• Song:

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

  • Artist:

    Aly And Aj

  • Album:

    Acoustic Hearts Of Wint...

Aly And Aj
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Acoustic Nights of Winter
2006 Hollywood Records
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard EADGBe on both Aly, Aj and guitar 3 have a capo on 1st fret to make the 
chord sound as C#

Chords used:
Am - x02210
Em - 022000
F -  133211
E -  022100
C -  x32010
G -  320033
Dm - xx0231

Intro: Am--Em (x4)

Aly:
e|--------0-----5--3-------|
B|----0h1----0--------0--1-|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------| (x4)
A|-0-----------------------|
E|--------------0----------|

Aj:
e|-0---0-|
B|-1---0-|
G|-2---0-|
D|-2---2-| (x4)
A|-0---2-|
E|-----0-|


Verse 1:
    Am            Em            F              E
God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay
  Am                Em          F                 E
Remember Christ our Saviour Was born on Christmas day
   Dm               Em                 Am             G
To save us all from Satan's power When we were gone astray


Chorus:
  C          E           Am              G
O tidings of comfort and joy Comfort and joy
  C          E           Am
O tidings of comfort and joy


(Repeat Intro but twice only instead of four times)


Verse 2:
     Am               Em       F             E
From God our Heavenly Father A blessed Angel came
    Am           Em                F              E
And unto certain Shepherds Brought tidings of the same
    Dm            Em               Am            G
How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by Name


(Repeat Chorus)


Bridge:

Guitar 3: Solo
e|-----5-----8--7-----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------5--------10--8--6----6--6/8--5----5--5/6--3----3----------5-|
G|-4h5-----------------------7------------5------------0------5--7----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------5---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
then
e|-----------------------------8--7------12*---------------8--10--10/12--10--8---7-|
B|-5----5--5/6--3----3--1p0h1--------10--------------8h10----------------------8---|
G|----5------------4--------------------------9--10--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
then
e|-----------7--7h8-------8-7-------------------|
B|-8--9--10---------10--------10-8------5/7\5p0-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------7------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Aly: Very fast if you listen carefully
e|---------0---------------0h1p0-3---|--------0-----5--3---------|
B|---0-1-3---3-1-0---0-1-3---------1-|----0h1----0--------0--1---|
G|-2---------------2-----------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-0-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------0------------|
            x5 this bar                        x2 this bar

Aj: Strum slowly and in the timing of both Aly and the guitar 3 soloing
Am--Dm-C-G--C-C/B-Am--Dm-C-G-E-Am-Em-Am-|Em
e|----1-0-3--0-3-0--1-0-3-0---|-0-0-0-0-|
B|----3-1-0--1-3-1--3-1-3-0---|-1-0-1-0-|
G|-2--2-0-0--0-0-2--2-0-0-1---|-2-0-2-0-|
D|-2--0-2-0--2-0-2--0-2-0-2---|-2-2-2-2-|
A|-0----3-2--3-2-0----3-2-2---|-0-2-0-2-|
E|--------3-------------3-0---|---0---0-|


Verse 3:
    Am                Em              F                E
And when they came to Bethlehem Where our dear Saviour lay
     Am             Em            F            E
They found Him in a manger, Where oxen feed on hay
    Dm          Em              Am              G
His Mother Mary kneeling down Unto the Lord did pray.


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 4:
    Am               Em          F               E
Now to the Lord sing praises All you within this place
    Am                 Em               F         E
And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace
     Dm           Em            Am           G
This holy tide of Christmas All other doth deface


(Repeat Chorus)


Outro:
            Em               Am               Em
comfort and joy, comfort and joy, comfort and joy
            C--E--Am(Let Ring)
Comfort and joy


Aly: Ending riff
e|-------3--5--------------5-|
B|-5--6--------5-----------5-|
G|----------------7--5--4--5-|
D|-------------------------7-|
A|-------------------------7-|
E|-------------------------5-|
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