Key of Gm

I'm a Poor Rambling Boy

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "I'm a Poor Rambling Boy"I'm a Poor Rambling Boy5310540455511135163511Tenor Banjo135163553105404555Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 144Notes:"Plaintive"
ABC notation source
X:144
T:I'm a Poor Rambling Boy
N:"Plaintive"
B:O'Neill's 144
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Gm
(d>c)|(B>A) (G>^F) (DF)|(.G.G) G2 (.B.B)|(B>c) (df ec)|d4 (.B.B)|
(~B>c) (df ec)|d4 (d>c)|(B>A) (G>^F) (DF)|(.G.G) G2||
FAQ

Questions about I'm a Poor Rambling Boy

  • I'm a Poor Rambling Boy is in Gm, in 3/4 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.

  • 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.