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Mary Had A Little Lamb — Sheet Music, Tab & Chord Directory

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About Mary Had A Little Lamb

Mary Had A Little Lamb is a nursery rhyme in G major — beginner-friendly, running from D to d and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Nursery rhyme
Key
G major · 4/4
Range
D to d · first position
Notes used
D G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

Mary Had A Little Lamb — sheet music

G 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

B A G A | B B B | A A A | B d d B A G A | B B B B | A A B A | G A B A G A | B B B | A A A | B d d D B A G A | B B B B | A A B A | G

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Mary Had A Little Lamb — tab

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

Mary Had A Little Lamb — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

Mary Had A Little Lamb — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

Mary Had A Little Lamb — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

Mary Had A Little Lamb — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

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

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

Mary Had A Little Lamb — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position

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

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

Mary Had A Little Lamb chords

G major · 2 chords: G, D7

G
G
D7
G
G
G
D7
G
G
G
D7
G
G
G
D7
G

One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before.

Guitar chords for Mary Had A Little Lamb

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

GD7××

Ukulele chords for Mary Had A Little Lamb

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

GD7

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Mary Had A Little Lamb

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

GD7

More nursery rhymes and tunes like it

Old Macdonald Had A FarmTwinkle, Twinkle, Little StarLondon Bridge Is Falling DownRow, Row, Row Your BoatPop Goes The WeaselThis Old ManFrère JacquesHere We Go 'Round The Mulberry Bush

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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