Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

Words & Music:

John Lennon

 

The sequence for each chord is to play the chord, the chord (add2), the chord (sus4) and the chord once again.  (For example:  A  Aadd2  Asus4  A)  See chords below.

 

               A                           Bm

And so this is Christmas and what have you done?

             E                          A

Another year older and a new one just begun.

               D                         Em

And so this is Christmas, I hope you had fun.

                 A                          D

The near and the dear ones, the old and the young.

 

CHORUS:

             G                         A

A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

                  F#m7 Em7  G              D  E7sus4  E7

Let's hope it's a good one---- without any fear!

 

And so this is Christmas for weak & for strong.

The rich & the poor ones; the world is so wrong.

And so happy Christmas for black and for white,

For yellow and red ones; let's stop all the fight.

 

CHORUS:

 

And so this is Christmas and what have we done?

Another year over and a new one just begun.

And so happy Christmas, we hope you have fun.

The near and the dear one, the old and the young.

 

CHORUS:

 

A        Bm            E             A

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

[spoken:]

Merry Christmas, everybody!

 

CHORD SEQUENCES:

A-sequence  - 002220  002200  002230  002220 OR: 002230  002220  002200  002220

Bm-sequence - 224432  224422  224452  224432

E-sequence  - 022200  022100  024100  022100

D-sequence  - x00232  x00230  x00233  x00232

Em-sequence - 022000  024000  022200  022000 OR: 022000  024040  022202  022000