jig · Key of Am

There's an End to My Sorrow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "There's an End to My Sorrow"There's an End to My Sorrow02353202320502555023532020052002002Tenor Banjo3323502310053235750235320200520020Tenor Banjo5787575350333578757530557502Tenor Banjo3323502310053235750235320200520020Tenor BanjoBook: O'Neill's 378Notes:"Plaintively.""collected by F. O'Neill"
ABC notation source
X: 378
T:There's an End to My Sorrow
M:6/8
L:1/16
B:O'Neill's 378
N:"Plaintively."
N:"collected by F. O'Neill"
K:Am
(A>B) \
| .c2(dcBA) .B2(cBAG) | (D>E).G2.G2 G4 (A>B) | .c2(dcBA) (Be3) (A>G) | (E2A2)(A>B) A4(A>B) |
| (cBcde^f) (g3=fe2) | (edcB) ((3gab) G4 (A>B) | .c2(dcBA) (B2e2) (AG) | (E2A2)(A>B) A4 :|
| (a>b) \
| (c'3ba2) (b2a2g2) | (d>e).g2.g2 g4 (a>b) | (c'3ba2) (b2a2g2) | (e2a2)(a>b) a4 (A>B) |
| (cBcde^f) (g3=fe2) | (edcB) ((3gab) G4 (A>B) | .c2(dc)(BA) B2e2 A>G | (E2A2)(A>B) A4 |]
FAQ

Questions about There's an End to My Sorrow

  • There's an End to My Sorrow is in Am, in 6/8 time. On a GDAE instrument it sits in first position.

  • Harder. 91% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 8.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • 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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