Key of G
How Paddy Was Fooled
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:160 T:How Paddy Was Fooled N:"Playfully" "collected by F. O'Neill" B:O'Neill's 160 M:3/4 L:1/8 K:G d2|g2 d2 B2|G2 A2 B2|c2 a2 g2|f2 d2 ef| g2 d2 B2|c2 d2 e2|d2 c2 B2|A4 g2| g2 d2 B2|G2 A2 B2|c2 a2 g2|f2 d2 ef| g2 d2 B2|c2 d2 e2|d2 g2 f2|g4|| (ga)|b2 g2 b2|a2 f2 a2|g2 e2 g2|f2 d2 (ga)| b2 g2 b2|a2 f2 d2|g2 f2 e2|d4 (ef)| g2 d2 B2|G2 A2 B2|c2 a2 g2|f2 d2 ef| g2 d2 B2|c2 d2 e2|d2 g2 f2|g4||
FAQ
Questions about How Paddy Was Fooled
How Paddy Was Fooled is in G, in 3/4 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Easy. 96% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
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.