Happy Xmas War Is Over - John Lennon
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)
Happy Xmas(War is Over) - JOhn Lennon
The most meaningful Christmas song ever

There are many accurate tab for this song. But I have noticed that
the ending "war is over, if you want it..." is not really correct.
So here is what I reckon is the correct one.


Happy Xmas(War is Over) - Tabbed by LennonsDisciple
Any questions? nhanngo123@gmail.com
Check me out on youtube - LennonsDisciple(A humble and modest Vietnamese Genius.
and The most accurate amateur tabber on earth)


Listen to the record for strumming pattern


[Verse 1]

So this is Christmas And what have you done
E|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
B|--------------2--2----0--0---3-3---2--2|---------------------3--3---2--2---5--5---3--3--|
G|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4--|
D|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4--|
A|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


Another year over A new one just begun
E|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
B|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---0--0---3--3---2--2--|
G|--------------2--2----1--1---1-1---1--1|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
D|--------------2--2----2--2---4-4---2--2|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
A|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun
E|--------------2--2----0--0---3-3---2--2|---------------------0--0---0--0---2--2---0--0--|
B|--------------3--3----3--3---3-3---3--3|---------------------0--0---4--4---4--4---0--0--|
G|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------0--0---4--4---4--4---0--0--|
D|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---4--4---4--4---2--2--|
A|---------------------------------------|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|


The near and the dear ones The old and the young
E|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---0--0---3--3---2--2--|
B|--------------3--3----2--2---0-0---2--2|---------------------3--3---3--3---3--3---3--3--|
G|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
D|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
A|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] - just Chords


[D]A merry merry [G]Christmas

[G]And a happy New [A]Year

[A]Let's hope it's a good [Em]one

[G]Without any [D]fear

[E] chord leads to Verse 2 .........


[Verse 2]

And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong
E|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
B|--------------2--2----0--0---3-3---2--2|---------------------3--3---2--2---5--5---3--3--|

exactly like in [Verse 1]
D|--------------2--2----2--2---2-2---2--2|---------------------4--4---4--4---4--4---4--4--|
A|--------------0--0----0--0---0-0---0--0|---------------------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|

ENDING
[Asus2] [Bsus2]
[A]War [E]is ov - [A]ver [Bm]If [F#]you want [Bm]it
E|----0--0----0--0------0-0-----0--0|--2--2----2--2-------2--2----2--2---------|
B|----2--2----0--0------0-0-----2--2|--3--3----2--2-------2--2----3--3---------|
G|----2--2----1--1------2-2-----2--2|--4--4----3--3-------4--4----4--4---------|
D|----2--2----2--2------2-2-----2--2|--4--4----4--4-------4--4----4--4---------|
A|----0--0----2--2------0-0-----0--0|--2--2----4--4-------2--2----2--2---------|
E|----------------------------------|----------2--2----------------------------|

[?]War [E]is [Esus4]ov[E] - ver N...O[A]. w.[E]..[Asus2] [A]now...
E|----0--0----0--0-----0-0-------0--0|--------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
B|----0--0----0--0-----0-0-------0--0|--------2--2---0--0---0--0---2--2--|
G|----2--2----1--1-----1-1-------1--1|--------2--2---1--1---2--2---2--2--|
D|----2--2----2--2-----4-4-------2--2|--------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
A|----2--2----2--2-----2-2-------2--2|--------0--0---2--2---0--0---0--0--|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

If you want to be cool like me and stand out from the rest.. then play this next
Ending to finish song off.

[Dsus2] [B]
[D]War [Ddim]is ov - [D]ver [Em]If [Bsus]you want [Em]it
E|----2--2----2--2------0-0-----2--2|--0--0----0--0-------2--2----0--0---------|
B|----3--3----2--2------3-3-----3--3|--0--0----4--4-------4--4----0--0---------|
G|----2--2----2--2------2-2-----2--2|--0--0----4--4-------4--4----0--0---------|
D|----0--0----0--0------0-0-----0--0|--2--2----4--4-------4--4----2--2---------|
A|----------------------------------|--2--2----2--2-------2--2----2--2---------|
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

[Asus4]War [A]is [Asus2]ov - [A]ver N...O[D]. w.[Ddim] [Dsus2] [D]now...
E|----0--0----0--0-----0-0-------0--0|--------2--2---2--2---0--0---2--2--|
B|----3--3----2--2-----0-0-------2--2|--------3--3---2--2---3--3---3--3--|
G|----2--2----2--2-----2-2-------2--2|--------2--2---2--2---2--2---2--2--|
D|----2--2----2--2-----2-2-------2--2|--------0--0---0--0---0--0---0--0--|
A|----0--0----0--0-----0-0-------0--0|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Happy X-mas War Is Over - John Lennon

Here is the song as me and my guitar teacher played it on concert, the chords are
right but we got a lead and a rhythm (chords).


Lead guitar
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0--2----------------------------------------------0--2--|
G|----2--------2----------------------------------------2--------|
D|-2--------------2----------------------------------2-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Rhythm guitar
e|------------0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
B|------------2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--3---3-3-3-3--2---2-2-2-2-|
G|------------2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
D|------------2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
A|------------0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0---------------------------------------------2--3-|
G|--------------------------------------------4-------|
D|-----------------------------------------4----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
B|-3---3-3-3-3--2---2-2-2-2--5---5-5-5-5--3---3-3-3-3-|
G|-4---4-4-4-4--4---4-4-4-4--2---2-2-2-2--4---4-4-4-4-|
D|-4---4-4-4-4--4---4-4-4-4--4---4-4-4-4--4---4-4-4-4-|
A|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-2--------------------------------------------------|
G|----4------------------------------------4--4--2--1-|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
B|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--1---1-1-1-1--1---1-1-1-1--1---1-1-1-1-|
D|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--4---4-4-4-4--2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
E|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|


Lead guitar
e|--------------------------------------------2--2--2-|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-1---------------------------------------2----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
B|-2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--3---3-3-3-3--2---2-2-2-2-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
D|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|-0---------------------------------------------0--2-|
B|---3-------------------------------------3--3-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--3---3-3-3-3--2---2-2-2-2-|
B|-3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
D|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|-0--------------------------------------0--0--2--3--|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-|
B|-8---8-8-8-8--7---7-7-7-7-10---10101010-8---8-8-8-8-|
G|-9---9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9--7---7-7-7-7--9---9-9-9-9-|
D|-9---9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9--9---9-9-9-9-|
A|-7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7--7---7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|-2--0------------------------------------0--0-------|
B|-----------------------------------------------3--2-|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
B|-3---3-3-3-3--2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--2---2-2-2-2-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
D|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|-------------------------------------------/7--7--7-|
B|-3--------------------------------------3-----------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--3---3-3-3-3--2---2-2-2-2-|
B|-3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
D|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|-5---------------------------------------------5--7-|
B|----8------------------------------------8--8-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|
B|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
G|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
A|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
E|-3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|


Lead guitar
e|-5--------------------------------------5--5--3--2--|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
B|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------------------|


Lead guitar
e|-0--------------------------------------0--0--------|
B|----------------------------------------------3--2--|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0------3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|
B|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0------0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
G|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0------0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2------0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
A|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2------2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
E|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0--0-2-3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3-|


Lead guitar
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar
e|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
B|-3---3-3-3-3--3---3-3-3-3--0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|
G|-2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2--1---1-1-1-1--1---1-1-1-1-|
D|-0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0--2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
A|---------------------------2---2-2-2-2--2---2-2-2-2-|
E|---------------------------0---0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0-0-|

You just repeat this order of chords few times but the lead isnt necessary


Key:
/ = slide up





Enjoy!


Song info
Happy Xmas War Is Over
John Lennon
2001
  • Rock
  • Art Rock
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