MISC CHRISTMAS - "christmas in the trenches.num" Tablature

From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES Time: 4/4 Key: E
- John McCutcheon, 1984
- Record: John McCutcheon, Winter Solstice / Water From Another Time

INTRO: 1, 4, 57, 1

1 6m 4 2m
My name is Frances Tolliver, ...
5 * 4 1
Two years ago the war was waiting ...
1 6m 4 2m
To Belgium and to Flanders, to ...
5 * 1 *
I fought for King and count...
5 * 4 1
'Twas Christmas in the trenches, ...
1 6m 4 5
The frozen fields of France were still, ...
1 6m 4 2m
Our families back in England were ...
5 * 1 *
Their brave and glorious ...


1 6m 4 2m
I was lying with my messmate, ...
5 * 4 1
When a-cross the lines of battle came ...
1 6m 4 2m
Says I, now listen up me boys, ...
5 * 1 *
As one young German voice sang ...
5 * 4 1
He's singing bloody well you know...
1 6m 4 5
Soon one by one each German voice...
1 6m 4 2m
The cannons rested silent, the ...
5 * 1 *
As Christmas brought us ...


1 6m 4 2m
As soon as they were finished...
5 * 4 1
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, ...
1 6m 4 2m
The next they sang was "Stille Nacht", ....
5 * 1 *
And in two tongues, one ...(SILENT NIGHT)
5 * 4 1
There's someone comin' t'wards us, ...
1 6m 4 5
All sights were fixed on one lone figure ...
1 6m 4 2m
His truce flag like a ...
5 * 1 *
As he bravely strode un-armed ...

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES (page 2)

1 6m 4 2m
Then one by one, on either side, ...
5 * 4 1
With neither gun or bayonet, we ...
1 6m 4 2m
We shared some secret brandy ...
5 * 1 *
And in a flare-lit soccer ...
5 * 4 1
We traded chocolates, ...
1 6m 4 5
These sons and fathers far away ...
1 6m 4 2m
Young Sanders played his ...
5 * 1 *
This curious and un-likely ...


1 6m 4 2m
Soon daylight stole u-pon us, and ...
5 * 4 1
With sad farewells we each began to ...
1 6m 4 2m
But the question haunted every ...
5 * 1 *
Whose family have I fixed ...
5 * 4 1
'Twas Christmas in the trenches where the ...
1 6m 4 5
The frozen fields of France were warmed as ...
1 6m 4 2m
For the walls they kept be-tween us to ex...
5 * 1 *
Had been crumbled and are gone ...


1 6m 4 2m
Oh my name is Frances Tolliver, ...
5 * 4 1
Each Christmas come since World War One, I've ...
1 6m 4 2m
That the ones who call the shots, won't be a-...
5 * 1 *
And on each end of the rifle, we're ...


Notes:
- Break after verses 4 and 6: The Minstrel Boy
- Break at V3L4: Silent Night

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)