That's a Christmas to Me, Acoustic Guitar Arrangement

That's a Christmas to Me
Arrangement for Acoustic Guitar

Originally by Justin McElroy
From the podcast My Brother, My Brother & Me, episode 435: "The Pasta Poem"

Tab/Arrangement by @fretzl

Arrangement borrows partly from this full arrangement by Adam Sakiyama: https://youtu.be/aKXzNJQ3R8w

Video: https://youtu.be/bWEgC3ZKVF0

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B e)

LEGEND:

h: hammer-on
p: pull-off

/: slide up
\: slide down

x: mute/dampen string

^ (when at bottom of tab): note(s) are flicked instead of plucked
^ (when beside notes): rolled chord (pick each string from lowest to highest with a different finger in quick succession)
^^: strummed arpeggio-up (i.e. just strum slowly)

(12): harp harmonic (touch index finger on plucking-hand at the 12th fret, pluck with another plucking-hand hand finger)


NOTES:

Things should more or less be spaced out according to timing,
with two hyphens (--) equating to one 16th note.

I try to be as accurate as possible but ultimately this stuff
is a slight approximation/simplification, and you should
both refer to the video for the general feel and timing etc, and
feel free to tweak any of it if something else works better
for you.

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TABS:

  NOTE - These can get a bit messed up on mobile, if there's a "request desktop site"
         option on your mobile browser then selecting that usually displays it properly,
         otherwise try it on a computer.

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------1h4--/6--\4---4-----------------^^4-------------5-----5\6-|
D|---------2---x----------/6---4\2-2-2-----^^2-----------------------|
A|-----2---2---x---0-------0-----------2---^^2-----------7-----7-----|
E|-0-----0-------------------------0-------^^0-------0h4-----4-------|
           ^               ^

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5-5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5-------------------4---------|
G|---------6---------------6-----------4---------------------0-----|
D|---------x---------------4---------------7-----------5---------0-|
A|-----7---7-------------------------------6-------------------6---|
E|-5-----5---------6-----6---------7-----7---------0h7-----7-------|
           ^               ^               ^

e|-----------------------------------------0-----------------------|
B|---------0-----0-------0-----0h2---------2-----------------------|
G|---------1---1-----1-------1-----1-------1-------------3-----3-4-|
D|-----2---2-----------2---2-----------2---2-----------2-----2-----|
A|-4-----4---------3-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------2-----2---------0h2-----2-------|
           ^               ^               ^

e|---------------------^4-----0-------------------------------------|
B|---------5-----5-5---^4-------5p0---------0-------------0---------|
G|---------4-------4---^2-------------------1-----------------2-----|
D|-----2---2--------------------------------2-----------2-------2/6-|
A|-0-----0-----0---0---^2---------------2---2-------2h3-----3-------|
E|----------------------------------0-----0-------------------------|
           ^                                ^


e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------2/4---5-----5p2-x-------------------------------1---------|
G|---------4-----------2---x---4p1---------^^1-----------------1-----|
D|-------6-----------2-----x-2-------4-2---^^2-----------2-------4---|
A|-----7-----------0-----------------------^^2---------------------2/|
E|-0-------------------------------0-------^^0-------0h4-----4-------|
           ^               ^

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5-----5---5-----5---5--^2---0---------------------------|
G|---------4---------5-----5------^2-----2-------2-x-----2-----2---|
D|-----6---6-------------4-----------------2-------x-2-----------2-|
A|/4-----4-----4------------------^0-----------0---x---0-----------|
E|-----------------4---4-----------------------------------0h1-----|
           ^               ^               ^               ^

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5---5---5-------5---5---------5-----------------------|
G|---------2---------------3-----------4---4---x---------5-----5-6-|
D|-----2---2-------------2-2---------2-----2---x-x-----4-----4-----|
A|---------------------------------------------x-------------------|
E|-2-----2---------3---3-----------4---------------4/5-----5-------|
           ^               ^               ^

e|----------------^5-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------5-5---5-------7p5-5---0-------0---------0-------0---------|
G|----^6---6------^6---6---6---2-------2-----2-----0---------0-----|
D|-----------------------------1-------1-------1---1-------x---1---|
A|----^7----------^7---7-------2-----------2-----------2-----------|
E|-5--^5-------5--^6---6-------------------------------------------|
           ^               ^           ^           ^       ^


e|---------0-----0-0---4-----0-0-----------------------------------|
B|---------0-------2---2------/5-0---------0-------------3-------0-|
G|-----1---1-------2---2-------------------1-----1-----------4-----|
D|---------2-------2---2---------------2---2-----------2-------2---|
A|-------2---------0---0-------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------0-------------------0-----0-----0---0h4-----4-------|
           ^       ^   ^       ^           ^       ^           ^

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-----0-----0---0-----2---0-----------0---------------0-------|
G|-------2-2---2---------2-2-----2---------2-----2---------2-----0-|
D|-----2---------------2---------------4---4-----4\3---3---3-------|
A|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------4---------------2-----2-----2-----2---2-----2---|
           ^               ^               ^               ^

e|----------------------------------------------------^6-----------|
B|---5-----5-----5---5-----4---2-------------2h5/7----^5-----------|
G|---2-----2-----2---3-----3-----4---------4-----------------------|
D|---2---2---------------2-2-----------2---2-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------^4-------4--/|
E|-2---2-------2---3---3-----------4-----4---------2--^2-------2--/|
           ^               ^               ^                   ^

e|---------^0-----0-0--^4-----0-0-------------------------------0---|
B|---------^0-------0--^4-------------------------0-----------------|
G|---------------------^2---------------------2-------2-------2-----|
D|------------------------------------------2---------------4-------|
A|/7-------^7-------7--^2---------------2h3-----3-------3\5---------|
E|/5-----5------5---5---------------0-------------------------------|
                          ^-- slow down a bit starting here

e|------------------------------(12)--------------------------------|
B|-^0---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-^1---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-^4---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-^2---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-^0---------------------------------------------------------------|