# White Christmas – Elvis Presley: piano chords

White Christmas by Elvis Presley uses 12 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[D6](https://pianokitty.com/c/D6), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [Dmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj7), [G/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [A7/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G#dim7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpdim7), [D7](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7), [Gm6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm6)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: D6 D D6 A A7 D Dmaj7 D6 D G/D D A7/D D
- Intro 2: D6
- Verse 1: D Em7 A7 G G#dim7 D Dmaj7 D7 G Gm6 D Em7 A7
- Verse 2: D Em7 A7 G G#dim7 D D7 G Gm6 D G/D A D
- Verse 3: Em7 A7 G G#dim7 D D7 G Gm6 D D6 A A7 D Dmaj7 D6 D G/D D A7/D D

## Questions

### Which chords does White Christmas by Elvis Presley use?

Different chords: 12. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is White Christmas by Elvis Presley in?

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

### How hard is White Christmas to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (12), 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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