It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Simplified chord chart for It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (karaoke of Tracks Planet Karaoke), in D# at 117 BPM: 7 chords instead of 15, and 21 changes instead of 36. Sevenths became triads (A#m, C, C#, Cm, D#, G#, Gm), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyD#

Tempo 117 BPM

Chord changes21

ChannelTracks Planet Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 15 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#m	A# C# F	root, minor third, fifth
C	C E G	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
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	0:03	Cm	5.0s
2	0:08	G#	6.0s
3	0:14	C#	4.0s
4	0:18	G#	2.0s
5	0:20	Gm	3.5s
6	0:24	G#	6.5s
7	0:30	C#	8.0s
8	0:38	G#	2.0s
9	0:40	C	3.0s
10	0:43	Gm	4.0s
11	0:47	D#	9.0s
12	0:56	G#	6.0s
13	1:02	C#	4.0s
14	1:06	G#	2.0s
15	1:08	Gm	3.5s
16	1:12	G#	6.5s
17	1:18	C#	6.0s
18	1:24	A#m	2.0s
19	1:26	C	2.0s
20	1:28	C#	2.0s
21	1:30	D#	—