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Over The Waterfall — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Over The Waterfall

Over The Waterfall is a two-part old-time fiddle reel in D major — intermediate, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Reel, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D major · 4/4
Range
D to a · first position
Notes used
C C♯ D E F♯ G A B
Level
Intermediate

Over The Waterfall — sheet music

D 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

d e | f♯ a g f♯ e | d B A d e | f♯ a g f♯ e d d d d d e | f♯ a g f♯ e | d B A A B | C C C B A G G G G | F♯ G | A B | A B A G F♯ F♯ G A G F♯ E | D D D D F♯ G | A B | A B A G F♯ F♯ G A d C♯ d e | d d d d

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Over The Waterfall — tab

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

Over The Waterfall — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Over The Waterfall — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Over The Waterfall — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Over The Waterfall — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---0-|-2-5-3-2-0-|---------0-|-2-5-3-2-0-|
B|-3---|-----------|-3-0---3---|-----------|
G|-----|-----------|-----2-----|-----------|
D|-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
e|-----------0-|-2-5-3-2-0-|-----------|-----------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------|-3-0-----0-|-1-1-1-0---|
G|-------------|-----------|-----2-2---|---------2-|
D|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
e|---------|-----|-----|---------------|
B|---------|-----|---0-|---0-----------|
G|-0-0-0-0-|---0-|-2---|-2---2-0-----0-|
D|---------|-4---|-----|---------4-4---|
A|---------|-----|-----|---------------|
E|---------|-----|-----|---------------|
e|---------|-------------|-----|---------------|
B|---------|-------------|---0-|---0-----------|
G|-2-0-----|-----------0-|-2---|-2---2-0-----0-|
D|-----4-2-|-0-0-0-0-4---|-----|---------4-4---|
A|---------|-------------|-----|---------------|
E|---------|-------------|-----|---------------|
e|---------0-|---------|
B|---3-2-3---|-3-3-3-3-|
G|-2---------|---------|
D|-----------|---------|
A|-----------|---------|
E|-----------|---------|

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

Over The Waterfall — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-5-7-|-9-12-10-9-7-|-5-2-0-5-7-|-9-12-10-9-7-|
E|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|
C|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|
G|-----|-------------|-----------|-------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-9-12-10-9-7-|-5-2-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-2-0-|
E|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
C|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
G|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
A|---------|-----|-0-2-|-0-2-0---------|
E|---------|-2---|-----|---------2-2---|
C|---------|-----|-----|---------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-|---0-|-----|-------0-----0-|
A|-0-------|-------------|-0-2-|-0-2-0---------|
E|-----2-0-|---------2---|-----|---------2-2---|
C|---------|-2-2-2-2-----|-----|---------------|
G|---0-----|-----------0-|-----|-------0-----0-|
A|-0-5-4-5-7-|-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------|---------|
C|-----------|---------|
G|-----------|---------|

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

Over The Waterfall chords

D major · 4 chords: D, A, C, G

pickup
D
D
D A
D
D
D
C
G
G
D G
D
D A
D
D G
D
D A
D

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

Guitar chords for Over The Waterfall

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

D××A×C×G

Ukulele chords for Over The Waterfall

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

DACG

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Over The Waterfall

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

DACG

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This traditional setting comes from Jim’s Roots & Blues. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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