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Cover drawing by Grace Poteet.

64 hymn and gospel favorites arranged for

the DAD tuning.

DAD

Join the Jam Gospel Edition


3

Introduction 5 Playing Tips 6

Arrangements:

Amazing Grace 10 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God 12 Angel Band 14 Are You Washed In The Blood 16 As I Went Down To The Valley To Pray 18 Battle Hymn Of The Republic, The 20 Be Still My Soul 22 Be Thou My Vision 24 Bringing In The Sheaves 26 Church In The Wildwood, The 28 Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing 30 Doxology 32 Farther Along 34 For The Beauty Of The Earth 36 Good Christian Men, Rejoice 38 Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah 40 Have Thine Own Way 42 He Leadeth Me 44 Hold To God’s Unchanging Hand 46 Holy, Holy, Holy 48 Holy Manna 50 How Firm A Foundation 52 I Am A Pilgrim 54 I Know That My Redeemer Lives 56 I Love To Tell The Story 58 In the Sweet By And By 60 It Is Well With My Soul 62 I Will Arise 64 Jesus Loves Me This I Know 66 Just A Closer Walk With Thee 68 Just As I Am 70 Keep On The Sunny Side 72

Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

Life’s Railway To Heaven

Lilly In The Valley

Love Lifted Me

Morning Has Broken

My Jesus I Love Thee

Nearer My God To Thee

No Night There

Nothing But The Blood

Old Rugged Cross, The

Old-Time Religion

Onward Christian Soldiers

Pass Me Not

Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Precious Memories

Rock Of Ages

Shall We Gather At The River

Simple Gifts

Sweet Hour Of Prayer

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

This Is My Father's World

Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

Trust And Obey

Unclouded Day, The

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder

What A Friend We Have In Jesus

When I Survey The Wondrous Cross

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

When They Ring The Golden Bells

Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies

Wonderful Words Of Life

Wondrous Love

74 76 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 100 102 104 106 108 110 112 114 116 118 120 122 124 126 128 130 132 136 138 140

Contents


5

Introduction

I grew up hearing and singing hymns and gospel songs at the Hartwell United Methodist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. I later heard and sang hymns and gospel songs at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Erlanger, Kentucky. When I visited with family and friends, I got a little from the Baptists and the Presbyterians. In my college years I was exposed to the music of Episcopalians, Catholics, Messianic Jews, and groups that had left strict Mennonite communities for more freedom in Christ. When I started going to mountain dulcimer clubs, festivals, and jams, I ran into a lot of this kind of music. Some of it I knew real well. Some of it was vaguely familiar. Most of it I did not know. It was at this time I developed a hunger for these melodies. I started buying lots of books and hymnals. My plan to better learn these tunes started with sight-singing them at a couple nursing homes while I accompanied myself on guitar. After three or four months, they started to sink into my brain. I had just met Katie. She seemed to know every song I mentioned. We started hitting a local nursing home together with her singing melody and me singing harmony and playing guitar. All throughout this time I had been getting to know Katie’s friends and families. Their frequent singing drew from a large reservoir collected from many Christian traditions. I believe the lyrics will be especially helpful to those who know these tunes but are just beginning to read music. The chord symbols are for playing backup as well as for arranging. The melodies, chords, and lyrics may be slightly different than what you’re used to. Just like recipes, there can be many variations. I’ve tried very hard to select the most common settings. If you are familiar with my first Join the Jam book, you know I added lots of filler strums to enrich the basic melodies. In this book, I’ve added no filler strums. The rhythms go exactly with the syllables of the lyrics. When I play these songs, I add filler strums on the spot. You should feel free to do the same. (I’ll list a few examples in the next section.) If you’d like to know exactly how I do it, please check out my video DVD, audio CD, and book series. I cover improvising quarter-note and eighth-note strums in the beginner section of Lesson #1. I add the concept of air-strums in the beginner section of Lesson #8. This book is a collection of my favorites. If there are others you’d like to see in future editions, please contact me. I’ll end with this: “May the LORD bless you, and keep you; May the LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; May the LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.” - Based on Numbers 6:24-26 (NASB)


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When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

When the trum-pet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more, And the

morn-ing breaks, e - ter - nal, bright and fair; When the saved of earth shall

This is an excerpt from page 130. The rhythms go right along with each syllable of each word. What is written in the tab goes exactly with the words in the first verse. This is most helpful if you’re already familiar with the words and melody. It shows you how to play along with what you already know.

Playing Tips


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DAD 0 1

1

D

2 2 2 2 2

2

2 1 0 0 0

3

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1 0 0 01

4

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0 0 00 1

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2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder With Extra Strums

When the trum-pet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more, And the

morn-ing breaks, e - ter-nal, bright and fair; When the saved of earth shall

This is an example of how I add filler strums. Measures 1 and 2 were originally quarter-notes only. I’ve turned some of these quarter-notes into eighth-note pairs. Measure 4 originally started with a half-note. I’ve turned it into a quarter-note followed by an eighth-note pair. Measure 7 originally had a whole-note tied to a half-note in measure 8. That’s 6 beats for one long note. In this version, I removed the tie and divided the whole-note in measure 7 into quarter-notes and eighth note pairs. Basically, whenever there are long notes or places you’d like to hear more strums, just try adding them. If you want to know my system for dealing with this, please check out my video DVD, audio CD, and book series. I cover improvising quarter-note and eighth-note strums in the beginner section of Lesson #1. I add the concept of air-strums in the beginner section of Lesson #8. I normally strum out for every number in the tab with a single vertical line hanging off it. For every eighth-note pair, two numbers in the tab tied together with what looks like a staple, I strum out and then in.


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Amazing Grace

A - maz - ing grace! How sweet the sound! That

saved a wretch like me! I

once was lost, but now am found; Was

blind, but now I see.


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’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. The Lord has promised good to me, His Word my hope secures; He will my Shield and Portion be, As long as life endures. Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, Who called me here below, Will be forever mine. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun.


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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

A might - y for - tress is our God. A bul - wark nev - er

fail - ing; Our help - er He a - mid the flood Of

mor - tal ills pre - vail - ing. For still our an - cient foe Doth

seek to work us woe- His craft and power are great, And,


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armed with cru - el hate, On earth is not His e - qual.

Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing; Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing: Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He; Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same, And He must win the battle. And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us: The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure, One little word shall fell him. That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth; The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth: Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also; The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still, His kingdom is forever.


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Angel Band

My lat - est sun is sink - ing fast, My race is near - ly

run. My strong - est tri - als now are past, My tri - umph

is be - gun. Chorus: O come, an - gel band, Come

and a - round me stand, O bear me a - way on your snow - y


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wings, To my im - mor - tal home. O bear me a -

way on your snow - y wings, To my im - mor - tal home.

I know I'm nearing the holy ranks Of friends and kindred dear, For I brushed the dews on Jordan's banks The crossing must be near. (Chorus) I've almost gained my heavenly home My spirit loudly sings, The holy one, behold they come! I hear the noise of wings! (Chorus) O bear my longing heart to Him Who bled and died for me, Whose blood now cleanses from all sin And gives me victory. (Chorus)


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