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Jonas Brothers – I Need You Christmas Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
C Am7 Dm7 G
C Am7 Dm7 G

[Verse 1]
C Am7      Dm7       G
I need you Christmas
C              Am7     Dm7  G
Friends by the fire to hold
C               Am7
Times have been lonely
    Dm7           G     C Am7 Dm7 G
And lately I just feel alone
C Am7      Dm7       G
I need you Christmas
C           Am7        Dm7  G
Family with nowhere to go
C         Am7          Dm7   
Angels on treetops and angels
        G
 in the snow
       C Am7 Dm7 Gm
Oh the cold

[Chorus]
        Fmaj7
Seasons change
Come and go
            Em          Am7
But there's one thing I know
D7
You'll just stay the same
Fm
You don't ever change

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[Verse 2]
C Am7      Dm7     G
I miss the feeling
C           Am7      Dm7  G
Waiting for Santa to show
C        Am7
Caroling late night
    C                 
And all the children's 
 G     C Am7 Dm7 G
eyes aglow
C Am7      Dm7       G
I need you Christmas
C        Am7          Dm7  G
Oh how I miss you the most
C              Am7
Greetings from loved ones
    Dm7          G     C
And lovers under mistletoe
Am7     Dm7 Gm
Oh, oh, oh

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[Pre-Chorus]
          Fmaj7
If you're young

If you're old
       Em         Am7
We all wait to be told
D7
Just a simple phrase
Fm            C     Am7
"Have a merry Christmas"
Dm7  G
Ooh, ooh
C      Am7 Dm7       G
Christmas, ooh, ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
        C
Seasons change
         Am7
Come and go
            Dm7         G
But there's one thing I hope
C                    Am7
You'll just stay the same
       Dm7 G        C
'Cause I   need you Christmas

How to play I Need You Christmas: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for I Need You Christmas by Jonas Brothers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

I Need You Christmas by Jonas Brothers keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 9 chords: C, Am7, Dm7, G, Gm, Fmaj7, Em, D7 and Fm.

Most of the song cycles through C – Am7 – Dm7 – G (I – vi7 – ii7 – V in C major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – reh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: on guitar, Gm and Fm need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.