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Happy Xmas (War is Over)
John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir
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Written by: John Lennon/Yoko Ono
Released in 1971 as a non-album single
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Two versions here:
1. Transposed to G (a little easier to play, at least for me)
2. Original key
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[Verse 1]
key: G
To match the original recording put on a capo 2nd fret
time signature: 12/8
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G 3-x-0-0-0-3 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3
Gsus2 3-x-0-2(0)3 D x-x-0-2-3-2
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3 Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
Am x-0-2-2-1-0 C x-3-2-0-1-0
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0 Csus2 x-3-2-0-3-0
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0 Csus4 x-3-2-0-1-1
Dm x-x-0-2-3-1
A/D x-x-0-2-2-0 = Dmmaj7add9
Dsus4 * x-x-0-0-5-3 = Dsus4(add9)
F6 1-3-x-2-3-1
D7 x-x-0-2-1-2
D6 x-x-0-2-0-2
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(whispered)
(Yoko:) Happy Christmas, Kyoko!
(John:) Happy Christmas, Julian!
[Verse]
G Gsus2 Gsus4
And so this is Christmas
G Am Asus2 Asus4
And what have you done
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
Another year over
D G Gsus2 Gsus4
And a new one just begun
G C Csus2 Csus4
And so this is Christmas
C Dm A/D Dsus4 *
I hope you have fun
Dm Gsus4 G Gsus2
The near and the dear ones
G C Csus2 Csus4
The old and the young
[Chorus]
C F
A very merry Christmas
G
And a happy New Year
Dm
Let's hope it's a good one
F6 C [ D7 D6 ]
Without any fear [ And so this is ... ]
[Verse]
D7 D6 G Gsus2 Gsus4
And so this is Christmas
G Am Asus2 Asus4
For weak and for strong
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
For rich and the poor ones
D G Gsus2 Gsus4
The road is so long
G C Csus2 Csus4
And so happy Christmas
C Dm A/D Dsus4 *
For black and for white
Dm Gsus4 G Gsus2
For yellow and red ones
G C Csus2 Csus4
Let's stop all the fight
[Chorus]
C F
A merry, merry Christmas
G
And a happy New Year
Dm
Let's hope it's a good one
F6 C [ D7 D6 ]
Without any fear [ And so this is ... ]
[Verse]
D7 D6 G Gsus2 Gsus4
And so this is Christmas
G Am Asus2 Asus4
And what have we done
Am Dsus4 D Dsus2
Another year over
D G Gsus2 Gsus4
And a new one just begun
G C Csus2 Csus4
And so happy Christmas
C Dm A/D Dsus4 (add9)
We hope you have fun
Dm Gsus4 G Gsus2
The near and the dear ones
G C Csus2 Csus4
The old and the young
[Chorus]
C F
A very merry Christmas
G
And a happy New Year
Dm
Let's hope it's a good one
F6 C D7 D6
Without any fear
[Coda]
G Gsus2 Gsus4 G
War is o - ver
Am Asus2 Asus4 Am
If you want it
Dsus4 D Dadd9 D
War is o - ver
G Gsus2 Gsus4 G
Now - ow - ow - ow
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time signature: 12/8
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[Verse]
A Asus2 Asus4 A Bm Bsus2 Bsus4 Bm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112
e|0-----0-----0-----0-----|2-----2-----0-----2-----|
B|2-----0-----3-----2-----|3-----2-----0-----3-----|
G|2-----2-----2-----2-----|4-----4-----4-----4-----|
D|2-----2-----2-----2-----|4-----4-----4-----4-----|
A|0-----0-----0-----0-----|2-----2-----2-----2-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
Esus4 E Eadd9 E A Asus2 Asus4 A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112
e|0-----0-----0-----0-----|0-----0-----0-----0-----|
B|0-----0-----0-----0-----|2-----0-----3-----2-----|
G|2-----1-----x-----1-----|2-----2-----2-----2-----|
D|2-----2-----4-----2-----|2-----2-----2-----2-----|
A|2-----2-----2-----2-----|0-----0-----0-----0-----|
E|0-----0-----0-----0-----|------------------------|
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D Em Emmaj7 Emadd9 Em
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112
e|2-----0-----3-----2-----|0-----------------0-----|
B|3-----3-----3-----3-----|0-----0-----0-----0-----|
G|2-----2-----2-----2-----|0-----0-----x-----0-----|
D|0-----0-----0-----0-----|2-----1-----4-----2-----|
A|------------------------|2-----2-----2-----2-----|
E|------------------------|0-----0-----0-----0-----|
Asus4 A Asus2 A D Dsus2 Dsus4 D
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112
e|0-----0-----0-----0-----|2-----0-----3-----2-----|
B|3-----2-----0-----2-----|3-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|2-----2-----2-----2-----|2-----2-----2-----2-----|
D|2-----2-----2-----2-----|0-----0-----0-----0-----|
A|0-----0-----0-----0-----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
Additional Chords
E7 0-2-2-1-3-0
E6 0-2-2-1-2-0
A x-0-2-2-2-0
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(whispered)
(Yoko:) Happy Christmas, Kyoko!
