• Song:

    Happy Xmas War Is Over

  • Artist:

    John Lennon

John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (1971)

Chords Used:

Quite a bit here

A Asus2 Asus4 Bm Bmsus2 Bmsus4 Esus4 E Eadd9 D Dsus2 Dsus4 Em Em(maj7)Emadd9
e-0---0-----0----2----2------2-----0---0---0---2---0----3----0----0-------2-|
B-2---0-----3----3----2------5-----0---0---0---3---3----3----0----4-------0-|
G-2---2-----2----4----4------4-----2---1---1---2---2----2----0----0-------0-|
D-2---2-----2----4----4------4-----2---2---4---0---0----0----2----2-------2-|
A-0---0-----0----2----2------2-----2---2---2-----------------2----2-------2-|
E----------------------------------0---0---0-----------------0----0-------0-|

Ge-3--------| (320003@1)B-3--------|
G-0--------|
D-0--------|
A-2--------|
E-3--------|

The song is in 12/8 with a swing feel.  Pattern for strumming is Down Down Up Down Up. 
The chords go with the lyrics as follows:

Verse

A Asus2 Asus4 A
So this is Christmas
                  BmBmsus2 (x24432@1)Bmsus4 BmAnd (x24432@1)what have you done
             Esus4 (022200@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Eadd9 (024100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Another year over
               A (x02220@1)name="chord_x02200@1">Asus2 Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
A new one just begun
               D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
And so this is Christmas
                EmEm(maj7) (022000@1)Emadd9
I hope you have fun
                 Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Asus2 (x02200@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
The near and the dear ones
                D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx0230@1">Dsus2 Dsus4The (xx0233@1)old and the young

Chorus
             GA (320003@1)very merry Christmas
                AAnd (x02220@1)a happy New Year
                  Em (022000@1)     GLet's (320003@1)hope it's a good one
            D (xx0232@1)   EWithout (022100@1)any fear

Verse (Same Pattern as before)

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
The rich and the poor ones
The road is so long
So happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

Chorus (Same pattern as before)

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

Verse (Same as before)

And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
And we hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young

Chorus (Same as before)

A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

Outro (in same pattern as verses)

War is over, if you want it
War is over now
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