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 A Asus2 Asus4 A So this is Christmas Bm Bmsus2 Bmsus4 Bm And what have you done Esus4 E Eadd9 E Another year over A Asus2 Asus4 A A new one just begun D Dsus2 Dsus4 D And so this is Christmas Em Em(maj7) Emadd9 I hope you have fun Asus4 A Asus2 A The near and the dear ones D Dsus2 Dsus4 The old and the young Chorus G A very merry Christmas A And a happy New Year Em G Let's hope it's a good one D E Without 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