Christmas and Holiday Songs for Guitar

Learn how to play holiday songs and Christmas carols on guitar. These free lessons make learning holiday songs fun and easy.

Holiday Guitar SongsChristmas only comes once a year, but you can learn how to play these holiday classics any time. These lessons and arrangements make learning Christmas carols fun and easy. With these songs in your repertoire you will have a greater sense of structure and melody that will help you learn many other songs and develop an ear for writing your own songs.

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Away in a Manger

David gives us another interesting and beautiful sounding chord melody arrangement. This time we are working with the old Christmas carol Away in a Manger.

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

This is our fingerstyle / chord melody take on I'll Be Home for Christmas, a song from the 1940's that's been sung by almost everyone.

Auld Lang Syne

In this this lesson we will learn a Drop D tuning arrangement of the perennial New Years Eve standard, Auld Lang Syne.

Joy To The World

It all started with being in Double Drop D tuning! Here is a very easy chord melody arrangement of this popular Christmas carol.

Angels We Have Heard On High

This is a traditional French carol, arranged so we can review some of our recent lessons on bass lines and Travis style finger picking.

He Is Born (Il est né)

This lesson is a simple DADGAD arrangement of a very well-known, traditional French Christmas Carol titled Il Est Né, which translates to He Is Born.
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Silver Bells

Here is another chord melody arrangement of a Christmas classic that most beginners should be able to get a handle on fairly quickly. As a bonus, it’s arranged so that you can play it either finger style or with a pick.

The First Noel

Not so much a lesson as a nice chord melody arrangement of this beautiful Christmas song, courtesy of Peter. Never too early to get started on your holiday material.

Blue Christmas

Our arrangement for this moody piece uses many of the ideas from our O Tannenbaum! lesson. You’ll find yourself having a lot of fun even though you’re supposed to be blue!

O Come All Ye Faithful

Here’s a simple chord melody arrangement of this holiday classic. And, as a bonus, it’s a great exercise for practicing your chord changes in a timely manner.

The Christ Child’s Lullaby

Here’s a wonderful simple and sparse arrangement of this traditional song from the Outer Hebrides. It’s a beautiful song and, like Doug, you’ll be thrilled to add it to your holiday repertoire.

The Sussex Carol

Doug brings us another beautiful Christmas carol, arranged in standard tuning. This one is quite catchy and Doug also gives us a fascinating bit of history concerning the history of Christmas carols in Britain.

Love Came Down At Christmas – A Christmas Hymn

Here is a beautiful Christmas hymn, wonderfully arranged in DADGAD tuning for us by Doug Sparling. What a great way to kick off the holiday season!

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It may be after Christmas, but it’s never too late to sing a wish for world peace. Enjoy this lovely arrangement (and a wonderful bit of history) of a favorite American carol, courtesy of Doug Sparling.

Infant Holy Infant Lowly

Doug Sparling graces our pages once again with this beautifully arranged Polish carol, also known as W Zlobie Lezy (Lying in the Manger). It’s in standard tuning and it’s a delight for the holidays!

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