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Version 1 Version 2
Artist: Greg Lake
Song: I Believe in Father Christmas
This bit is played at the beginning:
e|--7--7--5--5--3--3--2--2--3--3---------|
B|---------------------------------0--0--|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
If it's unclear you play open D, alternate to the notes on the e string.
Finish intro with a bit of:
e|----2-----|
B|-----3----| Repeat a couple of times
G|------2---|
D|-------0--|
A|----------|
E|----------|
(same chords for each line)
G6/D D G6/D D
They said there'll be snow at Christmas
They said there'll be peace on earth,
But instead it just kept on raining,
A veil of tears for the Virgin birth.
C G D
I remember one Christmas morning,
C G D
The Winter's light and a distant choir,
D A G D
And the peal of a bell and that Christmas tree smell,
D G6 D Dsus2
And eyes full of tinsel and fire.
(same chords for each line)
G6/D D G6/D D
They sold me a dream of Christmas
They sold me a silent night,
They told me a fairy story,
'Til I believed in the Israelite.
C G D
And I believed in Father Christmas,
C G D
And I looked to the sky with excited eyes,
D A G D
Till I woke with a yawn in the first light of dawn,
D G6 D Dsus2
And I saw him and through his disguise.
(same chords for each line)
G6/D D G6/D D
I wish you a hopeful Christmas,
I wish you a brave New Year,
All anguish, pain and sadness,
Leave your heart and let your road be clear.
C G D
They said there'd be snow at Christmas,
C G D
They said there'd be peace on earth,
D A G D
Hallelujah! Noel!, be it Heaven or Hell,
D G6/D D Dsus2
The Christmas we get, we deserve.
Lead riff goes something like:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----3--2---2--3---------------------3-2-3-------------------3--2-3------|
G|--2------4------4---2--4--2--0--2-2-------2--2-0----0--2--4--------4--2-| etc. Carries on a bit longer,
D|-------------------------------------------------2----------------------| haven't got round to tabbing yet!
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|