UTOHARP A RRANGEMENTS RRANGEMENTS A UTOHARP OF CHRISTMAS SONGS nd
VOLUME I, 2 Edition
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©2011 Will Smith Music http://autoharp-music.com
AUTOHARP ARRANGEMENTS OF CHRISTMAS SONGS
VOLUME I, 2nd Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
Title Away in a Manger The Bells of St. Mary’s Coventry Carol The First Noel God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen Good King Wenceslas The Holly and the Ivy Joy to the World O Little Town of Bethlehem O Sanctissima Prayer of Thanksgiving Silent Night Auld Lang Syne
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Addenda Chord Charts Transposition Chart
16 20
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AWAY IN THE MANGER (James R. Murray)
F
B
F
C7
43 F
/
C7 F
A
way
in a
C7 F
Dm Am Bb
F
/
C
Gm C
/
man ger no
/
crib for a
bed
the
lit
tle Lord
Je sus sus lay
F
8
Gm
F
/
/
/
C7 F
/
head
The
stars
in the
sky
/
down His sweet
C7
14
C7
F
~ look looked ed
B
/
/
F
Dm
Am Bb
down where He
F
Gm
C7
F
/
lay
the
F
C7
F
C7
F
C
F
Gm
/
C7
F
lit
tle Lord
Je
sus
a
sleep
on
the
hay
THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S (Emmet/Furber)
F
Autoharp
B
4 4 F
/
/
C7
F
/
/
The The bells bells of Saint Ma ry's
C7
7
F
Dm
C7
I
Bb
/
C7
Bb /
hear they are
/
cal ling the the
F
F
/
/
you young love, the
B
C7 /
/
true love, to
Dm
/
G7 C7
come from the
F
C
B
F
F
C
Bb
F
shall
ring
/
sea
F
/
C7 F /
And now my be
/
C
B
F
G7
C7
/
C
Bb
F
G7
C7
F
out
ring
out
for
you
and
me
14
love bells
Bb
/
C7 Bb /
lov ed when red leaves are
F
C
fal ling the
COVENTRY CAROL English Traditional
Gm
F
D
Gm
Cm
Gm
43 Gm
/
D
Lul Lul lay lay thou
Gm
/
F
Gm
D
Gm D Gm
Cm
lit
tle
ti
ny
child
Bye bye lul
ly
F
9
Cm
D
Gm
D7 Gm
Bb
lul
lay
Lul
Cm D
G
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Cm
D
lay
thou
lit
tle
ti
ny
child
Gm D
Eb
Bye bye lul
Cm
D
G
ly
lul
lay
THE FIRST NOEL
C
G
F
C
F
43 C G The ~
C first
C 7
G C F ~ No ~
G el
F G the ~
F an
G F gel did
C say
F G was to
F G F cer tain poor
G
C F shep herds
G in
C fields
F
/ as
G7 they
C
C lay
/ G In ~
F
G C F ~ where where ~
fields
G they
F G lay ~
C
12
F G F keep ing their
C sheep
F G on a
G
F
G el
Am G F No el No
F G F cold win ter's
C
C F night ~
Am
G that
C / was ~
G7 so
C deep
/ G No
C
18
C el
G Am F ~ No
G
/
F
C el
Am Em F born is the
C
Am
C F King ~
G of
C / G7 Is ra
C el
/ G No
C
26
C el
G Am F ~ No
G el
Am G No
F el
/ No
C el
Am Em F born is the
C F King ~
G of
C / G7 Is ra
C el
GOD REST YE MERR M ERRY Y, GENTLEME GENTLEMEN N
Dm
A7
Dm
B
A7
44 Dm
/
God
Dm 6
/
A7 /
Dm Am Bb
rest ye mer mer ry, ry,
A7
gen
F
Dm Am Dm
C
A7
Dm
tle men let
no thing you
dis
may
Re
Dm
B
A7
/
/
A7
/
mem ber Christ our
Gm
Dm Am
Bb
F
Sav
ior was
F
Dm
Am
born
on
Dm
C
Christ mas
Dm
A7
D7
day
to
C
F
10
Gm C
F Gm
F
save us
all from
Sat
Gm
Dm
/
A7
an's an's pow'r pow'r when
Dm
Dm G7
C
G7
C
a
stray
we were gone
C
Dm C O
F
~
Gm
