What Child Is This

Traditional · Em D C B7 G · No capo

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NextDD chord
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Let it ring
58BPMSong tempo

What Child Is This chords

What Child Is This is a traditional song. It uses 5 chords: Em, D, C, B7, G. No capo needed. The song is in 6/8 at 58 BPM: six eighth notes to the bar, felt as two slow beats.

Strum pattern

Down down up, down down up.

The tune is Greensleeves. Simplified: B7 in place of the B barre chord.

How it goes

  1. VerseEmDCB7EmDC B7EmGDEmB7GDEm B7Em
  2. VerseEmDCB7EmDC B7EmGDEmB7GDEm B7Em
  3. VerseEmDCB7EmDC B7EmGDEmB7GDEm B7Em
  4. EndEm, let it ring

Practice the hard parts

Drill a change or the strum on its own, then come back to the song.

More songs with these chords

This is our own simplified chart for practice: chords, strum pattern and song parts. It has no lyrics, melody or recording. If you hold rights to this song and want it changed or removed, contact us. Guitar sound: MusyngKite soundfont by Benjamin Gleitzman, CC BY-SA 3.0.