The First Noel Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my First Noel chord chart with guitar chords and strumming. This is another beautiful Christmas song to play on the guitar. I think it’s really one of my favorites to listen to.

This song is definitely more suited to fingerpicking than strumming, but I will put a strumming pattern below that you can use.

The First Noel Chords:

The First Noel Strumming Patterns:

Now this song is in 6/8 time, so we will be counting to 6 instead of 3 or 4.

Strumming:
1   2 3 4  5 6
D D D D D D

Fingerpicking:

Stand 6/8 arpeggio pattern.

4 string chord play strings:  4 3 2 1 2 3
5 string chords play strings: 5 3 2 1 2 3
6 string chords play strings: 6 3 2 1 2 3

The First Noel Guitar Lesson:

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Verse:

          D        A             G                D
The first Noel, the angel did say,
                G                        D
Was to certain poor shepherds in
|D                A7 | D
fields as they lay.
       D                      A
In fields where they lay
   G                         D
keeping their sheep,
            G                       D
On a cold winter’s night that
|D     A7|   D
was so deep.

Chorus:
D       F#m    G        D
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.
  G                   D         |D   A7|  D
Born is the King of Is—ra—el.

Verse:
.             D          A           G           D
They looked up and saw a star,
              G            D
Shining in the east
|D    A7 |             D
Beyond them far.
          D           A            G                  D
And to the earth it gave great light,
             G           D
And it so continued both
|D      A7 |   D
day and  night.

Chorus:
D       F#m    G        D
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.
  G                   D         |D   A7|  D
Born is the King of Is—ra—el.

Verse:
.         D           A             G                  D
And by the light of that same star,
              G                 D
Three wise men came from
|D      A7| D
country far,
        D                A                 G         D
To seek for a King was their intent,
                G                  D
And to follow the star
               |D   A7|     D
where ever  it   went.

Chorus:
D       F#m    G        D
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.
  G                   D         |D   A7|  D
Born is the King of Is—ra—el.

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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