Deck the Halls Kalimba Tabs
Number tabs and letters for kalimba, with the words under each note. Starts 5° 4° 3° 2° 1° 2°.
The notes and words
Key: C major, white keys only, so every note is on a kalimba tuned to C.
5°GDeck4°Fthe3°Ehall2°Dwith1°Cboughs2°Dof3°Ehol-1°Cly,
2°DFa3°Ela4°Fla2°Dla3°Ela2°Dla1°Cla7Bla1°Cla!
5°G'Tis4°Fthe3°Esea-2°Dson1°Cto2°Dbe3°Ejol-1°Cly,
2°DFa3°Ela4°Fla2°Dla3°Ela2°Dla1°Cla7Bla1°Cla!
2°DDon3°Ewe4°Fnow2°Dour3°Egay4°Fap-5°Gpar-3°Eel,
5°GTroll4°Fthe3°Ean-2°Dcient1°CChrist-2°Dmas3°Ecar-5Gol,
6°AFa6°Ala6°Ala6°Ala5°Gla4°Fla3°Ela2°Dla1°Cla!
- 5G4
- 7B4
- 1°C5
- 2°D5
- 3°E5
- 4°F5
- 5°G5
- 6°A5
Staff notation
Play-along guide: the melody played by your browser’s kalimba sound. The lit note follows the music. Print large notes
About this song
- Melody
- Welsh air (“Nos Galan”), 1794
- Words
- Thomas Oliphant (1799–1879), 1862 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1794, words 1862: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Franklin Square Song Collection (Harper & Brothers, 1881), p. 120, “Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly” (1881)
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