Description
Notes From John
Tab only, 3/4 at BPM = 172, marked “Let ring per chord change”. The chart is the shared Rhythm/Lead guitar part. It’s picked arpeggios in quarters and eighths, mostly one chord per bar, over A, D, B, B/F♯, B7, E, E7, C♯, C♯7 and F♯m. In the verses and choruses the E bar moves up to a shape at the 7th fret. The sections close on D, then down-stroke E and A chords, with the A barred at the 5th fret. The 1:16 outro is marked rit., with muted strums over F♯m, and ends on a rolled A.
For the player
This is the guitar part from John Denver and the Muppets’ 1979 A Christmas Together. Stay under the vocal: keep the arpeggios light and let them ring until the chord changes, as the chart marks, so the voices stay on top. Land the down-stroke E and A chords at the end of the sections. At BPM = 172 the job is the feel.
Lead Guitar Sheet Music for “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” by John Denver.
