Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) guitar tab
The Londonderry Air in C on the lower strings, with bass notes under the pauses, a dotted rhythm at the start of each phrase and a run of eighths at the end.
- Level
- Fingerstyle
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 66
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
Traditional Irish · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Bar 1 is an introduction: a bass C, a G, then the pickup B C D on the fifth and fourth strings.
- Each phrase begins with a dotted quarter and an eighth, as in bar 2: E held for a beat and a half, then D E A G E. The A is the second fret of the third string.
- Bar 7 has a G♯ on the fourth fret of the sixth string, and bar 14 reaches the open high E, the top of the tune, before the long run down in bar 16.
About the song
The air was collected by Jane Ross in County Londonderry and published in 1855. Frederic Weatherly set “Danny Boy” to it in 1913.
The melody is in the public domain. This arrangement is ours, and you're welcome to download, print and play it for your own practice.
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