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Away In A Manger — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Away In A Manger

Away In A Manger is a carol in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to C and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Carol
Key
F major · 3/4
Range
C to C · first position
Notes used
C D E F G A B♭
Level
Beginner-friendly

Away In A Manger — sheet music

F major · 3/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

C | C B♭ A | A G F | F E D C C | C D C | C G E | D C F A C | C B♭ A | A G F | F E D C C | B♭ A G | A G F | G D E F

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Away In A Manger — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Away In A Manger — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|-------|-------|-------|
A|-3-|-3-1-0-|-0-----|-------|
D|---|-------|---5-3-|-3-2-0-|
G|---|-------|-------|-------|
E|-----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-----|-------|-------|-------|
D|-----|---0---|---5-2-|-0---3-|
G|-5-5-|-5---5-|-5-----|---5---|
E|-----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0-----|-------|
D|-----|-------|---5-3-|-3-2-0-|
G|-----|-------|-------|-------|
E|-----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-----|-1-0---|-0-----|-------|
D|-----|-----5-|---5-3-|-5-0-2-|
G|-5-5-|-------|-------|-------|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Away In A Manger — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|-------|-------|-------|
A|-3-|-3-1-0-|-0-----|-------|
D|---|-------|---5-3-|-3-2-0-|
G|---|-------|-------|-------|
E|-----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-----|-------|-------|-------|
D|-----|---0---|---5-2-|-0---3-|
G|-5-5-|-5---5-|-5-----|---5---|
E|-----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0-----|-------|
D|-----|-------|---5-3-|-3-2-0-|
G|-----|-------|-------|-------|
E|-----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-----|-1-0---|-0-----|-------|
D|-----|-----5-|---5-3-|-5-0-2-|
G|-5-5-|-------|-------|-------|
E|---|
A|---|
D|-3-|
G|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Away In A Manger — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|----|---------|--------|--------|
A|-L2-|-L2-L1-0-|-0------|--------|
D|----|---------|---3-L2-|-L2-1-0-|
G|----|---------|--------|--------|
E|-----|-------|-------|--------|
A|-----|-------|-------|--------|
D|-----|---0---|---3-1-|-0---L2-|
G|-3-3-|-3---3-|-3-----|---3----|
E|------|---------|--------|--------|
A|-0-L2-|-L2-L1-0-|-0------|--------|
D|------|---------|---3-L2-|-L2-1-0-|
G|------|---------|--------|--------|
E|-----|--------|--------|-------|
A|-----|-L1-0---|-0------|-------|
D|-----|------3-|---3-L2-|-3-0-1-|
G|-3-3-|--------|--------|-------|
E|----|
A|----|
D|-L2-|
G|----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Away In A Manger — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Away In A Manger — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-3-|-3-1-0-|-0-----|-------|
E|---|-------|-----1-|-1-0---|
C|---|-------|-------|-----2-|
G|---|-------|---0---|-------|
A|-----|-------|-------|-------|
E|-----|-------|-----0-|-----1-|
C|-0-0-|-0-2-0-|-0-----|-2-0---|
G|-----|-------|---0---|-------|
A|-0-3-|-3-1-0-|-0-----|-------|
E|-----|-------|-----1-|-1-0---|
C|-----|-------|-------|-----2-|
G|-----|-------|---0---|-------|
A|-----|-1-0---|-0-----|-------|
E|-----|-------|-----1-|-----0-|
C|-0-0-|-------|-------|---2---|
G|-----|-----0-|---0---|-0-----|
A|---|
E|-1-|
C|---|
G|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Away In A Manger chords

F major · 8 chords: F, B♭, C7, F7, B♭/D, F/C, Gm, F/A

pickup
F
F
B♭
F
F
C7
F
F C7
F
F7
B♭/D
F/C
C7
F Gm F/A
C7
F

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like B♭/D means play B♭ with D as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Away In A Manger

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FB♭×C7×F7B♭/D××F/C×Gm3F/A×

Ukulele chords for Away In A Manger

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FB♭C7F7B♭/DF/CGmF/A

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Away In A Manger

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FB♭C7F7B♭/DF/CGmF/A

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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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