Key: C*
Form: Song
ABC:
X: 1
T:Will The Circle Be Unbroken (#63)
C:Charles H. Gabriel (music) and Ada Ruth Habershon (words), 1908
C:A P Carter, 1931-39 (adaptation)
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:D
|A, B,|"D"D2 D2-|D2 F E|D2 F2-|F2 F E|"G"D3 E
|D2 B,2|"D"A,4-|A,2 A, B,|D2 D2-|D2 F A|A2 F2-
|F2 "^TAG"D E|F2 F2|E2 ("A"F E)|"D"D4-|D2||
MP3: (played by Randy Hough)
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Sheet Music in PDF: WillTheCircleBeUnbroken
YouTube:
Source: Charles H. Gabriel (music) and Ada Ruth Habershon (words), 1908, A P Carter adaptation.
Other Tunes in Set:
Region: Appalachia, USA
*Notes: The guitar audio MP3 above is played in C but, being a song, this tune is played in various keys to suit singers’ ranges. The ABC and sheet music above are in D and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band video is sung by Johnny Cash in A.