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The Boys from the East

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Boys from the East"The Boys from the East324606026204060404052505554520245262306026204060404052450542060002202626245452620542402045040202545025260245050452054206000Book: O'Neill's 1664

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X:1664
T:The Boys from the East
M:2/4
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 1664
K:A
(3EFG \
| AGAE CEAc | e^dec Acea | faeadaca | BABc dBGE |
| AGAE CEAc | e^dec Acea | (3fga ed cBAG | A2A2A2 :|
|: E-G \
| BABG EGBc | dcdB GBed | cBcA EAcd | e^cef e2f-g |
| agae fdBG | ABcd eaec | dfed cBAG | A2A2A2 :|
FAQ

Questions about The Boys from the East

  • The Boys from the East is in A, in 2/4 time. The A major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 88% 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. 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.