Happy Xmas War Is Over - John Lennon
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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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 3-x-0
Gsus2 3-x-0
Gsus4 3-x-0
Am x-0-2
Asus2 x-0-2
Asus4 x-0-2
-G-B-e
-0-0-3 Ds
-2(0)3 D
-0-1-3 Ds
-2-1-0 C
-2-0-0 Cs
-2-3-0 Cs
us4 x-x-0-2
x-x-0-2
us2 x-x-0-2
x-3-2-0
us2 x-3-2-0
us4 x-3-2-0
-3-3
-3-2
-3-0
-1-0
-3-0
-1-1
Dm x-x-0
-2-3-1
Dsus4 * x-x-0
- =
-0-5-3 = Dsus4
(add9)
F6 1-3-x
D7 x-x-0
D6 x-x-0
-2-3-1
-2-1-2
-2-0-2
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(whispered)
(Yoko:) Happy Christmas, Kyoko!
(John:) Happy Christmas, Julian!
[Verse]
And so this is
Christmas
And what have
you done
Another year o
ver
And a new one
just begun
And so this is
Christmas
I hope you hav
*
e fun
The near and t
he dear ones
The old and th
e young
[Chorus]
A very merry C
hristmas
And a happy Ne
w Year
Let's hope it'
s a good one
Without any
[
fear [ And
]
so this is ...
]
[Verse]
And so this
is Christmas
For weak and f
or strong
For rich and t
he poor ones
The road is so
long
And so happy C
hristmas
For black and
*
for white
For yellow and
red ones
Let's stop all
the fight
[Chorus]
A merry, merry
Christmas
And a happy Ne
w Year
Let's hope it'
s a good one
Without any
[
fear [ And
]
so this is ...
]
[Verse]
And so this
is Christmas
And what have
we done
Another year o
ver
And a new one
just begun
And so happy C
hristmas
We hope you ha
(
ve fun
The near and t
he dear ones
The old and th
e young
[Chorus]
A very merry C
hristmas
And a happy Ne
w Year
Let's hope it'
s a good one
Without any
fear
[Coda]
War is o
- ver
If you want
it
War is o -
ver
Now - ow - ow
- ow
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time signature: 12/8
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[Verse]
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 101112 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 101112
e|0-----0-----
B|2-----0-----
G|2-----2-----
D|2-----2-----
A|0-----0-----
E|------------
0-----0-----|2
3-----2-----|3
2-----2-----|4
2-----2-----|4
0-----0-----|2
------------|-
-----2-----0--
-----2-----0--
-----4-----4--
-----4-----4--
-----2-----2--
--------------
---2-----|
---3-----|
---4-----|
---4-----|
---2-----|
---------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 101112 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 101112
e|0-----0-----
B|0-----0-----
G|2-----1-----
D|2-----2-----
A|2-----2-----
E|0-----0-----
0-----0-----|0
0-----0-----|2
x-----1-----|2
4-----2-----|2
2-----2-----|0
0-----0-----|-
-----0-----0--
-----0-----3--
-----2-----2--
-----2-----2--
-----0-----0--
--------------
---0-----|
---2-----|
---2-----|
---2-----|
---0-----|
---------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 101112 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 101112
e|2-----0-----
B|3-----3-----
G|2-----2-----
D|0-----0-----
A|------------
E|------------
3-----2-----|0
3-----3-----|0
2-----2-----|0
0-----0-----|2
------------|2
------------|0
--------------
-----0-----0--
-----0-----x--
-----1-----4--
-----2-----2--
-----0-----0--
---0-----|
---0-----|
---0-----|
---2-----|
---2-----|
---0-----|
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 101112 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 101112
e|0-----0-----
B|3-----2-----
G|2-----2-----
D|2-----2-----
A|0-----0-----
E|------------
0-----0-----|2
0-----2-----|3
2-----2-----|2
2-----2-----|0
0-----0-----|-
------------|-
-----0-----3--
-----3-----3--
-----2-----2--
-----0-----0--
--------------
--------------
---2-----|
---3-----|
---2-----|
---0-----|
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Additional Chords
E7 0-2-2-1
E6 0-2-2-1
A x-0-2-2
-3-0
-2-0
-2-0
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(whispered)
(Yoko:) Happy Christmas, Kyoko!
(John:) Happy Christmas, Julian!
[Verse]
And so this is
Christmas
And what have
you done
Another year o
ver
And a new one
just begun
And so this is
Christmas
I hope you hav
e fun
The near and t
he dear ones
The old and th
e young
[Chorus]
A very merry C
hristmas
And a happy Ne
w Year
Let's hope it'
s a good one
Without any
[
fear [ And
so this is ...
]
]
[Verse]
And so this
is Christmas
For weak and f
or strong
For rich and t
he poor ones
The road is so
long
And so happy C
hristmas
For black and
for white
For yellow and
red ones
Let's stop all
the fight
[Chorus]
A merry, merry
Christmas
And a happy Ne
w Year
Let's hope it'
s a good one
Without any
[
fear [ And
so this is ...
]
]
[Verse]
And so this
is Christmas
And what have
we done
Another year o
ver
And a new one
just begun
And so happy C
hristmas
We hope you ha
ve fun
The near and t
he dear ones
The old and th
e young
[Chorus]
A very merry C
hristmas
And a happy Ne
w Year
Let's hope it'
s a good one
Without any
fear
[Coda]
War is o
- ver
If you want
it
War is o -
ver
Now