This free One-String Diatonic Canjo tab is for Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. If you haven’t used this type of tablature before, each number indicates a fret on the fretboard of your instrument, as shown in the diagram above.
You may also wish to listen to the song while learning it, if you don’t know the tune too well.
2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
I've heard there was a secret chord
2 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4
But you don't really care for mu-sic, do you?
2 4 4 4 4 5 5 7
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
4 8 8 5 8 8 9
The minor fall, the major lift
8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 8
The baffled king compo-sing Hal-le-lu---jah
2 4 5 5 5 4 2 2
Hal-le-lu-jah, Hal-le-lu-jah,
2 4 5 5 5 4 2 3 2 1 2 1 0
Hal-le-lu-jah, Hal-le-lu-------------jah
2 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
You saw her bathing on the roof
4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4
Her beauty and the moonlight over--threw you
2 4 4 4 4 5 5 7
She tied you to a kitchen chair
4 8 8 8 5 8 8 9
She broke your throne, she cut your hair
8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 8
And from your lips she drew the Hal-le-lu---jah
4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Maybe I have been here be-fore
2 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
I know this room, I've walked this floor
4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4
I used to live alone before I knew you
2 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 7
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
8 8 8 5 8 8 9
Love is not a victory march
8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 8
It's a cold and it's a broken Hal-le-lu---jah
This song was first published in 1779 and is known throughout the western world. If you only learn one Christian spiritual, this should probably be it. Thankfully, it is very easy to play on the canjo! View the full text of this entry by clicking the “Read More” link below for the formatted canjo tab…
Learn how to play the melody of Amazing Grace on your one-string Canjo!
Continue reading “Amazing Grace – Traditional”
The tablature in the PDF link below will show you exactly how to play the melody and chords for the classic Country Gospel song I Saw The Light, written in 1946 by Hank Williams. This tablature is arranged for 3-string Open G “GDG” tuning. Continue reading “I Saw The Light Hank Williams – 3-string GDG Cigar Box Guitar Tablature”
As performed in O Brother Where Art Thou, as well as by Alison Krauss, Alan Jackson and a host of other artists. View the full text of this entry by clicking the “Read More” link below for the formatted canjo tab…
Now you can learn one of the most recorded Gospel songs on your One-String Canjo!
Arrangement courtesy of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, intended for playing on American Canjo Company™ brand one-string canjos with dulcimer-style fretting, with fret numberings as shown below. The open unfretted string is notated as “0″.
I’ll Fly Away – Alfred E. Brumley
5 3 0 3 5 4 5 6 5 4 3 1 1 0
Some glad morning, when this life is o’er, I’ll fly away
5 3 0 3 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 3
To a home on God’s celestial shore, I’ll fly away.
Chorus
8 5 5 8 5 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
I’ll fly away oh glory, I’ll fly away (in the morning)
0 1 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 4 3
When I die, hallelujah by and by, I’ll fly away.
To learn more about this classic American song, and to find more verses, check out this Wikipedia article.
Arrangement by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply
Words and Music Copyright: Glad Music Co., Albert E Brumley & Sons, Bridge Building Music
This great old spiritual song was first recorded in 1938 by Louis Armstrong and has been sung and recorded countless times since then. It is very easy to play on the canjo! View the full text of this entry by clicking the “Read More” link below for the formatted canjo tab…
Arrangement courtesy of C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply, intended for playing on American Canjo Company™ brand one-string canjos with dulcimer-style fretting, with fret numberings as shown below. The open unfretted string is notated as “0″.
When the Saints Go Marching In (Version 1 – Low)
0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 0 2 3 4 2 0 2 1
Oh when the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in
2 2 1 0 0 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 0
Oh lord I want to be in that number, when the saints go marching in!
When the Saints Go Marching In (Version 2 – High)
3 5 6 8 3 5 6 8 3 5 6 8 5 3 5 4
Oh when the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in
5 5 4 3 3 5 8 8 8 6 5 6 8 5 4 4 3
Oh lord I want to be in that number, when the saints go marching in!
To learn more about this classic spiritual song, and to find more verses, check out this Wikipedia article.
Arrangement by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply
Copyright 2014 by C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply
