jig · Key of A

Drive the Cows Home

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Drive the Cows Home."Drive the Cows Home.JigF. O'Neill.5020052520026066252066420502454502Tenor Banjo323525040005450245450242450242450Tenor Banjo125450245450232352504005424202050523235250400Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's Music of IrelandNotes:O'Neill's - 806
ABC notation source
X:806
T:Drive the Cows Home.
C:F. O'Neill.
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland
N:O'Neill's - 806
R:Jig
M:6/8
K:A
d|efe edB|dBA A2 B|GAG GBd|BAG G2 g|fed efg|aga e2 f|
|=gfg dBd|ecA A2:|e|aga efg|aga e2 f|gfg def|gfg d2 e|
[1 aga efg|aga e2 f|=gfg dBd|ecA A2:|[2 agf gfe|fed edB|\
=gfg dBd|ecA A2|]
FAQ

Questions about Drive the Cows Home

  • Drive the Cows Home is in A, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 6.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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