Iesus Ahatonnia - Chords

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 IESUS AHATONNIA  (The Huron Carol)

 Transcribed from the 1993 Christmas album

 Transcribed and tabbed by Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com)

 This song is one of the very first and few Christmas carols to have originated
 in North America. It was written in the early 1600's and is attributed the French
 missionary, Jesuit Fr. Jean de Brebeuf who associated with the native Huron people
 in what is now called Canada.  Sources are unclear, the words and music may have
 originated from the Huron themselves.


 Tuning: FACGCF  (I Saw Three Ships uses this same tuning)
 Key:  Fm

 Chords:
    I	0-3-0-1-0-0
   II	0-4-0-3-0-0
  III	0-6-0-5-0-0
   IV	0-1-0-0-3-0
    V	0-11-0-10-0-0
   VI	0-13-0-12-0-0
  VII	0-15-0-13-0-0
 VIII	0-10-0-8-0-0
   IX	0-8-0-6-0-0
    X	2-1-0-0-3-0
            
            
 Fingerstyle pattern:
      general pattern
      , . , . , . , .  , . , . , . , .    
    | ----------------|----x-----------|    
    | ----------------|----x-----------| 
    |*--------x-------|---------------*|  
    |*----------------|x-----------x--*| 
    |-----x-------x---|--------x-------|  (thumb)
    | x---------------|----------------|  (thumb)
       ^           ^            ^         accent

   Use this same fingerstyle pattern for all other chords (more or less),
   with the thumb plucking the lowest strings.

       example  Fm  (chord I)
      , . , . , . , .  , . , . , . , .
    | ----------------|----0-----------|
    | ----------------|----0-----------|
    |*--------1-------|---------------*|
    |*----------------|0-----------0--*|
    |-----3-------3---|--------3-------|
    | 0---------------|----------------|
       ^           ^            ^

 Chord Progression:

   (each chord gets 4 counts)

   I   I    I    I
   singing starts

   I   II   III  II   I   IV     I    I
   I   II   III  II   I   IV     I    I
   V   VI   VII  VI   V    V   VIII  VIII
  IX   IX   III  II   I   IV     I    X
  (repeat)


 Lyrics:

 (sung in native Huron,
 English translation from 1994 Columbia Records Christmas concert recording)
  
 Have courage, you who are human beings
 Jesus, He is born
 the oke(sp?) spirit who enslaved us has fled
 Don't listen to him for he corrupts the spirits of our thoughts
 Jesus, He is born

 The oke(sp?) spirits who live in the sky are coming with a message
 they're coming to say "Put yourself on the top of life, Mary has given birth"
 Jesus, He is born

 Three men of great authority have left for the place of his birth
 a star appearing over the horizon leads them there
 that star will walk first on the path to guide them
 Jesus, He is born

 The star stopped not far from where Jesus was born
 having found the place it said "Come this way"
 Jesus, He is born

 As they arrived and saw Jesus they praised His name saying that He is good and kind
 they oiled his scalp many times with the oil of the sunflower
 Jesus, He is born

 They say "Let us place His name in a position of honor,
 let us act reverently towards Him for He comes to show us mercy
 it is the will of the Spirits that you love us, Jesus
 and wish that we may be adopted into your family"
 Jesus, He is born