MERRY CHRISTMAS WAR IS OVER Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Merry Christmas War Is Over chord chart and guitar lesson by John Lennon.
War Is Over is probably one of my favorite Christmas songs. This song is a little bit more of an late beginner/early intermediate Christmas song due to its use of the Bm chord which is a barre chord.
But overall, it's not too hard. The only thing you might want to be familiar with is 3/4 timing which we will talk about in the strumming below.
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We will be using 3/4 time in this song which means we are going to be counting to 3 instead of 4.
Strum Option 1:
1 2 3
D D D
Strum Option 2:
1 + 2 + 3 +
DU DU DU
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Verse:
A Bm
So this is Christmas And what have you done
E A
Another year over And a new one just begun
D Em
and so this is Christmas I hope you have fun
A D
The near and the dear one The old and the young
Chorus:
G A
A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year
Em D
Let’s hope it’s a good one Without any fear
Verse:
A Bm
And so this is Christmas For weak and for strong
E A
For rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong
D Em
And so happy Christmas For black and for white
A D
For yellow and red ones Let’s stop all the fight
Chorus:
G A
A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year
Em D
Let’s hope it’s a good one Without any fear
Verse:
A Bm
So this is Christmas And what have you done
E A
Another year over And a new one just begun
D Em
and so this is Christmas I hope you have fun
A D
The near and the dear one The old and the young
Outro:
A Bm E A (repeat out)
War is over, If you want it War is over Now
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