Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — Chords, Tab & Sheet Music

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About Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho is a spiritual in D minor (it uses the notes of F major) — beginner-friendly, running from C♯ to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Spiritual
Key: D minor (the notes of F major) · 4/4
Range: C♯ to d · first position
Notes used: C♯ D E F G A
Level: Beginner-friendly

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — sheet music

D minor (the notes of F 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

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Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — tab

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

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----------------|---------|---------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-0---0-0-|---------|-0---0-0-------|
D|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|---3-----|-5-2-5-5-|---3-----5-3-2-|
G|---6-------------|---------|---------|---------------|

E|-----------------|-------------|-----------|---|
A|-----------------|-0---0-0-----|-0---------|---|
D|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|---3-----3-5-|---5-5-3-2-|-0-|
G|---6-------------|-------------|-----------|---|

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

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

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

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----------------|---------|---------|---------------|
A|-----------------|-0---0-0-|---------|-0---0-0-------|
D|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|---3-----|-5-2-5-5-|---3-----5-3-2-|
G|---6-------------|---------|---------|---------------|

E|-----------------|-------------|-----------|---|
A|-----------------|-0---0-0-----|-0---------|---|
D|-0---0-2-3-2-3-5-|---3-----3-5-|---5-5-3-2-|-0-|
G|---6-------------|-------------|-----------|---|

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

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

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

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|--------------------|----------|---------|-----------------|
A|--------------------|-0----0-0-|---------|-0----0-0--------|
D|-0----0-1-L2-1-L2-3-|---L2-----|-3-1-3-3-|---L2-----3-L2-1-|
G|---H3---------------|----------|---------|-----------------|

E|--------------------|---------------|------------|---|
A|--------------------|-0----0-0------|-0----------|---|
D|-0----0-1-L2-1-L2-3-|---L2-----L2-3-|---3-3-L2-1-|-0-|
G|---H3---------------|---------------|------------|---|

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

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

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

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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

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

A|-5-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-|-0-0---------|---|
E|---------|---------|-------1-0---|---|
C|---------|---------|-----------2-|-2-|
G|---------|---------|-----0-------|---|

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

Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho chords

D minor (the notes of F major) · 8 chords: Dm, Gm, A7, B♭, Gm6, G♯dim, F/C, Dm/C

Gm A7

Dm A7

Dm B♭

Dm Gm6 G♯dim A7

F/C

B♭ A7

Dm/C B♭

Dm Gm6 G♯dim A7

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 F/C means play F with C as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

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

Ukulele chords for Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

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

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho

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