Description
Notes From John
This is the same Rhythm/Lead chart as the Lead page, in tab, 6/8 with the eighth note at BPM = 147; the rhythm work is the choruses. At 0:43, 1:41 and 2:41 the guitar picks arpeggiated eighth-note chords on G, A, Em, D and E, with the A shape starting at the 7th fret. The verses on this chart are the tremolo single-note line; chord names are printed over them, but no separate chord voicings.
For the player
The chorus lyric starts on the first G, so stay under the vocal and keep the arpeggios light and even. Pick through the shapes in time rather than strumming them. Watch the E bar at the end of the chorus, which changes rhythm from the arpeggio pattern. At BPM = 147 the job is the feel.
Rhythm Guitar Sheet Music for “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” by John Lennon.
