{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2230897,"song":"Christmas 1915","artist":"Celtic Thunder","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11470750-christmas-1915-chords-by-celtic-thunder/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2230897?type=chord","rating":4.92223,"votes":59,"content":"[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n1915 on Christmas Day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the western front the guns all died away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd lying in the mud on bags of sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe heard a German sing from no man's land[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe had tenor voice so pure and true[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe words were strange but every note we knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSoaring o'er the the living dead and damned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe German sang of peace from no man's land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey left their trenches and we left ours[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBeneath tin hats smiles bloomed like wild flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWith photos, cigarettes, and pots of wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe bult a soldier's truce on the front line[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir singer was a lad of 21[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe begged another song before the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd sitting in the mud and blood and fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe sang again the song all longed to hear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSilent night, no cannons roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA king is born of peace for evermore[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll's calm, all's bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll brothers hand in hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn 19 and 15 in no man's land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we killed them and they killed us again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAt night they charged we fought them hand to hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I killed the boy that sang in no man's land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSilent night no cannons roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA king is born of peace for evermore[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll's calm, all's bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll brothers hand in hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd that young soldier sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the song of peace still rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThough the captains and all the kings[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuilt no man's land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSleep in heavenly peace.[/tab]","plain_text":"D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G","Bm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}