I Believe In Father Christmas (Greg Lake - Lesson 1/2)

Cover of Greg Lake

I Believe in Father Christmas by Greg Lake

Acoustic guitar lesson for my favourite Christmas song.

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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 its 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--

Verse:
Dsus2                 G6      D                  (same chords for each line)
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.

Chorus:
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         Dsus2
And eyes full of tinsel and fire.

Dsus2          G6        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.

Chorus:
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         Dsus2
And eyes full of tinsel and fire.

Dsus2        G6       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.

Dsus2                 G6      D
They said there'd be snow at Christmas,
They said there'd be peace on earth,
D            A           G6        D
Hallelujah! Noel!, be it Heaven or Hell,
     D           G6   Dsus2
The Christmas we get, we deserve.

Might not be correct bit unsure on bits lead riff goes something like:

e-------------------------------------------
b---3-2-2-3------------323-----------3-23---
g--2---4---4-2-4-2-0-22---2-2-0-0-2-4----4-2  etc. carries on a bit longer
d------------------------------2------------  avnt got round to tabbing yet!
a-------------------------------------------  Like i said a bit rough but
E-------------------------------------------  someone who is better on 
                                              Guitar than me (Nearly Every1)
                                              Can tab it a bit better!
Comments and suggestions are welcome!

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Greg Lake I Believe In Father Christmas Lyrics



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 

I remember one Christmas morning 
A winter's light and a distant choir 
And the peal of a bell 
And that Christmas tree smell 
And their eyes full of tinsel and fire 
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/greg+lake/i+believe+in+father+christmas_20157258.html ] 
They sold me a dream of Christmas 
They sold me a Silent Night 
And they told me a fairy story 
Til I believed in the Israelite 

And I believed in Father Christmas 
And I looked to the sky with excited eyes 
Then I woke with a yawn 
In the first light of dawn 
And I saw him and through his disguise 

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 

They said there'd be snow at Christmas 
They said there'll be peace on Earth 
Hallelujah, Noel, be it Heaven or Hell 
The Christmas we get, we deserve

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I was listening to the CD to learn this, and all the videos of this song on youtube seem to be down half a step... so, depending on what you're playing along with, you may have to tune your guitar down."

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Shun Komatsubara and Sungha Jung played "Fields of Gold" arranged by Shun Komastubara and Sungha Jung.


Sting never sounded so good! Fantastic song, actually; nevertheless, Sungha's brilliance shines through brighter than gold. in this version. 


Here are the lyrics of the song even though this is an instrumental version:


You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley.
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold.
So she took her love for to gaze awhile upon the fields of barley.
In his arms she fell as her hair came down among the fields of gold.

Will you stay with me, will you be my love among the fields of barley?
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we lie in fields of gold.
See the west wind move like a lover so upon the fields of barley.
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth among the fields of gold.

I never made promises lightly and there have been some that I've broken,
But I swear in the days still left we'll walk in fields of gold.
We'll walk in fields of gold.

Many years have passed since those summer days among the fields of barley.
See the children run as the sun goes down among the fields of gold.
You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley.
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky when we walked in fields of gold,
When we walked in fields of gold, when we walked in fields of gold.

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Little Lion by Mumford and Sons

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Alternate lesson from:

http://www.nailguitar.com/lessondownloads.html free lesson tab and backing.

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Lyrics:


Weep for yourself, my man 
You'll never be what is in your heart
Weep little lion man
You're not as brave as you were at the start
Rate yourself and rape yourself
Take all the courage you have left
Wasted on fixing all the problems 
That you made in your own head

But it was not your fault but mine
And it was your heart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
Didn't I, my dear?

Tremble for yourself, my man
You know that you have seen this all before
Tremble little lion man
You'll never settle any of your score
Your grace is wasted in your face 
Your boldness stands alone among the wreck
Learn from your mother 
Or else spend your days biting your own neck

But it was not your fault but mine
And it was your heart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
Didn't I, my dear?



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How to play guitar to Somebody That I Used To Know 
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Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
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You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
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So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
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But you didn't have to cut me off
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And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

But you didn't have to cut me off
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And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
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Somebody, I used to know
(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Somebody, I used to know
(Somebody) Now you're just somebody that I used to know
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