Michael Row the Boat Ashore - guitar tab and notes
"Michael Row the Boat Ashore" is a African-American spiritual and slave song from the 19th century. The song has been performed by folk bands including The Highwaymen and Peter, Paul and Mary. This song is known of several similar titles including "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", but should not be confused with the nursery rhyme "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".
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Michael Row the Boat Ashore (full accompaniment)
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Michael Row the Boat Ashore (Major D key)
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Michael Row the Boat Ashore (only melody)
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Tips on how to learn this song
This is a short song (only eight bars with the first pickup bar excluded), which therefor can be memorized with relatively little effort. Notice that bar 1 and 4 are identical and also other similarities. A tip is to study the song in standard notation as well (see above), which better reveal similarities in tempo.
Lyrics and chords
Michael Row the Boat Ashore chords in the key of D
(D)Michael row the boat ashore. Halle(G)lujah.(D)
Michael row the boat (Em)ashore. Halle(A7)lujah.(D)
There are possibilities to change to key by using a capo. These are the keys that the song would transpose in depending on which fret the capo is put:
- Capo 1: C# / Db major
- Capo 2: D major
- Capo 3: D# / Eb major
- Capo 4: E major
- Capo 5: F major
Key, time, tuning and tempo
Information about "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" considering musical key, time signature, tuning and bpm.
Key
The main presented version of Michael Row the Boat Ashore is played in the key of C.
Time signature
The song is played in 4/4 tempo (counted one, two, three, four for each measure)
Tuning
The song is normally played in standard tuning (EADGBE).
Tempo (BPM)
The tempo in beats per minute is 100 for the presented version.