‘Happy Xmas’の後になぜ“War is over”と括弧書きで付いているのか。そういうことを語るのは世間にたくさん存在するJohn Lennon崇拝者に任せます。
この歌の歌詞,嫌いではありません。シンプルだから覚えやすいしね。
John Lennonの曲だから,ギターのコードもそこまで難しくないだろうと思っていたんだけど,ギター担当者に言わせると「意外と難しい」そうで。そりゃー,John Lennonが最初に覚えた楽器はギターではなくてバンジョーだったらしいから,ギターっぽくないアレンジもあれこれ入れ込んであるのかもしれないわねぇ(よくわからんけど)。
Happy Xmas(War is Over)
So this is Xmas And what have you done?
Another year over and a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas, I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one, the old and the young
A very merry Xmas and a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear
And so this is Xmas, For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas For black and for white
For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Xmas and a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear
And so this is Xmas And what have we done?
Another year over, a new one just begun
And so happy Xmas We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one, the old and the young
A very merry Xmas and a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now!
So this is Xmas And what have you done?
Another year over and a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas, I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one, the old and the young
A very merry Xmas and a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear
And so this is Xmas, For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas For black and for white
For yellow and red ones Let's stop all the fight
A very merry Xmas and a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear
And so this is Xmas And what have we done?
Another year over, a new one just begun
And so happy Xmas We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one, the old and the young
A very merry Xmas and a happy new year
Let's hope it's a good one without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now!
ところで。‘For black and for white,For yellow and red ones’って「黒人も白人も,黄色人種も」ってとこまではわかるんだけど,「赤い人」って何を指すのでしょうか?褐色のことかな?
black, white, yellowがなければ「天狗?」とでも言いたいところ(←違うって)。