F
Bb F
tid
ings of
A7
15
Dm Gm D m A7
Dm
com
joy
Dm
20
Dm
joy
fort fort and and
/
A7 G
com fort and
C
joy
Dm C O
~
F
tid
Bb
F
Bb
ings of
Dm Gm Dm A7
com
fort and
GOOD KING WENCESLAS F
B
F
44 F
/
Dm
C
Good King Wen ces
F
Bb
C
B
6
F
Bb
C
'round a bout
Bb
las looked out
F
Bb C7
on the feast of
F
/
/
Ste phen
C7
F
/
deep and crisp and
Bb
F
Bb
e
ven
/
Bb
F
C
Bright ly shone the
Dm
C7
though the frost was
B
F
16
Dm Bb F fu ~
el
F
/
cru
el
/
/
Bb
C7
when a poor man
Dm /
F
C Dm
moon that night
F
11
Bb
C
F
F
F
Dm
B
Bb
/
When the snow snow lay
C
came in sight
F
Bb
F
C
gath' ring win ter
THE HOLLY HOLLY AND THE T HE IVY G
C
G
C
C
G
/
the
i
vy
D
3 4 G
/
The
/
/
hol ly and
C
6
/
/
/
/
when they are both
G
all
/
the trees
/
C
that are
/
in
C
G
C
G
/
the
sun
~
G
the wood,
/
D
the
~
G
C
G
hol ly bears
C
D
Bm Am
full
grown
Of ~
D
G
Bm Am Em
D
G
/
the
crown
The
C
D
C
D
Bm Am
Bm Am Em
/
the
deer
the ~
play ing of
the
10
/
/
/
ris ing of
15
C
/
/
and the
G
/
/
/
run ning of
D
G
C
/
G
/
D
G
C
G
D
G
mer
ry
or
gan
sweet
sing
ing
in
the
choir
JOY TO TO THE WORLD G F Handel
autoharp arrangement ©2011 Will Smith Music (ASCAP)
D
A7
D
G
A
42 D Joy
A G D to the world
Em the
D Lord
A7 is
D come
/ let
G earth
/ re
A ceive
/ her
D
7
D King
/ Let
/ A G D ev 'ry ~
/ heart
G D / ~ ~ pre
/ A G D pare ~ Him ~
/ room
G D / ~ ~ and
A7
12
/ / heav'n and
/ na
/ G ture ~
D sing
A7 D and ~
A7 / heav'n and
D
16
D hea
/ ven
A7 and
D hea
G
D ven
Em and
D na
/ na
/ D ture ~
A7 sing
A7
D
A7 ture
D sing
D A7 and ~
O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
Substitutions: * = G#07 ** = D#07
autoharp arrangement ©2011 Will Smith Music
F
Gm
F
C7
F
44 Melody
F
/
/ E7* F
F
Lyric
O
lit
tle town of
Beth
le
Beat
4
1
1
2
2
3
D7
6
/
D7
/
bove
thy
deep
and
1
2
3
4
Gm
/
hem how
3
F
C7 F C7 /
still we
4
Gm
/
4
Gm /
1
see thee
2 + 3
F
4
C7
F
/
lie
A
1
(23) 4
F
/
Gm
dream less
1
/
/
F
C7 F /
C7
F
/
sleep
the
si
lent
stars
go
by
Yet
3
4
1
2
3
4
1(2
2
A7
Dm
Gm
+
A7
3)
4
F
10
/
/
in
thy dark streets
1
Gm
2
3
F*
A7
4
/
shi
/
Dm A7 F Gm
neth the
1(2)
3
Gm
15
ev
4
1
er last ing
2
3
F
4
A7
/
light
the
1(2
3)
C7
F
4
1
F
F** F* *
Gm
/
/*
F
Bb
F
C7
F
all
the
years
are
met
in
thee
to
night
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
+
1(23 4)
(4)
/
E7*
F
hopes and fears of
2
3
4
O SANCTISSIMA Sicilian Folk Tune C
F
G7
C Day
F of
G ho
G
D7
C
F
G7
C
Am
44 7
G7 C G7 li ness ness ~
C F peace and
G
G hap
G7 C G7 pi ness ~
G7
C joy
/ ful
Am glo
E7 Am ri ous ous
C
G D7 Christ mas
Am
G day
/ an
F
13
Am Praise
G ~
F Christ
C our
C G C gels tell the
Am
G7 sto
/ / ry
Dm
Am Sav
Dm ior
C born
Dm this
C of
G7 C G7 this day of
C glo
C
G7
C
C Christ
G7 mas
C day
F C ry
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING (We Gather Together) Netherlands Netherlands melody in A Valerius's Collection Collection (1626)
C
G7
C
G
43 C We
/ gath
Am
7
F C er to
/ F geth er
D7
Am hast
G / ens His
G7
