LadyDpiano: How To Play The First Noel for Your Audience

The First Noel is a Traditional French Carol. I love this arrangement by Larry Minsky!

Here are the piano chords I am playing in the video. Hope you like it!

"The First Noel"

Intro: Cmaj7  F6/9  Cmaj7  F6/9


Verse  1:
    Cmaj7   F6/9       Cmaj7   F6/9
The first Noel, the angel did say
       Cmaj7          F6/9
Was to certain poor shepherds
   Cmaj7       G13    C6/9
In fields as they lay 
   Cmaj7          F6/9
In fields where they
    Cmaj7            F6/9
Lay keeping their sheep
     Cmaj7           F6/9 
On a cold winter's night
     Cmaj7 G13  C6/9  G13(-9) C7(+5)
That was so deep 

Chorus:

Fmaj7  F#7 B7(-5) Em7  A7(+5,+9) D13(+11) F/G  G13 C6/9  
Noel, Noel,            Noel, Noel
F#m7(-5) F7(+11) Eb7(+11) Dm11 Em11 G13(-9) Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7          
Born is the King of Israel 
 
Outro:

F6/9  Cmaj7  F6/9  C6/9

The First Noel

D           A       G          D
The first Noel, the angels did say

  D          A            G              D
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay

   D            A        G             D
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep

     D            A          G      D
On a cold winters night that was so deep

  D      A     G     D
Noel, No-el, Noel, Noel

D           A       G    D
Born is the King of Is-rael

They looked up and saw a star
Shining in the east beyond them far
And to the earth it gave great light
And so it continued both day and night

And by the light of that same star
Three wise men came from country far
To seek for a King was their intent
And to follow the star wherever it went

Key of E

INTRO:
E   E/G#   A    B

    E       E/G#    A          E
The First Noel, the Angels did say
       C#m          E/G#         A              B
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
   E            E/G#           A             E
In fields where they lay,  lay keeping their sheep
     C#m           E/G#       A      B
On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
E     E/G#  A       E   E/Eb
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
C#m         E/G#    A B  E
Born is the King of Israel!

E    E/G#   A    B

     E      E/G#   A     E
They looked up and saw a star
        C#m     E/G#   A        B
Shining in the East beyond them far
    E      E/G#     A          E
And to the earth it gave great light
    C#m      E/G#        A       B
And so it continued both day and night.
E     E/G#  A       E   E/Eb
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
C#m         E/G#    A B  E
Born is the King of Israel!

E     E/G#  A       E   E/Eb
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
C#m         E/G#    A B  E  Abm  A   B
Born is the King of Israellllll

            E                 E/G#      
The King is born! the King is born!
            A     B
The King is born!

E     E/G#  A       E   E/Eb
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
C#m         E/G#    A B  
Born is the King of Israel!

E     E/G#  A       E   E/Eb
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noellllll
C#m         E/G#    A B  E  E/G#  A B E
Born is the King of Israel!

Key of C: For the Beginner

The first Noel the angel did say, [C] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C]
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G7] [C]
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep [C] [Am] [G] [F] [C] [F] [C]
On a cold winters night that was so deep [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G7] [C]
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel [C] [Em] [F] [C] [G]
Born is the King of Israel. [F] [G] [F] [C] [F] [G] [C] [G7] [C]

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