You can of course play it without capo if you don’t have one, the key will just be a whole step lower. The version I have linked to above uses a capo at the 2nd fret. This classic track is very easy to learn on guitar. The song had regularly found itself at number two in the Christmas charts, until 2021 when it finally landed that elusive number one spot. Originally released in 1984, Last Christmas is one of those festive pop hits that has become synonymous with the season. You can find it on the Christmas guitar album Merry Axemas. If you’re feeling super-adventurous why not check out the incredible guitar instrumental version of this by the great Steve Morse.
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Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Joy To The World | How To Play Christmas | Beginner Guitar Lesson () Here’s a great video lesson that shows off the chords and strumming patterns in real-time. The hardest section is the intro (which you can totally avoid!), but once past that it’s very plain sailing, with the chorus containing just 2 simple chords! We’re going back to the key of G for this one, and although there’s a good number of chords, they’re all very easy!
It was recorded and released by Gene Autry in 1949 and hit the number one spot on the US charts for Christmas that year. It was originally penned in 1949 by Johnny Marks and is based on a 1939 story of the same name. Here’s a brilliant upbeat Christmas guitar song that you absolutely must learn if you have kids! Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer – Johnny Marks Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: How to play We Wish You A Merry Christmas | Easy Guitar Lesson () 5.
Overall it should still be very easy to master for most! But if you’re really new to the guitar you might like to check out the simplified version below which uses some easier beginner-friendly chords. The song is a little harder to learn on guitar than Jingle Bells above as it contains quite a few more chords, and also incorporates some fairly quick chord changes.