Description
Notes From John
A strum part in tab, 6/8 with the eighth note at BPM = 147. The verses and outro are sixteenth-note strums with a note moving inside the chord: A to Amaj9 to Asus4, Bm to Bm(maj9), D to Dmaj9 to Dsus4, Em to Em(maj7). Down and up strokes are marked at the top of the verses. The choruses at 0:43, 1:41 and 2:41 switch to eighth-note strums on G, A, Em, D and E, with down strokes marked on the opening G. The outro ends on a held A.
For the player
The verse strum is busy, so let the moving note inside the chord come through. The choruses open with marked down strums on G, so ride the downbeat and keep the eighths even. Verse 1 starts after a rest, so count in before the first A. At BPM = 147 the job is the feel.
Strum Guitar Sheet Music for “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” by John Lennon.
