“There is a Time” was written by Rodney Dillard and Mitch Jayne and performed by their group, The Dillards, also known as The Darling Family, in the early 1960s on The Andy Griffith Show. The most memorable performance was probably when Charlene Darling (Maggie Peterson) sang it. The Dillards’ version is straight-up bluegrass, but in one episode, Andy Griffith played it and sang one verse in a very slow “folksy” style, which I liked since it highlighted the beautiful lyrics.

My version lands somewhere in between those two as I played it clawhammer ukulele style at a medium speed. I’m posting two tablatures — one basic and another more advanced. Neither is “exactly” what I played, but the more advanced version is closer to what I played. I recorded the song first, then created the tablature afterward, trying to emulate what I was playing on the tab but not being too exact about it since I probably didn’t play it exactly the same way each time. I played the break four times on my recording, and if you happen to hear a sour note during the second break, it’s because I flubbed it up but didn’t want to have to re-record it.