Here’s a quick demo of Merry Xmas Everybody, be sure to refer back to it as you learn the arrangement to make sure you’re playing it correctly.

This song was written by British rock band Slade in 1973 and went straight to number 1 in the UK after its release.
Merry Xmas Everybody has a reasonably simple chord progression throughout but with the fingerpicking thrown in it does get a little tricky. However, it’s a great deal of fun to play!
Here’s a quick demo of Merry Xmas Everybody, be sure to refer back to it as you learn the arrangement to make sure you’re playing it correctly.
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Join The Mailing ListOK let’s get going with Merry Xmas Everybody. The intro to this one begins with a descending bass line over a Bb chord. This sounds great, is a lot of fun to play and isn’t too hard providing you’ve got your barre chords down.
Into the verse/pre chorus now and things really start to pick up. I’d recommend learning the chord progression off by heart before trying to do the fancy fingerpicking.
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Here we have a four bar bridge that firmly moves into the key of D Minor before returning back to the chorus, in G Major.
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