reel · Key of G

The Day We Paid the Rent

O’Neill 1903 no. 1232

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "The Day We Paid the Rent"The Day We Paid the RentReel123055255520552545005525552502357530023573375323525035220075323525030533575323525035220032555055503253Book: O'Neill's 1232

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X:1232
T:The Day We Paid the Rent
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:O'Neill's 1232
N:
K:G
ge \
| dGBG dGBe | dGBG FGAe | dGBG dGBd |1 efga bage :|2 efga bgg2 |
|| bagf gdBd | egdB BAA2 | bagf gdBd | egeag2ga |
| bagf gdBd | egdB BAAc | BGdG eGdG | egfag2 ||
FAQ

Questions about The Day We Paid the Rent

  • The Day We Paid the Rent is in G, in C| time. The G major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Easy. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.

  • It is a reel, written in C|.

  • 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.

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