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About I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave is a two-part Irish jig in D mixolydian (it uses the notes of G major) — beginner-friendly, running from D to a and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Jig, two parts, each usually played twice
Key
D mixolydian (the notes of G major) · 6/8
Range
D to a · first position
Notes used
C D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — sheet music

D mixolydian (the notes of G major) · 6/8

The notes

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

D D D F♯ G | A d B C A F♯ | G G G B A G | F♯ F♯ F♯ G E A D D D F♯ G | A d B C A F♯ | G G G B A G | A F♯ D D A d e f♯ e d | f♯ a f♯ g f♯ e | d e f♯ e d | d C A d C A d e f♯ e d | f♯ a f♯ g f♯ e | d C A B A G | A F♯ D D

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I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — tab

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

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------|-0-5-2-3-0---|-------2-0---|-----------0-|
D|-0-0-0-4-5-|-----------4-|-5-5-5-----5-|-4-4-4-5-2---|
G|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-----------|-0-5-2-3-0---|-------2-0---|-0-------0-|
D|-0-0-0-4-5-|-----------4-|-5-5-5-----5-|---4-0-0---|
G|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|---0-2-0---|-2-5-2-3-2-0-|---0-2-0---|-------------|
A|-5-------5-|-------------|-5-------5-|-5-3-0-5-3-0-|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
E|---0-2-0---|-2-5-2-3-2-0-|-------------|---------|
A|-5-------5-|-------------|-5-3-0-2-0---|-0-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------5-|---4-0-0-|
G|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|

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

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------|-0-5-2-3-0---|-------2-0---|-----------0-|
D|-0-0-0-4-5-|-----------4-|-5-5-5-----5-|-4-4-4-5-2---|
G|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-----------|-0-5-2-3-0---|-------2-0---|-0-------0-|
D|-0-0-0-4-5-|-----------4-|-5-5-5-----5-|---4-0-0---|
G|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|---0-2-0---|-2-5-2-3-2-0-|---0-2-0---|-------------|
A|-5-------5-|-------------|-5-------5-|-5-3-0-5-3-0-|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
E|---0-2-0---|-2-5-2-3-2-0-|-------------|---------|
A|-5-------5-|-------------|-5-3-0-2-0---|-0-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------5-|---4-0-0-|
G|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|

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

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

E|-----------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-----------|-0-3-1-L2-0---|-------1-0---|-----------0-|
D|-0-0-0-2-3-|------------2-|-3-3-3-----3-|-2-2-2-3-1---|
G|-----------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
A|-----------|-0-3-1-L2-0---|-------1-0---|-0-------0-|
D|-0-0-0-2-3-|------------2-|-3-3-3-----3-|---2-0-0---|
G|-----------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
E|---0-1-0---|-1-3-1-L2-1-0-|---0-1-0---|---------------|
A|-3-------3-|--------------|-3-------3-|-3-L2-0-3-L2-0-|
D|-----------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
E|---0-1-0---|-1-3-1-L2-1-0-|--------------|---------|
A|-3-------3-|--------------|-3-L2-0-1-0---|-0-------|
D|-----------|--------------|------------3-|---2-0-0-|
G|-----------|--------------|--------------|---------|

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

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-----------|---3-0-1-----|-------0-----|-------------|
G|---------0-|-2-------2---|-0-0-0---2-0-|-------0---2-|
D|-0-0-0-4---|-----------4-|-------------|-4-4-4---2---|
A|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
B|-----------|---3-0-1-----|-------0-----|-----------|
G|---------0-|-2-------2---|-0-0-0---2-0-|-2-------2-|
D|-0-0-0-4---|-----------4-|-------------|---4-0-0---|
A|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
e|---0-2-0---|-2-5-2-3-2-0-|---0-2-0---|-------------|
B|-3-------3-|-------------|-3-------3-|-3-1---3-1---|
G|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----2-----2-|
D|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
A|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
e|---0-2-0---|-2-5-2-3-2-0-|-------------|---------|
B|-3-------3-|-------------|-3-1---0-----|---------|
G|-----------|-------------|-----2---2-0-|-2-------|
D|-----------|-------------|-------------|---4-0-0-|
A|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------|

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

I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

A|-----------|-0-5-2-3-0---|-------2-0---|-----------0-|
E|-------2---|-----------2-|-------------|-2-2-2---0---|
C|-2-2-2-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|---------0-|-------------|-0-0-0-----0-|-------0-----|
A|-----------|-0-5-2-3-0---|-------2-0---|-0-------0-|
E|-------2---|-----------2-|-------------|---2-------|
C|-2-2-2-----|-------------|-------------|-----2-2---|
G|---------0-|-------------|-0-0-0-----0-|-----------|
A|-5-7-9-7-5-|-9-12-9-10-9-7-|-5-7-9-7-5-|-5-3-0-5-3-0-|
E|-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
C|-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
G|-----------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
A|-5-7-9-7-5-|-9-12-9-10-9-7-|-5-3-0-2-0---|-0-------|
E|-----------|---------------|-------------|---2-----|
C|-----------|---------------|-------------|-----2-2-|
G|-----------|---------------|-----------0-|---------|

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

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This setting is a community transcription from thesession.org. The tune itself is traditional. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.

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