HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (Bassline)

As recorded by John Lennon

(From the 1971 Album THE JOHN LENNON COLLECTION)

Words and Music by John Lennon

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Teddy Irwin - Bass'

1st & 3rd Verses

Q=72
6/8
Gtr I
W H. +H. W
|--------||----------|----------|------|
|--------||o-7-------|-(7)------|------|
|--------||o---------|----------|------|
|--------||----------|----------|------|

W W W W Q. E E E
|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------||
|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------||
|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------4-||
|--------|--------|--------|--------|------5-7---||

2nd & 4th Verses

Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----(5)-5-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|-7----(7)-7-5-|
|--------------5-|--------------|--------------7-|--------------|

Q. +E +E. S Q. E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. E E E
|----------------|------------|----------------|------------||
|-7----(7)-(7)---|-7----------|----------------|----------4-||
|--------------7-|----------4-|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----5-7---||
|----------------|------5-7---|--------------5-|------------||
 Chorus

$
Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----(5)-5-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|-7----(7)-5-4-|
|--------------5-|--------------|--------------7-|--------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------|

1.
To Coda
Q. +E E E Q. +E E E Q. +E E E Q. +E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|-2----(2)-----|--------------|---------------|----------4-6-o||
|--------------|--------------|-5----(5)-5-6--|-7----(7)-----o||
|----------0-2-|-3----(3)-3-5-|---------------|---------------||

5th Verse
2.
Q. E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. Q. Q. +E +E. S
|------------||----------------|-----------|----------------|
|------------||----------------|-----------|--------------4-|
|-7----------||--------------7-|-7----7----|-2----(2)-(2)---|
|------0-2-4-||-5----(5)-(5)---|-----------|----------------|

Q. Q. Q. +E +E. S Q. E E E Q. +E +E. S
|-4----4----|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-----------|----------------|-2----2-4-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|
|-----------|--------------2-|------------|--------------7-|
|-----------|-0----(0)-(0)---|------------|----------------|

6th Verse
Q. E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E Q. +E +E. S
|------------||----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-7----------||----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------4-||-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----(5)-5-6-|-7----(7)-(7)---|
|------5-7---||--------------5-|--------------|--------------7-|

Q. +E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. E E E Q. +E +E. S
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|--------------|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-7----(7)-5---|--------------7-|----------4-|-5----(5)-(5)---|
|------------7-|-5----(5)-(5)---|-5----5-7---|--------------5-|
 Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E
|-------------||------------||----------------|---------------|
|----------4--||------------||----------------|-7----(7)-7-8--|
|-5----5-7----||-7----------||--------------7-|---------------|
|-------------||------0-2-4-||-5----(5)-(5)---|---------------|

Q. +E +E. S Q. +E E E Q. +E +E. S
|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-9----(9)-(9)---|--------------|-7----(7)-(7)---|
|--------------9-|----------9-8-|--------------7-|
|----------------|-7----(7)-----|----------------|

Q. +E E E H. +H.
|--------------|---------|--------*|
|--------------|---------|--------*|
|-7----(7)-7---|---------|--------*|
|------------7-|-5-------|-(5)----*|