About Nearer, My God, to Thee#
Sarah Flower Adams, an English poet, wrote the words in 1841, taking her theme from Jacob’s dream of a ladder reaching to heaven. In the United States the hymn is usually sung to Bethany, a tune Lowell Mason wrote for it. It is also the hymn survivors of the Titanic remembered the band playing as the ship sank.
This is an easy church song to play, and it sounds great on the 12-hole ocarina. The four lines of tab stay in plain natural notes from C up to high D. That high D is the only spot where a thumb hole opens, so it makes a gentle first taste of the top of the instrument without asking much else of you.
Nearer, My God, to Thee Ocarina Tab#
| A | G | F | A | D | D | C | F | A | G | ||
| A | G | F | F | D | D | C | F | E | G | F | |
| C | D | C | C | A | C | C | D | C | C | A | G |
| A | G | F | F | D | D | C | F | E | G | F |