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Down In The Valley — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Down In The Valley

Down In The Valley is a folk song in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Folk song
Key
G major · 3/4
Range
D to d · first position
Notes used
C D F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Down In The Valley — sheet music

G 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

D G A | B | G | B A G A | A | D F♯ A | C A | C B A | B | B D G A | B | G | B A G A | A | D F♯ A | d d | C B A | G | G

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Down In The Valley — tab

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

Down In The Valley — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-------|---|---|-------|
A|-----0-|-2-|---|-2-0---|
D|-0-5---|---|-5-|-----5-|
G|-------|---|---|-------|
E|---|---|-------|---|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-3-|
D|---|---|-0-4---|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
E|---|-------|---|---|
A|-0-|-3-2-0-|-2-|-2-|
D|---|-------|---|---|
G|---|-------|---|---|
E|-------|---|---|-------|
A|-----0-|-2-|---|-2-0---|
D|-0-5---|---|-5-|-----5-|
G|-------|---|---|-------|
E|---|---|-------|---|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-5-|
D|---|---|-0-4---|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
E|---|-------|---|---|
A|-5-|-3-2-0-|---|---|
D|---|-------|-5-|-5-|
G|---|-------|---|---|

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

Down In The Valley — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-------|---|---|-------|
A|-----0-|-2-|---|-2-0---|
D|-0-5---|---|-5-|-----5-|
G|-------|---|---|-------|
E|---|---|-------|---|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-3-|
D|---|---|-0-4---|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
E|---|-------|---|---|
A|-0-|-3-2-0-|-2-|-2-|
D|---|-------|---|---|
G|---|-------|---|---|
E|-------|---|---|-------|
A|-----0-|-2-|---|-2-0---|
D|-0-5---|---|-5-|-----5-|
G|-------|---|---|-------|
E|---|---|-------|---|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-5-|
D|---|---|-0-4---|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
E|---|-------|---|---|
A|-5-|-3-2-0-|---|---|
D|---|-------|-5-|-5-|
G|---|-------|---|---|

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

Down In The Valley — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-------|---|---|-------|
A|-----0-|-1-|---|-1-0---|
D|-0-3---|---|-3-|-----3-|
G|-------|---|---|-------|
E|---|---|-------|----|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-L2-|
D|---|---|-0-2---|----|
G|---|---|-------|----|
E|---|--------|---|---|
A|-0-|-L2-1-0-|-1-|-1-|
D|---|--------|---|---|
G|---|--------|---|---|
E|-------|---|---|-------|
A|-----0-|-1-|---|-1-0---|
D|-0-3---|---|-3-|-----3-|
G|-------|---|---|-------|
E|---|---|-------|---|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-3-|
D|---|---|-0-2---|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
E|---|--------|---|---|
A|-3-|-L2-1-0-|---|---|
D|---|--------|-3-|-3-|
G|---|--------|---|---|

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

Down In The Valley — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Down In The Valley — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-----0-|-2-|---|-2-0---|
E|-------|---|---|-------|
C|-2-----|---|---|-------|
G|---0---|---|-0-|-----0-|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-3-|
E|---|---|---2---|---|
C|---|---|-2-----|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
A|-0-|-3-2-0-|-2-|-2-|
E|---|-------|---|---|
C|---|-------|---|---|
G|---|-------|---|---|
A|-----0-|-2-|---|-2-0---|
E|-------|---|---|-------|
C|-2-----|---|---|-------|
G|---0---|---|-0-|-----0-|
A|-0-|-0-|-----0-|-5-|
E|---|---|---2---|---|
C|---|---|-2-----|---|
G|---|---|-------|---|
A|-5-|-3-2-0-|---|---|
E|---|-------|---|---|
C|---|-------|---|---|
G|---|-------|-0-|-0-|

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

Down In The Valley chords

G major · 2 chords: G, D7

pickup
G
G
G
D7
D7
D7
D7
D7
D7
G
G
G
G
G
G
D7
D7
D7
D7
D7
D7
G
G

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Down In The Valley

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

GD7××

Ukulele chords for Down In The Valley

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

GD7

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Down In The Valley

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

GD7

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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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