Christmas Ukulele: Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody
December 10, 2007
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Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody (Chords)
I couldn’t imagine Christmas without this song. When I picture the nativity, I imagine Joseph screeching, “It’s KRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSS-MAAAAS.” But, I’m guessing, most people outside the UK will be completely baffled by it.
The song starts out with a series of ’slash chords’ which need a little reworking on the uke (you can read about how to do it here) and is a little fiddly to play. But, other than that, it’s fairly plain sailing through the rest of the tune.
Thanks for Slade, really great,,,
this must be a british thing. sorry, dude, you just dropped three points….
It was worth it.
It’s definitely one of those Brit things that Americans will never understand. Up there with Marmite, cricket and public transport.
I dare n’t even attempt to play this one at home. My wife hates, with a passion, Wizzard, Slade and all the other ‘Christmas hit’s’ She has, on occasion, been known to walk out of shops if they play any of those songs. ..I wonder if she is American? Just for the record she also has a distaste for Abba & Tom Cruise.
Mind you, come to think about it, those songs may sound better on a uke … although for some reason I feel a Clint Eastwood moment coming on…. I know what you’re thinking. “should you play Slade & Wizzard or White Christmas & Jingle Bells?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, puke?
If she walks out of shops when Wizzard and Slade come on, how does she get any shopping done?
Abba and Tom Cruise, on the other hand, are completely understandable.