Key of G

How Paddy Was Fooled

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "How Paddy Was Fooled"How Paddy Was Fooled53525023532502352350532033525023532502352350532335737525303253573752532050235250235325023523505323Book: O'Neill's 160Notes:"Playfully" "collected by F. O'Neill"

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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. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • 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. 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.