(John:) Happy Christmas, Julian!
[Verse]
A Asus2 Asus4
And so this is Christmas
A Bm Bsus2 Bsus4
And what have you done
Bm Esus4 E Eadd9
Another year over
E A Asus2 Asus4
And a new one just begun
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
And so this is Christmas
D Em Emmaj7 Emadd9
I hope you have fun
Em Asus4 A Asus2
The near and the dear ones
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
The old and the young
[Chorus]
D G
A very merry Christmas
A
And a happy New Year
Em
Let's hope it's a good one
G D [ E7 E6 ]
Without any fear [ And so this is ... ]
[Verse]
E7 E6 A Asus2 Asus4
And so this is Christmas
A Bm Bsus2 Bsus4
For weak and for strong
Bm Esus4 E Eadd9
For rich and the poor ones
E A Asus2 Asus4
The road is so long
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
And so happy Christmas
D Em Emmaj7 Emadd9
For black and for white
Em Asus4 A Asus2
For yellow and red ones
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
Let's stop all the fight
[Chorus]
D G
A merry, merry Christmas
A
And a happy New Year
Em
Let's hope it's a good one
G D [ E7 E6 ]
Without any fear [ And so this is ... ]
[Verse]
E7 E6 A Asus2 Asus4
And so this is Christmas
A Bm Bsus2 Bsus4
And what have we done
Bm Esus4 E Eadd9
Another year over
E A Asus2 Asus4
And a new one just begun
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
And so happy Christmas
D Em Emmaj7 Emadd9
We hope you have fun
Em Asus4 A Asus2
The near and the dear ones
A D Dsus2 Dsus4
The old and the young
[Chorus]
D G
A very merry Christmas
A
And a happy New Year
Em
Let's hope it's a good one
G D E7 E6
Without any fear
[Coda]
A Asus2 Asus4 A
War is o - ver
Bm Bsus2 Bsus4 Bm
If you want it
Esus4 E Eadd9 E
War is o - ver
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Now
We also have 46 songs by John Lennon
- 9 Dream
- Baby Please Dont Go
- Be Bop A Lula
- Beautiful Boy Darling Boy
- Borrowed Time
- Cold Turkey
- Crippled Inside
- Dear Yoko
- Give Me Some Truth
- Give Peace A Chance
- God
- Grow Old With Me
- Happy Xmas War Is Over
- Hold On
- How
- How Do You Sleep
- I Found Out
- Im Losing You
- Im Stepping Out
- Imagine
- Instant Karma
- Isolation
- Its So Hard
- Jealous Guy
- John Sinclair
- Just Like Starting Over
- Look At Me
- Love
- Medley Bring It On Home To Me Send Me Some Lovin
- Mind Games
- Mother
- New York City
- Nobody Loves You When Youre Down And Out
- Nobody Told Me
- Oh My Love
- Oh Yoko
- Out Of The Blue
- Power To The People
- Real Love
- Stand By Me
- The Luck Of The Irish
- Watching The Wheels
- Whatever Gets You Through The Night
- Woman
- Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
- Working Class Hero
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