Were You There?: notes for 9 instruments
“Were you there when they crucified my Lord…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · F majorC4–F5 Harder
- KalimbaTabs · G majorD4–G5 Harder
- RecorderLetters · F majorC4–F5 Harder
- FluteLetters · C majorG4–C6 Harder
- ViolinLetters · G majorD4–G5 Harder
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)G3–C5 Harder
- TrumpetValves · F major (written)C4–F5 Harder
- Alto SaxLetters · G major (written)D4–G5 Harder
- HarmonicaTabs · C majorG4–C6 Harder
Not on bells & xylophone: no key keeps every note on that instrument without sharps, flats or bends.
Words (first verse)
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you
there when they crucified my Lord?
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
About this song
- Melody
- Tune WERE YOU THERE, African American spiritual, 1899
- Words
- African American spiritual, 1899 (first verse shown; all verses on HymnKeys)
- Public domain
- Melody 1899, words 1899: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Open Hymnal Project file marked public domain, via HymnKeys