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Go Tell It On The Mountain — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Go Tell It On The Mountain

Go Tell It On The Mountain is a spiritual in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Spiritual
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to e · first position
Notes used
C D E G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Go Tell It On The Mountain — sheet music

G major · 4/4

The notes

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

B B A G E | D G | A A A A G | B d e d B B A G E | D G C | B B A G A | G B d d e | d B | A A G A | B G B d d e | d B G | A A A G E | D d

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Go Tell It On The Mountain — tab

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

Go Tell It On The Mountain — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Go Tell It On The Mountain — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Go Tell It On The Mountain — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Go Tell It On The Mountain — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Go Tell It On The Mountain — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-2-2-0-----|-----|-0-0-0-0---|-2-5-7-5-|
E|---------0-|-----|-----------|---------|
C|-----------|-2---|-----------|---------|
G|-------0---|---0-|---------0-|---------|
A|-2-2-0-----|-----3-|-2-2-0---0-|---|
E|---------0-|-------|-----------|---|
C|-----------|-2-----|-----------|---|
G|-------0---|---0---|-------0---|-0-|
A|-2-5-5-7-|-5-2-|-0-0---0-|-2---|
E|---------|-----|---------|-----|
C|---------|-----|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----|-----0---|---0-|
A|-2-5-5-7-|-5-2---|-0-0-0-----|---5-|
E|---------|-------|---------0-|-----|
C|---------|-------|-----------|-2---|
G|---------|-----0-|-------0---|-----|

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

Go Tell It On The Mountain chords

G major · 10 chords: G, D7, Em, Am, G/D, G7, Cm, D, C7, D+

G
G
D7
G D7
G
G Em Am
G/D
G
G
G7
Am Cm
G
Em Am
D
Am C7
D D+

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 G/D means play G with D as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Go Tell It On The Mountain

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

GD7××EmAm×G/D××G7Cm3×D××C7×D+××

Ukulele chords for Go Tell It On The Mountain

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

GD7EmAmG/DG7CmDC7D+

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Go Tell It On The Mountain

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

GD7EmAmG/DG7CmDC7D+

More spirituals and tunes like it

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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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