reel · Key of Em
The Ships are Sailing
Irish tenor banjo tab
ABC notation source
X:1264 T:The Ships are Sailing M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:O'Neill's 1264 N:Collected by F. O'Neill K:Em Beed B^cdB | AD (3FED AD (3FED | E^DEF GFGA |1 Beef gfed :|2 Bee^de2 || (ef) | gfga bgeg | fefg afdf | gfga bgeg | fe^dfe2(ef) | gfga bgeg | fefg afdf | g2~(ge)f2~(fd) | e^def "D.C."gfed |]
FAQ
Questions about The Ships are Sailing
The Ships are Sailing is in Em, in C| time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.
Moderate. 93% 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. 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.