michael Buble	Chords	Tabs

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
16 Wonderful christmas time	Paul McCartney	Chords	Tabs
17 Last Christmas	Wham	Chords	Tabs
18 All I want for christmas is you	Mariah Carey	Chords	Tabs
19 Rockin' around the christmas tree	Brenda Lee	Chords	Tabs
20 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow	Dean Martin	Chords	Tabs

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
21 It's the most wonderful time of the year	Andy Williams	Chords	Tabs
22 I'll be home for christmas	Doris Day	Chords	Tabs
23 Silent night	Frank Sinatra	Chords	Tabs
24 Winter wonderland	Bing Crosby	Chords	Tabs
25 Baby it's cold outside	Dean Martin	Chords	Tabs

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
26 Blue Christmas	Elvis Presley	Chords	Tabs
27 Feliz Navidad	Jose Feliciano	Chords	Tabs
28 Merry Christmas everyone	Shakin' Stevens	Chords	Tabs
29 Joy to the world	Mariah Carey	Chords	Tabs
30 The little drummer boy	Johnny Cash	Chords	Tabs

Video lesson	Artist	Chords	Tabs
31 Cold cold christmas	Dana	Chords	Tabs
32 Frosty the snowman	Bing Crosby	Chords	Tabs
33 It came upon a midnight clear	Ella Fitzgerald	Chords	Tabs
34 O come all ye Faithful	Ella Fitzgerald	Chords	Tabs
35 O little town of Bethlehem	Bind Crosby	Chords	Tabs

If you are more into finger picking you can also check out Fingerpicking Christmas

If you just want tons of real christmas classics check out The Ultimate Christmas Guitar Book

Happy holidays everyone!

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