About She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain is a folk song in G major — beginner-friendly, running from B, to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Folk song
- Key
- G major · 2/4
- Range
- B, to d · first position
- Notes used
- C D E F♯ G A B
- Level
- Beginner-friendly
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — sheet music
G major · 2/4
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 | G G G G | E D B, D | G G A | B B B B | d B A G | A d C | B B B B | A G G G | E E E E A G F♯ E | D D D D | B A E F♯ | G
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-----|---------|---------|---| A|-----|---------|---------|---| D|-0-2-|-5-5-5-5-|-2-0---0-|-5-| G|-----|---------|-----4---|---|
E|-----|---------|---------|---| A|---0-|-2-2-2-2-|-5-2-0---|-0-| D|-5---|---------|-------5-|---| G|-----|---------|---------|---|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------| A|-5-3-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-------|---------| D|-----|---------|---5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-| G|-----|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---| A|-0-------|---------|-2-0-----|---| D|---5-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-----2-4-|-5-| G|---------|---------|---------|---|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-----|---------|---------|---| A|-----|---------|---------|---| D|-0-2-|-5-5-5-5-|-2-0---0-|-5-| G|-----|---------|-----4---|---|
E|-----|---------|---------|---| A|---0-|-2-2-2-2-|-5-2-0---|-0-| D|-5---|---------|-------5-|---| G|-----|---------|---------|---|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------| A|-5-3-|-2-2-2-2-|-0-------|---------| D|-----|---------|---5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-| G|-----|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---| A|-0-------|---------|-2-0-----|---| D|---5-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-----2-4-|-5-| G|---------|---------|---------|---|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|-----|---------|---------|---| A|-----|---------|---------|---| D|-0-1-|-3-3-3-3-|-1-0---0-|-3-| G|-----|---------|-----2---|---|
E|-----|---------|---------|---| A|---0-|-1-1-1-1-|-3-1-0---|-0-| D|-3---|---------|-------3-|---| G|-----|---------|---------|---|
E|------|---------|---------|---------| A|-3-L2-|-1-1-1-1-|-0-------|---------| D|------|---------|---3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-| G|------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---| A|-0-------|---------|-1-0-----|---| D|---3-2-1-|-0-0-0-0-|-----1-2-|-3-| G|---------|---------|---------|---|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-----|---------|---------|---| B|-----|---------|---------|---| G|-----|-0-0-0-0-|---------|-0-| D|-0-2-|---------|-2-0---0-|---| A|-----|---------|-----2---|---| E|-----|---------|---------|---|
e|-----|---------|---------|---| B|-----|-0-0-0-0-|-3-0-----|---| G|-0-2-|---------|-----2-0-|-2-| D|-----|---------|---------|---| A|-----|---------|---------|---| E|-----|---------|---------|---|
e|-----|---------|---------|---------| B|-3-1-|-0-0-0-0-|---------|---------| G|-----|---------|-2-0-0-0-|---------| D|-----|---------|---------|-2-2-2-2-| A|-----|---------|---------|---------| E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
e|---------|---------|---------|---| B|---------|---------|-0-------|---| G|-2-0-----|---------|---2-----|-0-| D|-----4-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-----2-4-|---| A|---------|---------|---------|---| E|---------|---------|---------|---|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string
A|-5-7-|-10-10-10-10-|-7-5-2-5-|-10-| E|-----|-------------|---------|----| C|-----|-------------|---------|----| G|-----|-------------|---------|----|
A|-10-12-|-14-14-14-14-|-17-14-12-10-|-12-| E|-------|-------------|-------------|----| C|-------|-------------|-------------|----| G|-------|-------------|-------------|----|
A|-17-15-|-14-14-14-14-|-12-10-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-| E|-------|-------------|-------------|---------| C|-------|-------------|-------------|---------| G|-------|-------------|-------------|---------|
A|-12-10-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-|-14-12-7-9-|-10-| E|-----------|---------|-----------|----| C|-----------|---------|-----------|----| G|-----------|---------|-----------|----|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain chords
G major · 7 chords: G, D7, G7, C, C♯dim, G/D, Am7
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 She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Ukulele chords for She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
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.