My Favorite Things chords
by Julie Andrews
- Lyrics: Richard Rodgers / Music: Oscar Hammerstein
- Original Published Key: Em (tabbed chords below)
- Sound Of Music: Key of Ebm in 3/4 time at a lively animated tempo.
- Easier in Dm with Chords: Dm, Bbmaj7, Gm7, C7, F, Bb, A7, D, G, G7, C7b9
- Beginners: If you can't play barre chords, there are open chord alternatives that only use the top 4 strings:
Bbmaj7 - xx3231
Gm7 - xx3333 (easy mini-barre)
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
My Favorite Things - Dm
Capo on 1st fret if playing with the video
The Relative Major Key of Dm is highlighted (F) - Transpose to any other key. Dm
1. Rain-drops on ros-es and whisk-ers on kit-tens
Bbmaj7
Bright cop-per ket-tles and warm wool-en mit-tens
Gm7 C7 F Bb
Brown pa-per pack-a-ges tied up with strings
F Bb Gm6 A7 Dm
These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things | | 𝄎 |
Dm
2. Cream col-ored pon-ies and crisp ap-ple strud-els
Bbmaj7
Door-bells and sleigh-bells and schnitz-el with noo-dles
Gm7 C7 F Bb
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
F Bb Gm6 A7 D
These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things. | | 𝄎 |
Dm
3. Girls in white dress-es with blue sat-in sash-es
Bbmaj7
Snow-flakes that stay on my nose and eye-lash-es
Gm7 C7 F Bb
Sil-ver white win-ters that melt in-to springs
F Bb Gm6 A7
These are a few of my fa-vor-ite things
Dm Gm6 A7
Refrain: When the dog bites When the bee stings
Dm Bb
When I'm feel-ing sad
Bb G7
I sim-ply re-mem-ber my fa-vor-ite things
F Bb F Bb F C7b9
And then I don't | feel / | |
C7 F Bb F C7 F F
So bad | 𝄎 | | 𝄎 | | | | ↑ |
- Help on reading the song charts
- Sheet Music at MusicNotes.Com - Various Scores
Chords in Em
Original Published Key:
Em E Cmaj7 A A7 Am7 Am6 D7 G C B7 D7b9
e |--0---0---0---0---0---0---2---2---3---3---2---5--|
B |--0---0---0---2---2---1---1---1---0---3---0---4--|
G |--0---1---0---2---0---0---2---2---0---3---2---5--|
D |--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---5---1---4--|
A |--2---2---3---0---0---0---0-------2---5---2---5--|
E |--0-------------------------------3---3----------|
B(mini-4)
Numbers: frets
0: string is played open
B: barre chord
B(mini-4): mini barre on 4th fret over strings 2,3,4
unmarked strings: don't play
