There'll Be Some Changes Made — Banjo & Mandolin Tab, Chords

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About There'll Be Some Changes Made

There'll Be Some Changes Made is a trad jazz tune in B♭ major — intermediate, running from C♯ to f and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type: Jazz tune
Key: B♭ major · 4/4
Range: C♯ to f · first position
Notes used: C C♯ D F F♯ G A B♭
Level: Intermediate

There'll Be Some Changes Made — sheet music

B♭ 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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There'll Be Some Changes Made — tab

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

There'll Be Some Changes Made — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

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

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

E|---------|-------1---|---|
A|-1-3-5-5-|-5-3-5---5-|-1-|
D|---------|-----------|---|
G|---------|-----------|---|

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

There'll Be Some Changes Made — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

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

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

E|---------|-------1---|---|
A|-1-3-5-5-|-5-3-5---5-|-1-|
D|---------|-----------|---|
G|---------|-----------|---|

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

There'll Be Some Changes Made — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

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

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

E|-----------|--------L1---|----|
A|-L1-L2-3-3-|-3-L2-3----3-|-L1-|
D|-----------|-------------|----|
G|-----------|-------------|----|

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

There'll Be Some Changes Made — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

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

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

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

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

There'll Be Some Changes Made — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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

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

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

A|-1-3-5-5-|-5-3-5-8-5-|-1-|
E|---------|-----------|---|
C|---------|-----------|---|
G|---------|-----------|---|

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

There'll Be Some Changes Made chords

B♭ major · 5 chords: G7, C7, D7, F7, B♭

pickup

C7 F7

B♭ G7

C7 F7

B♭

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

Guitar chords for There'll Be Some Changes Made

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

Ukulele chords for There'll Be Some Changes Made

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

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for There'll Be Some Changes Made

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.