Mary Had a Little Lamb guitar tab
The nursery tune in quarter notes, almost all of it on three notes a fret apart.
- Level
- Beginner melody
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 112
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Traditional · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Bars 1 to 3 use only E, D and C: the open first string and the third and first frets of the second string.
- The G in bar 4 is the third fret of the first string. It is the only time your hand leaves the second string.
- Bar 8 is a whole note: let the C ring for a full four beats before you stop.
About the song
Sarah Josepha Hale's poem of 1830, sung to a tune by Lowell Mason from the same decade.
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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