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Auld Lang Syne — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne is a folk song in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Folk song, each usually played twice
Key
F major · 4/4
Range
C to d · first position
Notes used
C D F G A
Level
Beginner-friendly

Auld Lang Syne — sheet music

F major · 4/4

The notes

Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line

C | F F F A | G F G A | F F A C d d | C A A F | G F G A | F D D C F d | C A A F | G F G d | C A A C d d | C A A F | G F G A G | F D D C F C | F

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Auld Lang Syne — tab

Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it

Auld Lang Syne — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|---|---------|---------|---------|
A|---|-------0-|-------0-|-----0-3-|
D|---|-3-3-3---|-5-3-5---|-3-3-----|
G|-5-|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
A|-5-5-|-3-0-0---|-------0-|---------|
D|-----|-------3-|-5-3-5---|-3-0-0---|
G|-----|---------|---------|-------5-|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
A|---5-|-3-0-0---|-------5-|-3-0-0-3-|
D|-3---|-------3-|-5-3-5---|---------|
G|-----|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|---------|-----------|---------|
A|-5-5-|-3-0-0---|-------0---|---------|
D|-----|-------3-|-5-3-5---5-|-3-0-0---|
G|-----|---------|-----------|-------5-|
E|-----|---|
A|-----|---|
D|-3---|-3-|
G|---5-|---|

Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.

Auld Lang Syne — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|---|---------|---------|---------|
A|---|-------0-|-------0-|-----0-3-|
D|---|-3-3-3---|-5-3-5---|-3-3-----|
G|-5-|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
A|-5-5-|-3-0-0---|-------0-|---------|
D|-----|-------3-|-5-3-5---|-3-0-0---|
G|-----|---------|---------|-------5-|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
A|---5-|-3-0-0---|-------5-|-3-0-0-3-|
D|-3---|-------3-|-5-3-5---|---------|
G|-----|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|---------|-----------|---------|
A|-5-5-|-3-0-0---|-------0---|---------|
D|-----|-------3-|-5-3-5---5-|-3-0-0---|
G|-----|---------|-----------|-------5-|
E|-----|---|
A|-----|---|
D|-3---|-3-|
G|---5-|---|

Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.

Auld Lang Syne — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|---|------------|----------|------------|
A|---|----------0-|--------0-|-------0-L2-|
D|---|-L2-L2-L2---|-3-L2-3---|-L2-L2------|
G|-3-|------------|----------|------------|
E|-----|-----------|----------|----------|
A|-3-3-|-L2-0-0----|--------0-|----------|
D|-----|--------L2-|-3-L2-3---|-L2-0-0---|
G|-----|-----------|----------|--------3-|
E|------|-----------|----------|-----------|
A|----3-|-L2-0-0----|--------3-|-L2-0-0-L2-|
D|-L2---|--------L2-|-3-L2-3---|-----------|
G|------|-----------|----------|-----------|
E|-----|-----------|------------|----------|
A|-3-3-|-L2-0-0----|--------0---|----------|
D|-----|--------L2-|-3-L2-3---3-|-L2-0-0---|
G|-----|-----------|------------|--------3-|
E|------|----|
A|------|----|
D|-L2---|-L2-|
G|----3-|----|

0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.

Auld Lang Syne — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|---------|---------|---------|
B|---|---------|---------|-------1-|
G|---|-------2-|-0---0-2-|-----2---|
D|---|-3-3-3---|---3-----|-3-3-----|
A|-3-|---------|---------|---------|
E|---|---------|---------|---------|
e|-----|---------|---------|---------|
B|-3-3-|-1-------|---------|---------|
G|-----|---2-2---|-0---0-2-|---------|
D|-----|-------3-|---3-----|-3-0-0---|
A|-----|---------|---------|-------3-|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
e|-----|---------|---------|---------|
B|---3-|-1-------|-------3-|-1-----1-|
G|-----|---2-2---|-0---0---|---2-2---|
D|-3---|-------3-|---3-----|---------|
A|-----|---------|---------|---------|
E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
e|-----|---------|-----------|---------|
B|-3-3-|-1-------|-----------|---------|
G|-----|---2-2---|-0---0-2-0-|---------|
D|-----|-------3-|---3-------|-3-0-0---|
A|-----|---------|-----------|-------3-|
E|-----|---------|-----------|---------|
e|-----|---|
B|-----|---|
G|-----|---|
D|-3---|-3-|
A|---3-|---|
E|-----|---|

Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.

Auld Lang Syne — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|---|-------0-|-------0-|-----0-3-|
E|---|-1-1-1---|---1-----|-1-1-----|
C|-0-|---------|---------|---------|
G|---|---------|-0---0---|---------|
A|-5-5-|-3-0-0---|-------0-|---------|
E|-----|-------1-|---1-----|-1-------|
C|-----|---------|---------|---2-2-0-|
G|-----|---------|-0---0---|---------|
A|---5-|-3-0-0---|-------5-|-3-0-0-3-|
E|-1---|-------1-|---1-----|---------|
C|-----|---------|---------|---------|
G|-----|---------|-0---0---|---------|
A|-5-5-|-3-0-0---|-------0---|---------|
E|-----|-------1-|---1-------|-1-------|
C|-----|---------|-----------|---2-2-0-|
G|-----|---------|-0---0---0-|---------|
A|-----|---|
E|-1---|-1-|
C|---0-|---|
G|-----|---|

Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.

Auld Lang Syne chords

F major · 9 chords: F, Dm, B♭6, C7, F7, B♭, Gm7, A7, B♭/C

pickup
F Dm
B♭6 C7
F F7
B♭
F Dm
B♭6 C7
Dm Gm7 C7
F B♭
F F7
B♭6 C7
F F7
B♭
F Dm
B♭6 C7 A7
Dm Gm7 B♭/C C7
F
F

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like B♭/C means play B♭ with C as the lowest note.

Guitar chords for Auld Lang Syne

Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FDm××B♭6×C7×F7B♭×Gm7A7×B♭/C×

Ukulele chords for Auld Lang Syne

Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FDmB♭6C7F7B♭Gm7A7B♭/C

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Auld Lang Syne

Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it

FDmB♭6C7F7B♭Gm7A7B♭/C

More folk songs and tunes like it

Oh, My Darling ClementineShenandoahI've Been Working On The Railroad(The Bonnie Banks O')On Top Of Old SmokyHome On The RangeRed River ValleyDown In The Valley

This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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