Key of D

I'll Be a Good Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "I'll Be a Good Boy"I'll Be a Good Boy052320540054002005235320232054000502353202320545023202050054045055205Book: O'Neill's 245Notes:"Moderate""Collected by J.O'Neill"

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X: 245
T: I'll Be a Good Boy
B: O'Neill's 245
N: "Moderate"
N: "Collected by J.O'Neill"
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K:D
(Ad) \
| f2 (gf) (ed) | (c2 A2) (A>G) | (F2 D2) D>E | D4 (Ad) \
| (fg a2) (gf) | (ef g2) (fe) | (dc A2) A2 | A4 (de) |
|| fg a2 gf | ef g2 fe | d>c de fg | f4 e(f/e/) \
| (d2 A2) (A>G) | (F2 D2) (FG) | (A2 d2) (d{f}e) | Hd4 ||
FAQ

Questions about I'll Be a Good Boy

  • I'll Be a Good Boy is in D, in 3/4 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • 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.