I’ll Fly Away

Gospel and Bluegrass Tune in G Major

Beginner > Module 1.7

Play Along Track – Full Tune

Drone in G – No Beat

Try to sing the melody before you play it. Another great tune that a lot of us learned about from the movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou? (performed by Gillian Welch and Allison Krauss), though it was written in 1929 by Albert Brumley.

Table of Contents

Full Tabs

A part

First quarter: A1-D3-0-3-A1-0-1-L2-1
Second quarter: D3-1-3-0
Third quarter: A1-D3-0-3-A1-0-1-L2-1
Fourth quarter: A1-0-0-D3

B part

First quarter: A3-1-L2-3-1-0-D3
Second quarter: D3-1-3-0
Third quarter: A1-D3-0-3-A1-0-1-L2-1
Fourth quarter: A1-0-0-D3

Sheet Music

I’ll fly away – no fingering pdf

Sheet music video

Learn to intuitively read sheet music with this animated video. If you’re an absolute beginner, then I suggest you don’t worry about fo it for the moment.

This is here for continuing students who want to learn about sheet music. It’s part of the Note-Reading For Fiddlers course.