Edelweiss chords & lyrics
from The Sound Of Music
- Composers: Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)
- Music: Key of C Major in 3/4 time at a moderate tempo - moderato
- Chords: C, G7, F, Fm, Am7, Dm7, G, Gm6, G9
- Easier: Christopher Plummer sings in the key of B Major so placing a capo on 2 and playing in the key of A Major will pitch the song up to B Major. F#m7, Bm7, Em6 and E9 in the open positions are very easy to play... charts below.
- Chords with capo: A, E7, D, Dm, F#m7, B, Bm7, E, Em6, E9
Edelweiss - A Major
Capo on 2nd fret if playing with the video
A E7 A D 1. E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss A F#m7 Bm7 E7 Ev-'ry morn-ing you greet me A E7 A D Small and white__ Clean and bright A E7 A You look hap-py to meet me E7 A Blos-som of snow may you bloom and grow D B E E7 Bloom and grow for-ev-er A Em6 D Dm E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss A E7 A Bless my home-land for-ev-er A E7 A D 2. E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss A F#m7 Bm7 E7 Ev-'ry morn-ing you greet me A E7 A D Small and white__ Clean and bright A E7 A You look hap-py to meet me E7 A Blos-som of snow may you bloom and grow D B E E7 Bloom and grow for-ev-er A Em6 D Dm E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss A E7 A F#m7 | Bm7 | / / E9 | A | A - - | Bless my home-land for-ev-er
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- Key, note & chord transposition chart
A Major
Right-Handed Chord Tabs - less common chords F#m7 Bm7 Em6 E9 e|---|---|---| e|---|-4-|---| e|---|---|---| e|---|-3-|---| B|---|-4-|---| B|---|---|---| B|---|-3-|---| B|---|---|---| G|---|-3-|---| G|---|-3-|---| G|---|---|---| G|-1-|---|---| D|---|-2-|---| D|---|---|---| D|---|-2-|---| D|---|---|---| A|---|---|---| A|---|-2-|---| A|---|-1-|---| A|---|-2-|---| E|---|-1-|---| E|---|---|---|x E|---|---|---| E|---|---|---| Frets 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Left-Handed Chord Tabs F#m7 Bm7 Em6 E9 |---|---|---|e |---|-4-|---|e |---|---|---|e |---|-3-|---|e |---|-4-|---|B |---|---|---|B |---|-3-|---|B |---|---|---|B |---|-3-|---|G |---|-3-|---|G |---|---|---|G |---|---|-1-|G |---|-2-|---|D |---|---|---|D |---|-2-|---|D |---|---|---|D |---|---|---|A |---|-2-|---|A |---|-1-|---|A |---|-2-|---|A |---|-1-|---|E x|---|---|---|E |---|---|---|E |---|---|---|E 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 Frets The transpositions are as follows:
Original Key: C Major: C G7 F Fm Am7 D Dm7 G Gm6 G9 Video Key: B Major: B F#7 E Em G#m7 C# C#m7 F# F#m6 F#9 Easier Key: A Major: A E7 D Dm F#m7 B Bm7 E Em6 E9 (Capo on 2) If you want to transpose the song to another key complete with chords and lyrics, use the free transposition service.
Edelweiss - C Major
C G7 F F Fm Am7 D Dm7 G Gm6 G9 G9 e |--1---1---1--1---1---0---2---1---3---0---1--5--| B |--0---0---1--1---1---1---3---1---0---3---0--3--| G |--0---0---2--3---1---0---2---2---0---0---2--4--| D |--2---0 --3--3---3---2---0---0---0---0---0--3--| A |--3---2------3---3---0-----------2---1---2--5--| E |------3------1---1---------------3---3---3--3--| B B B numbers on the grid indicate frets 0 means the string is played open B means barre chord unmarked strings are not to be played... more C G7 C F 1. E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss C Am7 Dm7 G7 Ev-'ry morn-ing you greet me C G7 C F Small and white__ Clean and bright C G7 C You look hap-py to meet me G7 C Blos-som of snow may you bloom and grow F D G G7 Bloom and grow for-ev-er C Gm6 F Fm E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss C G7 C Bless my home-land for-ev-er C G7 C F 2. E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss C Am7 Dm7 G7 Ev-'ry morn-ing you greet me C G7 C F Small and white__ Clean and bright C G7 C You look hap-py to meet me G7 C Blos-som of snow may you bloom and grow F D G G7 Bloom and grow for-ev-er C Gm6 F Fm E-del-weiss__ E-del-weiss C G7 C Am7 | Dm7 | / / G9 | C | C - - | Bless my home-land for-ev-er