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About Some Of These Days

Some Of These Days is a trad jazz tune in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D♯ to e and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

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

Some Of These Days — 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 A♯ B | A | A B B B A | G E E B A♯ B | A | A B B B A | G E E E D♯ E | C C | C B G♯ E | B B B E F♯ G | B B | B A A e A | d d d d B | G G | G d d e | C C C C C C | B B | B B B C | A A E D♯ E | e e | e e d♯ e | d B B d e e d B G | B B | B d d B A | G

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Some Of These Days — tab

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

Some Of These Days — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-------|---|-----------|-----|
A|-2-1-2-|-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-|-----|
D|-------|---|-----------|-5-2-|
G|-------|---|-----------|-----|
E|---------|---|-----------|-----|
A|---2-1-2-|-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-|-----|
D|-2-------|---|-----------|-5-2-|
G|---------|---|-----------|-----|
E|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|---------|-3-3-|-3-2-----|-2-2-|
D|-2-2-1-2-|-----|-----6-2-|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
E|---------|-----|-------0---|---|
A|-2-------|-2-2-|-2-0-0---0-|-5-|
D|---2-4-5-|-----|-----------|---|
G|---------|-----|-----------|---|
E|---------|-----|-------0-|-----|
A|-5-5-5-2-|-----|---5-5---|-3-3-|
D|---------|-5-5-|-5-------|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
E|---------|-----|---------|---|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-|-2-2-2-3-|-0-|
D|---------|-----|---------|---|
G|---------|-----|---------|---|
E|---------|-0-0-|-0-0---0-|-----|
A|-0-------|-----|-----6---|-5-2-|
D|---2-1-2-|-----|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
E|-----0-0-------|-----|-----------|---|
A|-2-5-----5-2---|-2-2-|-2-5-5-2-0-|---|
D|-------------5-|-----|-----------|-5-|
G|---------------|-----|-----------|---|

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

Some Of These Days — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-------|---|-----------|-----|
A|-2-1-2-|-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-|-----|
D|-------|---|-----------|-5-2-|
G|-------|---|-----------|-----|
E|---------|---|-----------|-----|
A|---2-1-2-|-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-|-----|
D|-2-------|---|-----------|-5-2-|
G|---------|---|-----------|-----|
E|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|---------|-3-3-|-3-2-----|-2-2-|
D|-2-2-1-2-|-----|-----6-2-|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
E|---------|-----|-------0---|---|
A|-2-------|-2-2-|-2-0-0---0-|-5-|
D|---2-4-5-|-----|-----------|---|
G|---------|-----|-----------|---|
E|---------|-----|-------0-|-----|
A|-5-5-5-2-|-----|---5-5---|-3-3-|
D|---------|-5-5-|-5-------|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
E|---------|-----|---------|---|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-|-2-2-2-3-|-0-|
D|---------|-----|---------|---|
G|---------|-----|---------|---|
E|---------|-0-0-|-0-0---0-|-----|
A|-0-------|-----|-----6---|-5-2-|
D|---2-1-2-|-----|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
E|-----0-0-------|-----|-----------|---|
A|-2-5-----5-2---|-2-2-|-2-5-5-2-0-|---|
D|-------------5-|-----|-----------|-5-|
G|---------------|-----|-----------|---|

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

Some Of These Days — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|--------|---|-----------|-----|
A|-1-L1-1-|-0-|-0-1-1-1-0-|-----|
D|--------|---|-----------|-3-1-|
G|--------|---|-----------|-----|
E|----------|---|-----------|-----|
A|---1-L1-1-|-0-|-0-1-1-1-0-|-----|
D|-1--------|---|-----------|-3-1-|
G|----------|---|-----------|-----|
E|----------|-------|-----------|-----|
A|----------|-L2-L2-|-L2-1------|-1-1-|
D|-1-1-L1-1-|-------|------H3-1-|-----|
G|----------|-------|-----------|-----|
E|---------|-----|-------0---|---|
A|-1-------|-1-1-|-1-0-0---0-|-3-|
D|---1-2-3-|-----|-----------|---|
G|---------|-----|-----------|---|
E|---------|-----|-------0-|-------|
A|-3-3-3-1-|-----|---3-3---|-L2-L2-|
D|---------|-3-3-|-3-------|-------|
G|---------|-----|---------|-------|
E|-------------|-----|----------|---|
A|-L2-L2-L2-L2-|-1-1-|-1-1-1-L2-|-0-|
D|-------------|-----|----------|---|
G|-------------|-----|----------|---|
E|----------|-0-0-|-0-0----0-|-----|
A|-0--------|-----|-----H3---|-3-1-|
D|---1-L1-1-|-----|----------|-----|
G|----------|-----|----------|-----|
E|-----0-0-------|-----|-----------|---|
A|-1-3-----3-1---|-1-1-|-1-3-3-1-0-|---|
D|-------------3-|-----|-----------|-3-|
G|---------------|-----|-----------|---|

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

Some Of These Days — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Some Of These Days — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-2-1-2-|-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-|-----|
E|-------|---|-----------|---0-|
C|-------|---|-----------|-----|
G|-------|---|-----------|-0---|
A|---2-1-2-|-0-|-0-2-2-2-0-|-----|
E|-0-------|---|-----------|---0-|
C|---------|---|-----------|-----|
G|---------|---|-----------|-0---|
A|---------|-3-3-|-3-2-----|-2-2-|
E|-0-0---0-|-----|-------0-|-----|
C|-----3---|-----|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----|-----1---|-----|
A|-2-------|-2-2-|-2-0-0-7-0-|-5-|
E|---0-2---|-----|-----------|---|
C|---------|-----|-----------|---|
G|-------0-|-----|-----------|---|
A|-5-5-5-2-|-----|---5-5-7-|-3-3-|
E|---------|-----|---------|-----|
C|---------|-----|---------|-----|
G|---------|-0-0-|-0-------|-----|
A|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-|-2-2-2-3-|-0-|
E|---------|-----|---------|---|
C|---------|-----|---------|---|
G|---------|-----|---------|---|
A|-0-------|-7-7-|-7-7-6-7-|-5-2-|
E|---0---0-|-----|---------|-----|
C|-----3---|-----|---------|-----|
G|---------|-----|---------|-----|
A|-2-5-7-7-5-2---|-2-2-|-2-5-5-2-0-|---|
E|---------------|-----|-----------|---|
C|---------------|-----|-----------|---|
G|-------------0-|-----|-----------|-0-|

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

Some Of These Days chords

G major · 11 chords: B7, Em, E7, A7, D7, G7, C, Am, C♯dim, G/D, G

pickup
B7
B7
Em
Em
B7
B7
Em
Em
E7
E7
A7
A7
A7
A7
D7
D7
G7
G7
C
C
E7
E7
Am
Am
C♯dim
C♯dim
G/D
G/D
A7
D7
G

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 Some Of These Days

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

B7×EmE7A7×D7××G7C×Am×C♯dimG/D××G

Ukulele chords for Some Of These Days

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

B7EmE7A7D7G7CAmC♯dimG/DG

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Some Of These Days

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

B7EmE7A7D7G7CAmC♯dimG/DG

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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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