slip jig · Key of G
Give Us a Drink of Water
O’Neill 1903 no. 1131
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Irish tenor banjo tab
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X:1131 T:Give Us a Drink of Water R:slip jig N:"Collected by F. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 1131 M:9/8 L:1/8 K:G D| GBd gdc BAG | (B<d)B cAA A2A-| GBd gdc BAG | (B<c)A BGG G2 :| d | gfg efg afd | gfg efg a2d | gfg bag fed | efg afd g2d | gfg efg afd | gfg efg a2a | bag agf gfd | efg afd g2 ||
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Questions about Give Us a Drink of Water
Give Us a Drink of Water is in G, in 9/8 time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% 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 slip jig, written in 9/8.
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.