jig · Key of Am

America Lies Far Away

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "America Lies Far Away"America Lies Far Away05200025050235305205052000250502353052000130505537530530520505200025050235305200Book: O'Neill's 397Notes:"Tenderly."The ornament (~) is a trill."collected by F. O'Neill"

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X: 397
T:America Lies Far Away
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 397
N:"Tenderly."
N:The ornament (~) is a trill.
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:Am
(e/2>d/2)|BAA ABG|Ad2 e/2^f/2g2|a>ge/2d/2 B2A|G3-G2e/2>d/2|
BAA ABG|Ad2 e/2^f/2g2|a/2g/2ed B2A|A3-A2||
e/2f/2|ged eaa|g2b a/2g/2e2|(~a/2g/2e)d B2A|G3-G2(e/2>d/2)|
BAA ABG|Ad2 e/2^f/2g2|a/2g/2ed B2A|A3-A2||
FAQ

Questions about America Lies Far Away

  • America Lies Far Away is in Am, in 6/8 time. The A minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 99% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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