Deck The Halls | Lyrics With Guitar Chords

Deck The Halls was written in 1840. The melody has been around for much longer as it was a Welsh Ballad before a Scottish musician named Thomas Oliphant added English lyrics to it. Mozart and Haydn even knew of the melody and arranged it into works of their own.

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Key of the Song:

The original key of Deck The Halls is in D major.

Guitar Chords for Deck The Halls

The changes in this carol will be relatively easy as you’ll have plenty of time to make them. D to Bm can be played by preparing to barre the 2nd frets from the G-B-E strings to all the strings except the low E string. The quick changes for D to A to D can be played with incomplete chords, just playing the top three strings G-B-E.

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Deck The Halls – Lyrics with Chords

D                   Bm
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, 
A7          D      A     D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
D              Bm
Tis the season to be jolly, 
A7          D      A     D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
A7             D
Don we now our gay apparel, 
D        Bm        A  E7 A
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
D                 Bm
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, 
G        D         D  A7 D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
 
D               Bm
See the blazing Yule before us, 
A7          D      A     D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
D                   Bm
Strike the harp and join the chorus, 
A7          D      A     D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
A7           D
Follow me in merry measure,
D        Bm        A  E7 A
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
D                Bm
While I tell the Yuletide treasure, 
G        D         D  A7 D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
 
D             Bm
Fast away the old year passes, 
A7          D      A     D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
D                Bm
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, 
A7          D      A     D
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
A7             D
Sing we joyous all together, 
D        Bm        A  E7 A
Fa la la la la, la la la la 
D               Bm
Heedless of the wind and weather, 
G        D         D  A7 D
Fa la la la la, la la la la