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Christ the Lord Guitar Tablature
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Christ the Lord is Risen Today, Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
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Arranged and tabbed by Michael T. Frizzell 
January 5, 1995
Key of G, 4/4 Time

    1 2 3 4    1 2 3 4	  1 + 2 + 3  4 +     1 2 3 4	1 2 3 4
			    Gsus4
    G / / /    C / / /	  G   /   C   /      G D G /	C / / /
E-----------|----0-0---|------------------|----------|------0---|
B---0-3-3---|--1-----3-|--0-1-3----1--0-1-|--0-------|--1-3---3-|
Go-^0-----0-|-^0-------|-^0-I-I-0-^0--I-I-|-^0-2-0h0-|-^0-------|
Do-^0-------|-^2---2---|-^0-I-I-I-^2--I-I-|-^0-0-0h0-|-^2---2---|
A--^2---2---|-^3-------|-^2-I-I-I-^3--I-I-|-^2---2h2-|-^3-------|
E--^3-------|----------|-^3-I-I-I-----I-I-|-^3---3h3-|----------|
			  I_I I_I     I_I
    2 2 2 1    2 2 2 1	  2 1 2 1  2  1 2    2 2 2 -	2 1 2 1
    T	T      T   T	  T	   T	     T T T -	T   T


    1 2 3 4    1 + 2 +	3  4 &	 1  2  3 4   1	2  3  4   1  2	3  4

   C  / / /   G    /	C  /	 G  D  G /    D  G  D /    G  D  G /
E-----------|------------------|-----------|-^2-^3-^5---|-^3-^5-^7h7-|
B---1-0-0---|--0-1-3----1--0-1-|--0----0h0-|-^3-^3-^7---|-^3-^7-^8h8-|
G--^0-----2-|-^0-I-I-0-^0--I-I-|-^0-2-^0h0-|-^2-^4-^7-7-|-^4-^7-^7h7-|
D--^2---0---|-^0-I-I-I-^2--I-I-|-^0-0-^0h0-|----------0-|-------^0h0-|
A--^3-------|-^2-I-I-I-^3--I-I-|-^2---^2h2-|------------|------------|
E-----------|-^3-I-I-I-----I-I-|-^3---^3h3-|------------|------------|
	       I_I I_I	   I_I
    2 2 2 1    2 1 2 1 2   1 2	  2 2 2  -	      2
    T	T      T       T	  T T T  -   T	T  T  T   T  T	T  -


   1 + 2 +  3  4 &    1  2  3 4    1 + 2 + 3   4    1  2   3  4
			 D2	     D2
   D Dsus4  G  /      D  /  D /    D   D   G	    C
E--2-3-5----3--2-3-|--2--0------|----0-2---^3----|-----0---0----|
B-^3-I-I-3-^0--I-I-|-^3-----3h3-|-^3-I-I-3-^0--0-|--1---------3-|
G-^2-I-I-I-^0--I-I-|-^2---------|-^2-I-I-I-^0----|-^0------0----|
D-^0-I-I-I-^0--I-I-|-^0-----0---|-^0-I-I-I-^0----|-^2-----------|
A------I-I-^2--I-I-|-----0------|--I-I-I-I-^2----|-^3-----------|
E------I-I-^3--I-I-|------------|--I-I-I-I-^3----|--------------|
   I_I I_I     I_I		   I_I I_I
   2 1 2 1  2  1 2    2  2  1 -    1 2 2 1     1    1  2   2  1
   T	    T	      T  T  T	   T	    T	    T	   T
								
						C / / /    G   /    C
   1 + 2 +  3 + 4 +    1  2  3 4
		       rit.	    repeat
   G	    C	       G  D  G					
					     C / / /	G   /	 C
E--3-2-3----0-2-3-5-|--3--2--3h3--||
B-^3-I-I-3-^1-I-I-I-|-^0-^3-^0h0--||
G-^3-I-I-I-^0-I-I-I-|-^0-^2-^0h0-o||
D-^0-I-I-I-^2-I-I-I-|-^0-^0-^0h0-o||
A-^2-I-I-I-^3-I-I-I-|-^2----^2h2--||
E-^3-I-I-I----I-I-I-|-^3----^3h3--||
   I_I I_I  I_I I_I
   2 1 2 1  2 1 2 1    2  2  2 -   Fine
   T	    T	       T  T  T

   G	      /       C       /       G Gsus4 C /    G	D G
1. Christ the Lord is risen today,    Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   C	      /        /      /       G Gsus4 C /    G	D G
   Sons   of  men  and angels say,    Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   D	 G    D    /   G  D	G     D Dsus4 G      D D2 /
   Raise your joys and Triumphs high, Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   D	 D2 D	     G	 C     /      G 	C    G	D G
   Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Al- - - - le - lu - ia!

2. Love's re-deem-ing work is done,   Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Fought the fight, the battle won;  Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Death in vain for-bids Him rise;   Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Christ has o-pened Par-a-dise.     Al- - - - le - lu - ia!

3. Lives a-gain our glo-rious King;   Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Where, O death is now thy sting?   Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Dy-ing once, He all doth save;     Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Where thy vic-to-ry, O grave?      Al- - - - le - lu - ia!

4. Soar we now where Christ has led,  Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Fol-lowing our ex-alt-ed Head;     Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Made like Him, like Him we rise;   Al- - - - le - lu - ia!
   Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. Al- - - - le - lu- ia!  A-MEN.


Chords used:

	   D2	    Dsus4      D	G	 C
 
	 EADGBE     EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE   EADGBE
	 ------     ------   ------   ------   ----1-
	 ---1--     ---1--   ---1-2   -1----   --2---
	 ----2-     ----23   ----3-   2----3   -3----
	 ------     ------   ------   ------   ------


Notation:
E-^0-
B-^1-	  =downstroke strum of a
G-^0-	   C chord without the
D-^2-	   bass E string
A-^3-
E-^X-

   T -


E--3-
B-^0-	  =downstroke strum of a
G-^0-	   G chord while simultaneously plucking the open high E note
D-^0-	   (1st string) with the 2nd finger of the right hand.
A-^2
E-^3-	   The fingerings written are optional and represent only one
	   way of fingering the passages.
   2 -	   2=middle finger right hand
   T	   T=thumb right hand

   1 2
   G
E-^7h7
B-^8h8	  =downstroke strum of a
G-^7h7	   G chord (D chord at 7th fret)
D-----	   and held for a second count.
A-----
E-----

   T -


   1  2  +
   C  /
E---------  =Strum the C chord with a downstroke of the thumb and
B--1--0-1-   simutaneously pluck the 2nd string with middle finger right
hand.
G-^0--I-I-   This is held for 1 count (a quarter note).
D-^2--I-I-   On the count of 2, pluck the open 2nd string with index
finger r.h.
A-^3--I-I-   This is only held for half a count (1/8th note).  On the '+',
the
E-----I-I-   middle finger plucks the 2nd string with right hand in normal
      I_I    C chord position.
  2   1 2
  T	     The I_I indicates 1/8th notes.

Mike Frizzell [email protected]
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