Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Simplified chord chart for Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (karaoke of King Of Karaoke), in D# at 144 BPM: 9 chords instead of 16, and 28 changes instead of 41. Sevenths became triads (A#, C#, Cm, D#, F, F#, Fm, G# and others), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyD#

Tempo 144 BPM

Chord changes28

ChannelKing Of Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 13 changes too short for the hand to follow were merged. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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Diatonic chords of D#

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
D#	Fm	Gm	G#	A#	Cm	D°

Chord track

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Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
A#	A# D F	root, major third, fifth
C#	C# F G#	root, major third, fifth
Cm	C D# G	root, minor third, fifth
D#	D# G A#	root, major third, fifth
F	F A C	root, major third, fifth
F#	F# A# C#	root, major third, fifth
Fm	F G# C	root, minor third, fifth
G#	G# C D#	root, major third, fifth
Gm	G A# D	root, minor third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:00	G#	2.5s
2	0:02	F#	4.2s
3	0:06	F	6.2s
4	0:13	G#	3.9s
5	0:16	C#	3.4s
6	0:20	G#	4.2s
7	0:24	Cm	8.8s
8	0:33	G#	4.6s
9	0:38	Cm	7.6s
10	0:45	C#	5.5s
11	0:51	D#	2.5s
12	0:53	G#	3.8s
13	0:57	A#	3.5s
14	1:00	G#	4.2s
15	1:05	Cm	7.6s
16	1:12	G#	5.5s
17	1:18	D#	6.4s
18	1:24	G#	6.3s
19	1:30	Gm	10.6s
20	1:41	C#	3.3s
21	1:44	Cm	3.4s
22	1:48	Fm	2.9s
23	1:51	A#	3.9s
24	1:55	G#	4.2s
25	1:59	Cm	5.5s
26	2:04	D#	3.3s
27	2:08	G#	5.4s
28	2:13	Fm	—