Christmas Truce (Ukulele)
Other versions:
A note on the strumming patterns:
1. INTRO & VERSES: Excluding the first line of the intro, the notes are played in this pattern.
It is for picking notes rather than strumming.
2. CHORUS: Just strum the chord on the first beat of each measure, or feel free to add more if you want.
3. POST-CHORUS: On the muted strums, just play the root note of the chord, and palm-mute it.
Chord Voicings:
C: 0-0-0-3
G: 0-2-3-2 or 4-2-3-2
Am: 2-0-0-0 or 2-0-0-3
Em: 0-4-0-2 or 0-4-3-2
F: 2-0-1-0 or 2-0-1-3
Dm: 2-2-1-0
C/D: 0-2-0-3
D7: 2-2-2-3
G#dim: 1-2-4-2 or 4-2-4-2
E: 2-4-4-4 OR 1-4-0-2 (I prefer the first one)
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[Intro]
A|-0-----7----------7-----|
E|-0-0-5---8----0-5---8---|
C|-0----------------------|
G|------------------------|
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0-----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0---------0--------0--------0--------0----------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0-------------------------------|
E|-1--------1--------1--------1--------0--0-1-0--4--4-5-4--7--7-8-7-|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0---0-2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0---------0--------0--------0--------0----------|
C|-0------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0-------------------------------|
E|-1--------1--------1--------1--------0--0-1-0--4--4-5-4--7--7-8-7-|
C|-0----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----5-3-2----0-2------0-2------0-2------5-3-2---|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------------3--------3--------3------------|
C|-------------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----5-3-2----0-2------0-2------0-2------5-3-2---|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------------3--------3--------3------------|
C|-------------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Silence! Oh, I remember the silence, on a cold winter's day.
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----5-3-2----0-2------0-2------0-2------5-3-2---|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------------3--------3--------3------------|
C|-------------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
After many months on the battlefield, and we were used to the violence,
A|---5-7-3----5-7-3----5-7-3----8-7-5-3----3-5-2----3-5-2----3-5-2----2-3-5-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0---------0--------0--------0----------0--------0--------0--------0---------|
Then all the cannons went silent, and the snow fell.
A|-0-7-8-5--0-7-8-5--0-7-8-5--0-10-8-7-----5-7-3----5-7-3----3-5-2----5-3-2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------0--------0--------0--------0---------|
Voices sang to me from no man's land
[Pre-Chorus]
A|-------------------------------0-5-7-8--0-0--0--0-2--2--2--0-0--0--0--2|
E|-0-5-7-8----7-8-10----8-10-12-----------0-0--0--0-4--4--4--0-0--0--0--4|
C|----------------------------------------4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4|
G|----------0---------0-------------------4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4|
We are all, we are all, we are all friends!
A|-3-5---|
E|-1-3---|
C|-------|
G|-------|
And to-
[Chorus]
C G
-day, we're all brothers,
Am Em
Tonight, we're all friends,
C G Am G
A moment of peace in a war that never ends.
C G
Today, we're all brothers,
Am Em
We drink, and unite,
C G
Now Christmas has arrived,
Am G
And the snow turns the ground white!
[Post-Chorus]
C G
Hear carols from the trenches,
Am F
We sing, O Holy Night,
Dm C C/D G
Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes,
F D7
A Christmas in the trenches,
G G#dim
A Christmas on the front, far from...
[Break]
A|-0-2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----5-3-2----0-2------0-2------0-2------5-3-2---|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------------3--------3--------3------------|
C|-0-----------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
G|-2------------------------------------------------------------------------|
...home!
[Verse 1]
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----5-3-2----0-2------0-2------0-2------5-3-2---|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------------3--------3--------3------------|
C|-------------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Madness! Oh, I remember the sadness, we were hiding our tears.
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----5-3-2----0-2------0-2------0-2------5-3-2---|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------------3--------3--------3------------|
C|-------------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
In a foreign land where we faced our fears, we were soldiers,
A|---5-7-3----5-7-3----5-7-3----8-7-5-3----3-5-2----3-5-2----3-5-2----2-3-5-7--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0---------0--------0--------0----------0--------0--------0--------0---------|
carried the war on our shoulders, for our nations,
A|-0-7-8-5--0-7-8-5--0-7-8-5--0-10-8-7-----5-7-3----5-7-3----3-5-2----5-3-2----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------0--------0--------0--------0---------|
is that why we bu- ry our friends?
[Pre-Chorus]
A|-------------------------------0-5-7-8--0-0--0--0-2--2--2--0-0--0--0--2|
E|-0-5-7-8----7-8-10----8-10-12-----------0-0--0--0-4--4--4--0-0--0--0--4|
C|----------------------------------------4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4|
G|----------0---------0-------------------4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4|
We are all, we are all, we are all friends!
A|-3-5---|
E|-1-3---|
C|-------|
G|-------|
And to-
[Chorus]
C G
-day, we're all brothers,
Am Em
Tonight, we're all friends,
C G Am G
A moment of peace in a war that never ends.
C G
Today, we're all brothers,
Am Em
We drink, and unite,
C G
Now Christmas has arrived,
Am G
And the snow turns the ground white!
[Post-Chorus]
C G
Hear carols from the trenches,
Am F
We sing, O Holy Night,
Dm C C/D G
Our guns laid to rest among snowflakes,
F D7
A Christmas in the trenches,
G G#dim C
A Christmas on the front, far from home!
[Guitar Solo]
G Am F C
G Am G C
G Am F C
G Am G C
G Dm Am F
C Dm G F
D7 G E
[Bridge]
A|-3--2-0--3-2-3-5-3-2-0--2-0----------0-0--3--2-0--3-2-3-5-3-2-0--2-0------0---0-2-|
E|----------------------------3--3-2-3---------------------------------3--4---4-----|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6--5-3--6-5-6-8-6-5-3--5-3----------3-3--6--5-3--6-5-6-8-6-5-3--5-3-1--3-1---1---|
E|----------------------------6--6-5-6----------------------------------------4---3-|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Break]
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0-----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0---------0--------0--------0--------0----------|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0-------------------------------|
E|-1--------1--------1--------1--------0--0-1-0--4--4-5-4--7--7-8-7-|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
A|-------------------------------0-5-7-8--0-0--0--0-2--2--2--0-0--0--0--2|
E|-0-5-7-8----7-8-10----8-10-12-----------0-0--0--0-4--4--4--0-0--0--0--4|
C|----------------------------------------4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4|
G|----------0---------0-------------------4-4--4--4-4--4--4--4-4--4--4--4|
We are all, we are all, we are all friends!
A|-3-5---|
E|-1-3---|
C|-------|
G|-------|
And to-
[Chorus]
(C) (G)
-day, we're all brothers,
(Am) (Em)
Tonight, we're all friends,
(C) (G) (Am) (G)
A moment of peace in a war that never ends.
(C) (G)
Today, we're all brothers,
(Am) (Em)
We drink, and unite,
(C) (G)
Now Christmas has arrived,
(Am) (G)
And the snow turns the ground white!
[Outro]
C F
A Christmas on the frontline
G C
We walk among our friends
Am Dm
We don't think about tomorrow
Em F
The battle will commence
G G#dim C F
When we celebrated Christmas
G C
We thought about our friends
Am Dm
Those who never made it home
Am
When the battle had com-
(SLOW DOWN)
A|---2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0----2-3-0--7--------7-----0--|
E|-0--------0--------0--------0--------8-7-8-5--8-7-8-0--|
C|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
-menced.