Key of D

Molly What Ails You?

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Molly What Ails You?"Molly What Ails You?330204025023502522502040250235025452Tenor Banjo30204025023502522502040250750255Tenor Banjo333255553777752025222555537791097577Tenor Banjo3325555377775202522502040250750255Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 1413Notes:"collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X:1413
T:Molly What Ails You?
M:C|
L:1/8
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
B:O'Neill's 1413
K:D
ABAF ABde | ((3fga) ef (dB)Bd | ABAF ABde | ((3fga) (ef) dcdB  |
ABAF ABde | ((3fga) ef   dBBd | ABAF ABde | baef        Td2 d2 ||
f>a (3.a.a.a g>b (3.b.b.b | afef dB B2 | f>a (3.a.a.a g>bbc' | d'c'ba  b2 b2 ||
f>a (3.a.a.a g>b (3.b.b.b | afef dBBd  | ABAF         ABde   | baef    Td2 d2 |]
FAQ

Questions about Molly What Ails You?

  • Molly What Ails You? is in D, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 86% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.

  • 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.