The Minstrel Boy tab by Misc Irish

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THE MINSTREL BOY TO THE WAR HAS GONE

(Traditional)


Note:  the tuning of the guitar is Dropped-D! (DADGBE)

         D MajorD                                       A augmentedA       D MajorD
e:-----|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B:-----|--------------------------------|----------------3-------2---3---|
G:-----|----------------0---------------|--------2-------2---------------|
D:-----|-0----------2-------4---2---0---|-4------2-------4-------2---4---|
A:-0---|--------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|
D:-----|-0--------------0---------------|-0--------------0---------------|
   The   Min-     strel bo-oy   to  ...

 G+G       D MajorD                          A augmentedA               D MajorD
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-0--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-0-------2-----------0---0h2p0----|---------------------------------|
-0-------0-------4------------4---|-2-------2h4p2p0-0---------------|
----------------------------------|-0---------------------------0---|
-5-------0------------------------|-----------------6---------------|
   ranks   of      de-ath  you  will  ....


 D MajorD                                       A augmentedA       D MajorD
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------3-------2---3---|
----------------0---------------|--------2-------2---------------|
-0----------2-------4---2---0---|-4------2-------4-------2---4---|
--------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|
-0--------------0---------------|-0--------------0---------------|
 fa -     ther'sswo-ord he has    gir...


 G+G       D MajorD                          A augmentedA               D MajorD
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-0--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-0-------2-----------0---0h2p0----|---------------------------------|
-0-------0-------4------------4---|-2-------2h4p2p0-0---------------|
----------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
-5-------0------------------------|-----------------6---------------|
 Wild    harp    slu-u-  ung  be-   hi....

 B minorBm      A augmentedA       G+G       A augmentedA         G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-3-------2-------0-------2-------|-0-------------------------------|
-4-------2-------0-------2-h-3---|-0-------2-----------------------|
-4-------2-------0-------2-------|-0-------2-------4-------0-------|
-2-------0---------------0-------|---------0-----------------------|
-----------------5---------------|-5---------------0---------------|
 "Land   of      song,"  saidthe   .....

 G+G                                 A augmentedA       D MajorD
---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
-0---------------------------0---|-2-h-3---3-------------------|
-0-----------2---0-------2-------|-2-------2-------------------|
-0-------0---------------0-------|-2-------4---------------7-\-|
---------------------------------|-0---------------------------|
-5---5-------------------5-------|---------0-------------------|
 all         the world   be- tra.....


 D MajorD                                       A augmentedA       D MajorD
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|----------------3-------2-h-3---|
----------------0---------------|--------2-------2---------------|
-0----------2-------4---2---0---|-4------2-------4-------2-h-4---|
--------------------------------|--------0-----------------------|
-0--------------0---------------|-0--------------0---------------|
 sword      at  lea- ea-eastthy   roads  ....


 G+G       D MajorD                          A augmentedA               D MajorD
----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-0--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-0-------2-----------0---0h2p0----|---------------------------------|
-0-------0-------4------------4---|-2-------2h4p2p0-0---------------|
----------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
-5-------0------------------------|-----------------6---------------|
 faith-  ful     hea-ea- eart shall ....


Arrangement by John Lumsdaine
Put into tablature by Alan Bostick, using Ofir Zwebnir's TAB MASTER program.
--
                        | ELYOT:   Nasty insistent little tune.
-- Alan Bostick         | AMANDA:  Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
   [email protected]  | Noel Coward, PRIVATE LIVES
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