Verse 1: G Em Am D G On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me: G C D G a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 2: G Em Am D G On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 3: G Em Am D G On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me: C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 4: G Em Am D G On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 5: G Em Am D G On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 6: G Em Am D G On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 7: G Em Am D G On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 seven swans a-swimming, D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 8: G Em Am D G On the eighth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 eight maids a-milking, D7 seven swans a-swimming, D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 9: G Em Am D G On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 nine ladies dancing, D7 eight maids a-milking, D7 seven swans a-swimming, D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 10: G Em Am D G On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 ten lords a-leaping, D7 nine ladies dancing, D7 eight maids a-milking, D7 seven swans a-swimming, D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 11: G Em Am D G On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 eleven pipers piping, D7 ten lords a-leaping, D7 nine ladies dancing, D7 eight maids a-milking, D7 seven swans a-swimming, D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. Verse 12: G Em Am D G On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me: D7 Twelve drummers drumming, D7 eleven pipers piping, D7 ten lords a-leaping, D7 nine ladies dancing, D7 eight maids a-milking, D7 seven swans a-swimming, D7 six geese a-laying, D A7 D FIVE GOLD RINGS, G four calling birds, C three French hens, D two turtle doves, G C D G and a partridge in a pear tree. A|--------|------------------------|-0---2---3---0---2---3--|-5---7---3---2-------0--|----| E|--------|-----------------2------|------------------------|------------------------|----| C|-2---2--|-2----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----| g|--------|-----0---0---0-------0--|------------------------|-----------------0------|-0--| A|--------|------------------------|-0---2---3---0---2--| E|--------|-----------------2------|--------------------| C|-2---2--|-2----------------------|--------------------| g|--------|-----0---0---0-------0--|--------------------| A|-5---0---2---3---0--|-5--|-7---4--|-5--| E|--------------------|----|--------|----| C|--------------------|----|--------|----| g|--------------------|----|--------|----| A|-5---3---2---0------|-3----------| E|--------------------|-----0------| C|--------------------|------------| g|-----------------0--|---------0--| A|-0-------------------2---3--|-5---7---3---2-------0--|----| E|---------2---0--------------|------------------------|----| C|-----------------2----------|------------------------|----| g|-----0----------------------|-----------------0------|-0--| This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
The Twelve Days of Christmas chords by Misc Christmas
Suggested strumhalf-bar
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d
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d
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u
Also works: everywhere 4/4 d – d u – u d –
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How to play The Twelve Days of Christmas on ukulele
To play The Twelve Days of Christmas on ukulele, strum the half-bar: d – d u. It rolls along at a medium pace of around 100 bpm. On this page the song is in G major. Chord-wise this is an easy one: everything sits at the novice level. game-speed · 116 bpm, dead stop on the rings
7 ukulele chords used in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" by Misc Christmas: Am, A7, C, D, D7, Em and G
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My fingers are bleeding!
calling birds, not “colly birds”
I’m the first comment!
I use DDU DDU and the DDD on the “5 gold rings” and “partridge in a peer tree”
Too repetitive
its not Christmas, but ok