Tenting Tonight (Traditional Civil War tune, not copyrighted) Transcribed by: Erik Olsson (eolsson@ics.uci.edu) Taken from the vocal lines. Top notes in chorus are the soprano line, bottom is alto. t = 100 Verse: e||---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| B||---------------|--2----2-----------------|-------------------------| G||---------------|----------4--2----0------|-------------------------| D||------------2--|----------------------3--|--3----2----2------------| A||---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| E||---------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| We're tenting to-night on the old camp ground |-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|--2----2------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|------------2-------------| |--2--2----0--0---------|-------------2----|-------------------3------| |--------------------3--|--3---------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------| Give us a song to cheer Our wea - ry hearts a |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|--0------0------------|--2--------------------| |--3------2--2------2--|------------3----2----|-----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------| song of home And friends we love so dear Chorus: |-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------|--------------2-----2--| |--2--2--2--2---2---0--2--|--3--3----3--3-----|--2--2--3--3--2-----2--| |--3--3--3--3---3---0--3--|--5--5----5--5-----|--3--3--5--5-----------| |-------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| Ma-ny are the hearts wea-ry to-night wishing war to that are for the |------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| |--0---------------|--1--1--1---0------------|------------------------| |------------------|--2--2--2---0--2---------|-----------2-----2------| |------------------|---------------3---3--3--|--3-----3--3-----3------| |--2---------------|-------------------5--5--|--5-----5---------------| |-(0)--------------|-------------------------|------------------------| cease Ma-ny are the hearts for the right to loo-king |----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |--2------2--2------0--|-------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------|--2----------------|--------------------------| |--2------2--2------0--|-------------------|--2--2----2--2------------| |----------------------|--3----------------|--3--3----3--3------------| |----------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| see the dawn of peace Ten-ting to-night |----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|| |----------------------|-------------------0----|--2-----------------|| |--0--0----0--0--------|--0--0--0--0--0----0----|--------------------|| |--8--8----8--8--------|--7--7--7--7--8---------|--3-----------------|| |----------------------|------------------------|--------------------|| Ten-ting to-night Tenting on the old camp ground