Silent Night
Key: C66 BPMGuitar & Piano chords
Silent Night Lyrics. One of the most beloved Christmas carols ever written, first sung by candlelight in a small Austrian church over two hundred years ago. Its hushed, simple melody has made it a favourite lullaby far beyond the holiday season. Here you will find the lyrics, meaning, and chords for guitar and piano.
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Verse 1
CSilent night, G7holy night
CAll is calm, all is Fbright
CRound yon virgin Fmother and Cchild
FHoly infant so Ctender and G7mild
CSleep in heavenly Fpeace,
CSleep in heavenly G7peace.
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Chords for Guitar & Piano
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G7
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F
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What “Silent Night” Means
Written in Austria in 1818: the words by a young priest, Joseph Mohr, the melody composed the very same day by schoolteacher and organist Franz Xaver Gruber, after Mohr reportedly needed a simple, guitar-friendly tune when the church organ broke down. First performed on Christmas Eve 1818 in the small town of Oberndorf, it has since been translated into roughly 300 languages and remains one of the most recorded songs in the world.
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