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About My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean is a folk song in G major — beginner-friendly, running from B, to B and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.

Type
Folk song
Key
G major · 3/4
Range
B, to B · first position
Notes used
D E F♯ G A B
Level
Beginner-friendly

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — sheet music

G major · 3/4

The notes

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

D | B A G | A G E | D B, B, D | B A G | G F♯ G | A A D | B A G | A G E | D B, B, D | E A G | F♯ E F♯ | G G | D | G | E A | F♯ F♯ F♯ | F♯ E F♯ | G A B | D | G | E A G | F♯ F♯ F♯ | F♯ E F♯ | G G

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My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — tab

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

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — Tenor banjo tab

G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position

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

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

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — Mandolin tab

G D A E · open position

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

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

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — fiddle fingering

G D A E · first position — finger numbers

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

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

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — Guitar tab

E A D G B E · open position

e|---|-------|-------|-----|
B|---|-0-----|-------|-----|
G|---|---2-0-|-2-0---|-----|
D|-0-|-------|-----2-|-0---|
A|---|-------|-------|---2-|
E|---|-------|-------|-----|
e|-----|-------|-------|---|
B|-----|-0-----|-------|---|
G|-----|---2-0-|-0---0-|-2-|
D|---0-|-------|---4---|---|
A|-2---|-------|-------|---|
E|-----|-------|-------|---|
e|-----|-------|-------|-----|
B|-----|-0-----|-------|-----|
G|-2---|---2-0-|-2-0---|-----|
D|---0-|-------|-----2-|-0---|
A|-----|-------|-------|---2-|
E|-----|-------|-------|-----|
e|-----|-------|-------|---|
B|-----|-------|-------|---|
G|-----|---2-0-|-------|-0-|
D|---0-|-2-----|-4-2-4-|---|
A|-2---|-------|-------|---|
E|-----|-------|-------|---|
e|---|---|---|---|
B|---|---|---|---|
G|-0-|---|-0-|---|
D|---|-0-|---|-2-|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
e|---|-------|-------|-----|
B|---|-------|-------|-----|
G|-2-|-------|-------|-0-2-|
D|---|-4-4-4-|-4-2-4-|-----|
A|---|-------|-------|-----|
E|---|-------|-------|-----|
e|---|---|---|---|
B|-0-|---|---|---|
G|---|---|-0-|---|
D|---|-0-|---|-2-|
A|---|---|---|---|
E|---|---|---|---|
e|-----|-------|-------|---|
B|-----|-------|-------|---|
G|-2-0-|-------|-------|-0-|
D|-----|-4-4-4-|-4-2-4-|---|
A|-----|-------|-------|---|
E|-----|-------|-------|---|
e|---|
B|---|
G|-0-|
D|---|
A|---|
E|---|

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

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean — Ukulele tab

G C E A (high G) · open position · played an octave up, as the tune dips below the lowest string

A|-5-|-14-12-10-|-12-10-7-|-5-2-|
E|---|----------|---------|-----|
C|---|----------|---------|-----|
G|---|----------|---------|-----|
A|-2-5-|-14-12-10-|-10-9-10-|-12-|
E|-----|----------|---------|----|
C|-----|----------|---------|----|
G|-----|----------|---------|----|
A|-12-5-|-14-12-10-|-12-10-7-|-5-2-|
E|------|----------|---------|-----|
C|------|----------|---------|-----|
G|------|----------|---------|-----|
A|-2-5-|-7-12-10-|-9-7-9-|-10-|
E|-----|---------|-------|----|
C|-----|---------|-------|----|
G|-----|---------|-------|----|
A|-10-|-5-|-10-|-7-|
E|----|---|----|---|
C|----|---|----|---|
G|----|---|----|---|
A|-12-|-9-9-9-|-9-7-9-|-10-12-|
E|----|-------|-------|-------|
C|----|-------|-------|-------|
G|----|-------|-------|-------|
A|-14-|-5-|-10-|-7-|
E|----|---|----|---|
C|----|---|----|---|
G|----|---|----|---|
A|-12-10-|-9-9-9-|-9-7-9-|-10-|
E|-------|-------|-------|----|
C|-------|-------|-------|----|
G|-------|-------|-------|----|
A|-10-|
E|----|
C|----|
G|----|

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

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean chords

G major · 5 chords: G, C, A7, D7, G7

pickup
G
C
G
G
G
A7
D7
D7
G
C
G
G
C
D7
G
G
G
G7
C
A7
D7
D7
G
G
G
G7
C
A7
D7
D7
G
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 My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

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

GC×A7×D7××G7

Ukulele chords for My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

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

GCA7D7G7

Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

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

GCA7D7G7

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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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