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The Alphabet Song is written in C major, with 3 chords: C, F and G. Tap Fits a small voice and I’ll move the whole song to where you can sing it.
The tune goes from C4 to A4: try “Fits a small voice”.
CABCDFEFCG,
FHICJKGLMNOCP,
CQRFS,CTUGV,
CWFX,CYandGZ.
CNowI'vesungfromFAtoCZ,
FComeandCsingthemGallwithCme!
Letters to the Twinkle tune, as Charles Bradlee printed them in Boston (1835), with a last couplet in Peabody's own words. Public domain. peabody.kids/music
The alphabet sung to the Twinkle tune was printed by Charles Bradlee, a music publisher in Boston, in 1835. It is the same tune as Twinkle, Twinkle and Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, so a child who can play one can play all three. The last two lines here are Peabody's own.
Words: Charles Bradlee, The A.B.C. (Boston, 1835); the last couplet is Peabody's. Tune: Ah! vous dirai-je, maman (Paris, 1761). Both were printed before 1931, so the song is in the public domain in the United States: anyone may sing it, print it and share it. Peabody wrote out the tune and the chords for this page. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_song.
The tune runs from C4 to A4 in C major. For a class from Pre-K to 2nd grade, try D major (D, G, A), which keeps it inside D4 to B4.
On a ukulele: C major (C, F, G). On a guitar: D major (D, G, A).
The sing-along plays the tune and lights each word as it is sung.
Look up any chord in the Chord Finder, or see every song in C major.
Checked 2026-10-31.
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