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
************************************ | 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 ************************************