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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 22:23:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Eric Schneider 
Subject: m/misc_christmas/what_child_is_this.tab

What Child is This?   Classical Christmas and Christian Song
Transcribed by: Eric Schneider

I figured this out just of figuring out the basic tune.  I wanted to spice it up, so here are chords to finger pick;
Make SURE YOU ACCENT THE TOP NOTES!!!!!

Feel free to repeat as many times as ya like.  When ready to quit, just end at 1/2 b.

1.   Am                 C                              G                   
|----|-------------0-----1-0-------------------------|
|----|-1-------3-----1-------1-3-------0-----------0-|
|-2--|---2-------2-----0---------0---------0-----2---|
|----|-----2-----------------------0-----0-----0-----|
|-0--|-0-----0-----3-----------------2-------2-------|
|----|-------------------------3-----------3---------| First time, to 1/2 a., second time, to b.

1/2a.    Am                               E
|------------------------------------|
|1---------------------0-------------|
|--2-----2---2-----1-2---1-----1-----|
|----2-----------0---------2-------2-|
|0-----0---0---0-------------2---2---|
|----------------------0-----------0-|

1/2b.
|--------------------------|
|1-----0-------------------|
|--2-----2-1-------1-2--2--|
|----2-------2---4---------|
|0-------------2-----0--0--|
|----------0---------------|

2.
|3-------3---3-----1-0----------------------|
|--1-------1---1-------3-------0-----------0|
|----0-----------0-------0---------0-----2--|
|--------------------------0-----2-----0----|
|3-----3-----3---------------2-------2------|
|----------------------3-----------3--------|  First time, to 1/2 a., second time, to b.

simpler version...
From: GLove1012@aol.com

What Child is This?
Folk Ballad
Trascribed 5/29/96

A lovely classical peice.  I use a "claw" method.
Kind of Mid-Evil, you dig?

   [..........fig.1.........]                  [fig.1]
----------0--1-0--------------------------------------------------------
---1--0-3--------3-0-----0--1----------0-----0---------0----------------
-2-------------------0-2-------2-2-1-2---1---------------2-1----1-2-2---
---------------------------------3-----2---2-----------------4----------
---0----2-3----------2------0-------------------------------------0-0---
-----------------3-------------------------0---------------0------------


 [........fig.2.....]                          [fig.2]
-3-3--2-0---------------------------------------------------------------
----------3-0-----0-1------------------0---------------0----------------
--------------0-2--------------2-2-1-2---1---------------2-1----1-2-2---
-2-2-----------------------------3-----2---2-----------------4----------
-3-3----------2-----0---------------------------------------------0-0---
----------3--------------------------------0---------------0------------