About Oh, My Darling Clementine
Oh, My Darling Clementine is a folk song in F major — beginner-friendly, running from C to C and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Folk song
- Key
- F major · 3/4
- Range
- C to C · first position
- Notes used
- C E F G A B♭
- Level
- Beginner-friendly
Oh, My Darling Clementine — sheet music
F 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
F F | F C A A | A F F A | C C B♭ A G G A | B♭ B♭ A G | A F F A | G C E G F F F | F C A A | A F F A | C C B♭ A G G A | B♭ B♭ A G | A F F A | G C E G F
Oh, My Darling Clementine — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
Oh, My Darling Clementine — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-----|---------|---------|---------| A|-----|-----0-0-|-0-----0-|-3-3-1-0-| D|-3-3-|-3-------|---3-3---|---------| G|-----|---5-----|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------| A|-----0-|-1-1-0---|-0-----0-|---------| D|-5-5---|-------5-|---3-3---|-5---2-5-| G|-------|---------|---------|---5-----|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------| A|-------|-----0-0-|-0-----0-|-3-3-1-0-| D|-3-3-3-|-3-------|---3-3---|---------| G|-------|---5-----|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------| A|-----0-|-1-1-0---|-0-----0-|---------| D|-5-5---|-------5-|---3-3---|-5---2-5-| G|-------|---------|---------|---5-----|
E|---| A|---| D|-3-| G|---|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
Oh, My Darling Clementine — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-----|---------|---------|---------| A|-----|-----0-0-|-0-----0-|-3-3-1-0-| D|-3-3-|-3-------|---3-3---|---------| G|-----|---5-----|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------| A|-----0-|-1-1-0---|-0-----0-|---------| D|-5-5---|-------5-|---3-3---|-5---2-5-| G|-------|---------|---------|---5-----|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------| A|-------|-----0-0-|-0-----0-|-3-3-1-0-| D|-3-3-3-|-3-------|---3-3---|---------| G|-------|---5-----|---------|---------|
E|-------|---------|---------|---------| A|-----0-|-1-1-0---|-0-----0-|---------| D|-5-5---|-------5-|---3-3---|-5---2-5-| G|-------|---------|---------|---5-----|
E|---| A|---| D|-3-| G|---|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
Oh, My Darling Clementine — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|-------|----------|-----------|------------| A|-------|------0-0-|-0-------0-|-L2-L2-L1-0-| D|-L2-L2-|-L2-------|---L2-L2---|------------| G|-------|----3-----|-----------|------------|
E|-------|-----------|-----------|---------| A|-----0-|-L1-L1-0---|-0-------0-|---------| D|-3-3---|---------3-|---L2-L2---|-3---1-3-| G|-------|-----------|-----------|---3-----|
E|----------|----------|-----------|------------| A|----------|------0-0-|-0-------0-|-L2-L2-L1-0-| D|-L2-L2-L2-|-L2-------|---L2-L2---|------------| G|----------|----3-----|-----------|------------|
E|-------|-----------|-----------|---------| A|-----0-|-L1-L1-0---|-0-------0-|---------| D|-3-3---|---------3-|---L2-L2---|-3---1-3-| G|-------|-----------|-----------|---3-----|
E|----| A|----| D|-L2-| G|----|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
Oh, My Darling Clementine — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-----|---------|---------|---------| B|-----|---------|---------|-1-1-----| G|-----|-----2-2-|-2-----2-|-----3-2-| D|-3-3-|-3-------|---3-3---|---------| A|-----|---3-----|---------|---------| E|-----|---------|---------|---------|
e|-------|---------|---------|---------| B|-------|---------|---------|---------| G|-0-0-2-|-3-3-2-0-|-2-----2-|-0-----0-| D|-------|---------|---3-3---|-----2---| A|-------|---------|---------|---3-----| E|-------|---------|---------|---------|
e|-------|---------|---------|---------| B|-------|---------|---------|-1-1-----| G|-------|-----2-2-|-2-----2-|-----3-2-| D|-3-3-3-|-3-------|---3-3---|---------| A|-------|---3-----|---------|---------| E|-------|---------|---------|---------|
e|-------|---------|---------|---------| B|-------|---------|---------|---------| G|-0-0-2-|-3-3-2-0-|-2-----2-|-0-----0-| D|-------|---------|---3-3---|-----2---| A|-------|---------|---------|---3-----| E|-------|---------|---------|---------|
e|---| B|---| G|---| D|-3-| A|---| E|---|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
Oh, My Darling Clementine — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-----|-----0-0-|-0-----0-|-3-3-1-0-| E|-1-1-|-1-------|---1-1---|---------| C|-----|---0-----|---------|---------| G|-----|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----0-|-1-1-0---|-0-----0-|---------| E|-------|---------|---1-1---|-----0---| C|-------|---------|---------|---0-----| G|-0-0---|-------0-|---------|-0-----0-|
A|-------|-----0-0-|-0-----0-|-3-3-1-0-| E|-1-1-1-|-1-------|---1-1---|---------| C|-------|---0-----|---------|---------| G|-------|---------|---------|---------|
A|-----0-|-1-1-0---|-0-----0-|---------| E|-------|---------|---1-1---|-----0---| C|-------|---------|---------|---0-----| G|-0-0---|-------0-|---------|-0-----0-|
A|---| E|-1-| C|---| G|---|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
Oh, My Darling Clementine chords
F major · 5 chords: F, C7, A7/C♯, Dm, G7
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 A7/C♯ means play A7 with C♯ as the lowest note.
Guitar chords for Oh, My Darling Clementine
Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Ukulele chords for Oh, My Darling Clementine
Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Oh, My Darling Clementine
Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
More folk songs and tunes like it
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.