Holiday Chords

TUNING: HALF-STEP DOWN
TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4
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[Intro]
E  G#m  A  B A
E  G#m  A  B A
 
[Verse]
E                    G#m
Let's go away for a while
        A
You and I,
        B         A        E
to a strange and distant land
            G#m               A
Where they speak no word of truth
             B            C#m
But we don't understand anyway
 
[Chorus]
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E        A
Far away, to stay on a..
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E               A
Far away, let's go today in a...
E       G#m
HEART - BEAT!
 
[Post-Chorus]
E    C      E
HEEEART BEAAAT
     C
HEEEART BEAAAT
 
[MINI-SOLO]
E  G#m  A  B A
 
[Verse]
E                         G#m
Don't bother to pack your bags
         A
Or your map
          B          A           E
We won't need them where we're goin'
             G#m                 A
We're goin' where the wind is blowin'
              B                C#m
Not knowin' where we're gonna stay
 
[Chorus]
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E        A
Far away, to stay on a..
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E        A
Far away, to stay on a..
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E               A
Far away, let's go today in a...
E       G#m
HEART - BEAT!
 
[Post-Chorus]
E    C      E
  HEEEART BEAAAT
     C      E
HEEEART BEAAAT
     C      E
HEEEART BEAAAT
     C
HEEEART BEAAAT
 
[Bridge] (bass only)
C#m       E        G#m
  We will write a postcard
A   B
To our...
C#m         E   G#m
Friends and family
     A    B
In free verse
C#m       E     G#m
We will write a postcard
A   B
To our...
C#m      E       G#m  A  B
On the road with Kerouac
C#m        E     G#m  A  B
Sheltered in his Bivouac
C#m       E         G#m   A  B
On this road we'll never die
 
[Interlude]
E  C
E  C
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E    C      E
HEEEART BEAAAT
     C      E
HEEEART BEAAAT
 
[Verse]
E                    G#m
Let's go away for a while
        A
You and I,
        B         A        E
to a strange and distant land
            G#m               A
Where they speak no word of truth
        B                   C#m
But we don't understand anyway
 
[Chorus]
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E        A
Far away, to stay on a..
E    G#m   A
HO - LI - DAY!
      E        A
Far away, to stay on a..
E    G#m
HO - LI...
 
[Outro]
A          E
Let's go away
A             E    G#m
Let's go on a HO - LI...
A          E
Let's go away
A             E    G#m  A  C#m  B  F#m  E
Let's go in a HEARTBEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAT
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