D7 will
G D7 to make
C
C to
G7 ask
C G7 the Lord's
G
C / / bless ing He
G7
G chast
F G ens and
C
G known
/ The
G7 wick
F
Dm G7 ed op
C
C press
/ ing
/ cease
G7
12
G7 them
C
17
/ own
Dm G7 / from dis
C / / tress ing Sing
F prais
G7 F / es to His
C name
F C He for
F G7 gets not
C His
SILENT NIGHT (Mohr/Gruber)
C
G
C
43 C Si
F
C lent
/ night
/ Ho
F C ly
F
9
/ night
G All
C
/ yon
/ vir
G7 F gin
C
C mo
C All
/ is
/ bright
F C ther and
G
G7 calm
F
F 'Round
/ is
/ child
G7
F ho
Am
/ ly
/ in
G7 / fant so
C
G
C ~
/ sleep
15
C ten
F C der and
/ mild
G Sleep
G7
22
G heav
/ in
G7 heav
/ / en ly
Am peace
C
G7 en
/ ly
C peace
/ / ~ in
Note: Can be played played on diatonic diatonic 'harps,
AULD LANG SYNE
A7 (no (no third)
just use F for F7 and partial
autoharp arrangement ©2011 Will Smith Music
F
C7
F
F7
44 C7
F
Should
auld
B
5
C
F
/
F
F C7
be
F
/
for for got got and
C7
/
nev
A7
/
F7
er brought to
Dm
Gm C7
Bb
/
F
mind?
Should
auld
/
/
F
ac quaint ance
F
9
C
ac quaint ance
C
F C7 A7
Dm
/ Gm
be
for got and
days
of Auld Lang
F
F7
C7
C7
B
F
Bb
F
/
Syne
For
Auld
F
/
/
~ Lang ~
C
F C7 Bb
F
Syne
my dear for
Auld
C7
A7
Dm
/
/
F7
~ Lang ~
Gm C7
Bb
Gm
Syne
We'll
F
14
F
take
/
/
a cup
/
C
o'
kind
F
C7
ness dear
A7 /
Dm
/ Gm
C7
F
for ~
Auld
~ Lang
~
Syne
CHORD CHARTS Grouped 4 measures (either (either 3 beat or 4 beat) per line. For instance, chords accompany lyrics in first song thus: A- way in a
man- ger no crib for a
bed
When a bar is split, either divide divide equally 2/2 or with a beat designated: designated: “~” So the last two measures of the first song go: sleep on
Away in a Manger 3 / 4
Auld Lang Syne
4/4
The Bells of St Mary’s 4 / 4
Coventry Carol 3/4 *
the
hay
*Coventry Carol
3 / 4 in Dm
If you do not have chords used above, you may have these, since they are found on a standard OS 15 bar.
transposed to
Note: these chord chart arrangements do not necessarily correspond correspond EXACTLY EXACTLY to accompaniment accompaniment chords in the standard notation, but either of the versions will work.
The First Noel 3 / 4
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 4 / 4
Good King Wenceslas 4 / 4
The Holly and the Ivy 3 / 4
Joy to the World 2 / 4 D D G A D D D D D
D D D D
O Little Town of Bethlehem 4 / 4
O Sanctissima 4 / 4
Prayer of Thanksgiving 3 / 4
Silent Night 3 / 4
TRANSPOSITION CHART
KEY:
*relative minor You can change (transpose) a song to a different key by substituting the corresponding chord of a color block. Of course, the MIDI accompaniments are in the key of the transcription. Note that “God Rest Ye Merry, Merry, Gentlemen” is in Dm, Dm, the relative minor key of F. “Coventry Carol” is in Gm, relative minor of Bb.
If you do not see any a ny notes altered with a sharp, flat, or o r natural sign in a given notation, the melody can be played on a diatonic autoharp, although although you may need partial II7, III7, and/or VI7 chords.
