Go Tell It on the Mountain

African-American spiritual · first printed 1907 · G major · 4/4 · 104 BPM · 16 bars · Carols

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Go Tell It on the Mountain sits in Carols, written in G major. It uses 3 chords across 16 bars, at about 104 BPM.

Chords in this song

GCD7

G

C

D7

Chord chart

Chord chart
ChorusG·CD7
2G·D7G
Verse··D7·
4G·D7G

How to sing it

The refrain comes first: eight bars that rise to C and D7 and come home. The eight-bar verse stays on G and D7 only. Clap on two and four; it wants to swing.

In every key

In every key
KeysChord chart
C majorC · F · G7 · C · G7 · C · G7 · C · G7 · C
Db majorDb · Gb · Ab7 · Db · Ab7 · Db · Ab7 · Db · Ab7 · Db
D majorD · G · A7 · D · A7 · D · A7 · D · A7 · D
Eb majorEb · Ab · Bb7 · Eb · Bb7 · Eb · Bb7 · Eb · Bb7 · Eb
E majorE · A · B7 · E · B7 · E · B7 · E · B7 · E
F majorF · Bb · C7 · F · C7 · F · C7 · F · C7 · F
F# majorF# · B · C#7 · F# · C#7 · F# · C#7 · F# · C#7 · F#
G major · Written in this keyG · C · D7 · G · D7 · G · D7 · G · D7 · G
Ab majorAb · Db · Eb7 · Ab · Eb7 · Ab · Eb7 · Ab · Eb7 · Ab
A majorA · D · E7 · A · E7 · A · E7 · A · E7 · A
Bb majorBb · Eb · F7 · Bb · F7 · Bb · F7 · Bb · F7 · Bb
B majorB · E · F#7 · B · F#7 · B · F#7 · B · F#7 · B

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Why this song is free to play

A spiritual sung since at least 1865 and first printed in 1907 in John Wesley Work’s Folk Songs of the American Negro. Work died in 1925, so even his edition cleared life-plus-70 in 1995, and the song itself has no identifiable composer. Free everywhere.

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