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-| G e-3--------| 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

So this is ^ACh^Asus2ristma^Asus4s ^A And what have you ^Bmdon^Bmsus2e ^Bmsus4 ^Bm Another year ^Esus4over ^E ^Eadd9 ^E A new one just ^Abe^Asus2gun ^Asus4 ^A And so this is ^DCh^Dsus2ristma^Dsus4s ^D Em Em(maj7) Emadd9 I hope you have fun The near and the ^Asus4dear o^Ane^Asus2s ^A The old and the ^Dyo^Dsus2ung ^Dsus4

Chorus

A very merry ^GChristmas And a happy New ^AYear Let's hope it's a ^Emgood one ^G Without any ^Dfear ^E

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