# Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Bob Dylan: piano chords

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Bob Dylan uses 22 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Gmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj7), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [D9](https://pianokitty.com/c/D9), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [Dsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus4), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [G13](https://pianokitty.com/c/G13), [Cmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj7), [Cm6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cm6), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Bbdim7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpdim7), [Em/C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [F#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp7), [Bm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm7), [Em9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em9), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Am13](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am13)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9
- Verse 1: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9 B7 E7 A7 Dsus4 D9
- Verse 2: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Em7 Am7 B7 Em G13
- Bridge 1: Cmaj7 Cm6 Bm Bbdim7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Em/C# F#7 Bm7 Em9 A7 D9
- Verse 3: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Em7 Am7 B7 Em G G7 Cmaj7 G/B Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 Dsus4
- Verse 4: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am13 D9 Gmaj7 Em7 Am7 B7 Em G7
- Bridge 2: Cmaj7 Cm6 Bm Bbdim7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Em/C# F#7 Bm7 Em7 A7 D9 Dsus4 D9
- Verse 5: Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Em7 Am7 B7 Em G7 Cmaj7 G/B Am7 D9 Gmaj7 Am7 D9 Gmaj7

## Questions

### Which chords does Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Bob Dylan use?

Different chords: 22. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Bob Dylan in?

The chords fit G major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (22), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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