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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