'To see if reindeers really know how to fly"

[wert]

I got all the chords to that song and it sounds really correct but that part .

In the key of E what would they be ?

 

I did a xmas album one year and I did that song and faked my way through that part . If I do it agin Id like it to be perfect .

[JonR]

E is not the easiest key for this song, but here ya ago anyway (entire sequence!):

A1
|E - F#m7 - |G#m7 - F#m7 - |E - E7 - |A - G#7+ - |
|C#m - Am6 - |G#m7 - A#m7 D#7|G# - Am7 D7 |G - F#m7 B7 |

A2
|E - F#m7 - |G#m7 - F#m7 - |E - E7 - |A - G#7+ - |
|C#m - Am6 - |E - F#13 - |G#m7 C#7 F#m7 B7 |E - - - |

B
|Bm7 - E7 - |Bm7 - E7 - |Bm7 - E7 - |Amaj9 - - - |
|Am7 - D7 - |G - - - |C#m11 - F#7 - |F#m7 - B7 - |

A3
|E - F#m7 - |G#m7 - F#m7 - |E - E7 - |A - G#7+ - |
|C#m - Am6 - |E - F#13 - |G#m7 C#7 F#m7 B7 |E - - - |

The line you want is in bold (the melody note is an F# on all 4 chords).

There's a simpler version here:
http://www.ralphpatt.com/VB/c11.html
- but you need to transpose it from Eb. (and the above chords are nicer!)

[wert]

thank you , I will give the C# m11th a try and the F# 7th in that particular sequence ,I was already using the last two chords .

I got lucky with this song . I just sat down with my guitar and most those chords you have written are the ones I was already using `cept I neglected the 6th note in the Am chord and was using a E major 7th a lot when I thought it sounded good .

[JonR]

thank you , I will give the C# m11th a try and the F# 7th in that particular sequence ,I was already using the last two chords . I got lucky with this song . I just sat down with my guitar and most those chords you have written are the ones I was already using `cept I neglected the 6th note in the Am chord and was using a E major 7th a lot when I thought it sounded good .

The 6th on the Am is the melody note .

[wert]

The 6th on the Am is the melody note .

oh, I wasnt missing it then cause I was playing it on the lead guitar .