Biography:
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.
Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Other songs:
- 20 Years
- Barton Hollow
- Between The Bars
- Birds Of A Feather
- Cest La Mort
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Devils Backbone
- Disarm
- Dust To Dust
- Falling
- Forget Me Not
- From This Valley
- Girl With The Red Balloon
- I Had Me A Girl
- I've Got This Friend
- If I Didn't Know Better
- Kingdom Come
- Poison And Wine
- Sour Times
- The Girl With The Red Balloon
- Tip Of My Tongue
- To Whom It May Concern
- C’est La Mort
- Devil’s Backbone
- Eavesdrop
- I’ve Got This Friend
- The One That Got Away
- You Are My Sunshine
- Billie Jean
- Go
- Goodbye Girl
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- I Want You Back
- If I Didnt Know Better
- Ive Got This Friend
- Lily Love
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh Henry
- One That Got Away
- Sacred Heart
- Same Old Same Old
- Tell Mama
- Tracks In The Snow
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This is my interpretation of the song, there are no actual tabs anywhere else for it so I tried to do it by
ear, but there are quite a few changes from the original in the chorus.
To play along with the original use capo 5th but I play with no capo.
Short Riff h= Hammer On
E----0-------------0---------------|
B----1-------------1---------------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2-------0---|
D----2-------------2---------0---0-|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----0-2-------|
E----------0--3--------------------|
Am E/Am D G
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Am E/Am F#/G G
Their old familiar carols play,
Dm G Em A
And wild and sweet the words repeat
C F E Am
Of peace on earth, good will to men
E----0-------------0---------------|
B----1-------------1---------------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2-------0---|
D----2-------------2---------0---0-|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----0-2-------|
E----------0--3--------------------|
Am E/Am D G
I thought how, as the day had come,
Am E/Am F#/G G
The belfries of all Christendom
Dm G Em C
Had rolled along the unbroken song
C F E Am
Of peace on earth, good will to men
E----0-------------0-------|
B----1-------------1-------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2---|
D----2-------------2-------|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----2-|
E----------0--3------------|
C Dm G
And in despair I bowed my head:
C F G
"There is no peace on earth," I said,
A7 Dm G
"For hate is strong and mocks the song
C F G Am
Of peace on earth, good will to men"
E----0-------------0---------------|
B----1-------------1---------------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2-------0---|
D----2-------------2---------0---0-|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----0-2-------|
E----------0--3--------------------|
Am E/Am D G
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
Am E/Am F#/G G
God is not dead, nor doth he sleep,
Dm G Em A
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
C F E Am
With peace on earth, good will to men"
ear, but there are quite a few changes from the original in the chorus.
To play along with the original use capo 5th but I play with no capo.
Short Riff h= Hammer On
E----0-------------0---------------|
B----1-------------1---------------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2-------0---|
D----2-------------2---------0---0-|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----0-2-------|
E----------0--3--------------------|
Am E/Am D G
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Am E/Am F#/G G
Their old familiar carols play,
Dm G Em A
And wild and sweet the words repeat
C F E Am
Of peace on earth, good will to men
E----0-------------0---------------|
B----1-------------1---------------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2-------0---|
D----2-------------2---------0---0-|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----0-2-------|
E----------0--3--------------------|
Am E/Am D G
I thought how, as the day had come,
Am E/Am F#/G G
The belfries of all Christendom
Dm G Em C
Had rolled along the unbroken song
C F E Am
Of peace on earth, good will to men
E----0-------------0-------|
B----1-------------1-------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2---|
D----2-------------2-------|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----2-|
E----------0--3------------|
C Dm G
And in despair I bowed my head:
C F G
"There is no peace on earth," I said,
A7 Dm G
"For hate is strong and mocks the song
C F G Am
Of peace on earth, good will to men"
E----0-------------0---------------|
B----1-------------1---------------|
G----0--h2---------0--h2-------0---|
D----2-------------2---------0---0-|
A--0-0-----------0-0-----0-2-------|
E----------0--3--------------------|
Am E/Am D G
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
Am E/Am F#/G G
God is not dead, nor doth he sleep,
Dm G Em A
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,
C F E Am
With peace on earth, good will to men"
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