John Lennon – Happy Xmas War Is Over (Guitar)
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Chords
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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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
(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