Elvis Presley – Blue Christmas (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Blue Christmas
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=100, Capo: 2, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+", on triplets "t".
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Let ring. Use thumb-fretting.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Play with swinging (triplet) feel.
[Verse] (2x) C G + + C + + + + + + + + G + + + t t E|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|----------------------------| B|-------------1----h3-----|-------------------------|----3-----------------1--|-0-h3-----------------------| G|-------0--------0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----------0-----0--------|----------0-----0-----------| D|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------------0--| A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------2-----2--3-----| E|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-3--------------------------| I'll have a blue Christmas without you + + + + + + + + + + + + C + + + t t E|----------------------0--|-1-----------------------|-1-p0--------------------|----0-----------------------| B|-------------------3-----|-------------------------|----------------------3--|-1--------------------------| G|----0-----0-----0--------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----------0-----0--------|----------0-----0-----------| D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------------0--| A|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-3--------------------2-----| E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------3-----3--------| I'll be so blue thinking about you + + + + + + + + Am7 + + + + Dm + + + + E|----------------0-h1--3--|-------------1-p0-----3--|----------------1-p0-----|----------------0-----1--| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----------3-----------| G|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0--------------|----2-----2-----------2--|----2-----2--------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----| A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------1-----------| Decora- tions of red on a green Christmas tree + + + + D7 + + + + + + + + G + + + + E|-------------------------|-------2-------p0-----2--|----0--------------------|-------------0--0-----1--| B|-------------------------|-------------------3-----|-------------------1-----|-3-----3-----------------| G|----2-----2-----0-----0--|----2-----2--------------|----------2-----2-----2--|----0-----0--------------| D|-------0-----------------|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----| A|-0-----------------------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------2-----------| E|-------------4-----3-----|-2-----------------------|-2-----------------------|-3-----------------------| Won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me + + C + + + + + + + + G + + + t t E|---------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|----------------------------| B|---------1-----3-----|-------------------------|----3-----------------1--|-0-h3-----------------------| G|-----0------0-----0--|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----------0-----0--------|----------0-----0-----------| D|-----0---------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------------0--| A|---------2-----------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------2-----2--3-----| E|-3-------------------|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-3--------------------------| And when those blue snowflakes start falling + + + + + + + + + + + + C + + + t t E|----------------------0--|-1-----------------------|-1-p0--------------------|----0-----------------------| B|-------------------3-----|-------------------------|----------------------3--|-1--------------------------| G|----0-----0-----0--------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----------0-----0--------|----------0-----0-----------| D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------------0--| A|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-3--------------------2-----| E|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------3-----3--------| that's when those blue memories start calling + + + + + + + + Am7 + + + + Dm + + + + E|----------------0-h1--3--|-------------1-p0-----3--|----------------1-p0-----|-1-----1-----1-h3-----5--| B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3-----3--------------6--| G|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0--------------|----2-----2-----------2--|----2-----2--------------| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----| A|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------| E|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------1-----------| You'll be do- ing all right, with your Christ- mas of white Dm + + + G + + + + G6 + + + + C + + + t t /--end--\ E|------------------5a\|-3a--------------------|-0a---------3--3----p0-|--------------------------|---------| B|------------------6a-|-0a--------------------|-0a--------------------|-3-p1---------------------|---------| G|----7-----7----7-----|-0a-0-----0----0-----0-|-0a-0-----0------------|----------0----0----------|---------| D|-------7----------7a-|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|-------2----------------0-|---2---2-| A|-0----------0--------|------------2----------|------------2----------|-3-------------------2----|-3-------| E|---------------------|-3a--------------------|-3a--------------------|------------3-----3-------|-----3---| But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas
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| a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| \ Slide down
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