HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (Bassline)

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1971 Album THE JOHN LENNON COLLECTION)

Words and Music by John Lennon
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Teddy Irwin - Bass'


            1st & 3rd Verses
  Q=72
 6/8
  Gtr I
  W          H.        +H.        W
|--------||----------|----------|------|
|--------||o-7-------|-(7)------|------|
|--------||o---------|----------|------|
|--------||----------|----------|------|


  W        W        W        W        Q.   E E E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------||
|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------||
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------4-||
|--------|--------|--------|--------|------5-7---||


 2nd & 4th Verses
  Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----(5)-5-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|-7----(7)-7-5-|
|--------------5-|--------------|--------------7-|--------------|


  Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   E E E   Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   E E E
|----------------|------------|----------------|------------||
|-7----(7)-(7)---|-7----------|----------------|----------4-||
|--------------7-|----------4-|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----5-7---||
|----------------|------5-7---|--------------5-|------------||


 Chorus
  $
  Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----(5)-5-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|-7----(7)-5-4-|
|--------------5-|--------------|--------------7-|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|


                                               1.
                                      To Coda
  Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  E E    Q.   +E  E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|-2----(2)-----|--------------|---------------|----------4-6-o||
|--------------|--------------|-5----(5)-5-6--|-7----(7)-----o||
|----------0-2-|-3----(3)-3-5-|---------------|---------------||


               5th Verse
  2.
  Q.   E E E    Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   Q.     Q.   +E  +E. S
|------------||----------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------||----------------|-----------|--------------4-|
|-7----------||--------------7-|-7----7----|-2----(2)-(2)---|
|------0-2-4-||-5----(5)-(5)---|-----------|----------------|


  Q.   Q.     Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   E E E   Q.   +E  +E. S
|-4----4----|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-----------|----------------|-2----2-4-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|
|-----------|--------------2-|------------|--------------7-|
|-----------|-0----(0)-(0)---|------------|----------------|


               6th Verse
  Q.   E E E    Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  +E. S
|------------||----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-7----------||----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------4-||-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----(5)-5-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|
|------5-7---||--------------5-|--------------|--------------7-|


  Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   E E E   Q.   +E  +E. S
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-7----(7)-5---|--------------7-|----------4-|-5----(5)-(5)---|
|------------7-|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----5-7---|--------------5-|


                              Outro
 D.S. al Coda &
  Q.   E E E     Q.   E E E    Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E
|-------------||------------||----------------|---------------|
|----------4--||------------||----------------|-7----(7)-7-8--|
|-5----5-7----||-7----------||--------------7-|---------------|
|-------------||------0-2-4-||-5----(5)-(5)---|---------------|


  Q.   +E  +E. S   Q.   +E  E E   Q.   +E  +E. S
|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-9----(9)-(9)---|--------------|-7----(7)-(7)---|
|--------------9-|----------9-8-|--------------7-|
|----------------|-7----(7)-----|----------------|


  Q.   +E  E E   H.        +H.
|--------------|---------|--------*|
|--------------|---------|--------*|
|-7----(7)-7---|---------|--------*|
|------------7-|-5-------|-(5)----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths