Tenor Banjo Tabs
  • Tenor Banjo Tabs
  • Pop And Rock
  • Mandolin PDF Ebook
  • Hymns
Welcome one and all to my new site for the 4 string tenor banjo / mandolin tabs by Martin Dardis. All the sheet music tabs are for GDAE, tuned banjo which is the same as the mandolin and fiddle and the most popular way of tuning.But I'm in the process of adding CGDA tuning to all the songs at the moment . My primary focus will be on beginners and improvers.  Most of the songs here are Irish folk and ballad songs with some pop, country and a some Christian songs and Christmas Carols. If your just starting out on the banjo then my advise would be to kick of with some easy to play songs like Belfast Mill and Dirty Old Town. I'll be adding songs over time. I have made all these tabs as easy as I possibly could, each piece of music is in the key of G or D with the odd one in C. Most of these songs have never being made into banjo / mandolin tabs before, especially the pop songs. I like playing the oldies myself so I thought I may as well share them. Hopefully some of you like what I'm doing. I'm trying to include something for everybody including children and those beginners just starting out. Not all the folk songs are Irish in origin, but as I come from Ireland they are the one's I know best. See link for the pop songs.
PDF Ebook Of Songs
PDF Ebook of Christmas Carols And Songs
Pop And Rock Songs On Banjo / Mandolin
Irish Rebel Songs
Hymns Sheet Music Mandolin Tabs And Chords
Beginners Banjo / Mandolin Tabs
More Mandolin / Tenor Banjo Tabs Here
All My Life's A Circle
After The Gold Rush
A Song For Ireland
A Place In The Choir
American National Anthem
After All These Years
Annie's Song
All For Me Grog
A Daisy A Day
And The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda
An Irish Blessing
As I Roved Out
A Single Yellow Rose 
Isla Grant
Arthur McBride
The Auld Triangle
Dirty Old Town
The ballad of Jed Clampett
 Beverly Hillbillies theme song
Banks Of The Ohio
Beeswing
Belfast Mill
Blanket On The Ground
Botany Bay
The Bonnie Ship The Diamond 
The Ballad Of John Henry
The Butcher Boy
Don't Think Twice It's All Right
Bob Dylan
Bread And Fishes / Wind In The Willows
The Boston Burglar
The Black Hills Of Dakota
Big Rock Candy Mountain
Black Velvet Band
Bright Blue Rose
Clementine [ Oh My Darling ]
The Curragh Of Kildare
The Cliffs Of Dooneen
Come By The Hills
Copperhead Road
Cotton Eye Joe
Cool Water
City Of Chicago
Cunla by The Dubliners
Cumberland Gap
The Craic Was 90 In The Isle Of Man
Down By The Sally Gardens
Down In The Willow Garden
Dublin In My Tears
Early Morning Rain By Gordon Lightfoot
Fairytale Of New York
Four Strong Winds
The Foggy Dew
From Clare To Here
The Fields Of Athenry
Galway Bay
Galway Girl
Gentle Annie
Ghost Riders In The Sky
The Galway Races
Happy Birthday To You 
Henry My Son
Home Boys Home
Home On The Range
House Of The Rising Sun
The Hog Eye Man
High Germany
I Will Love You 
I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
I'll Tell Me Ma
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen
It's A Long Way To Tipperary
If Your Happy And You Know It Clap Your Hands
Just As I Am
Joe Hill
Kumbaya
The Kerry Dances
The Lakes of Pontchartrain
Leave Her Johnny Leave Her
Luke Kelly's Land
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Little Brown Jug 
Lough Sheelin Side 
The Little Drummer Boy
The Lark In The Morning
The Leaving Of Liverpool
Morning Has Broken
Morningtown Ride
Molly Malone
Monto
Mrs. McGrath
The Mountains Of Mourne
Nancy Mulligan Ed Sheeran
Óró ‘Sé do bheatha ‘bhaile
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag
Parcel Of Rogues
The Parting Glass
Red River Valley
Red Rose Cafe
Red Haired Mary
Rosin the Beau
The Real Old Mountain Dew
The Rocky Road To Dublin 
Scotland The Brave
Scarborough Fair
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Spancil Hill
Slievenamon
Three Score And Ten
The Thirty Foot Trailer
Sally MacLennane
South Australia
Shanagolden Mandolin Tab
Sonny's Dream
Show Me The Way To Go Home
Sweet Georgia Brown
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Sweet Tibbie Dunbar
The Shoals Of Herring
There Is A Tavern In The Town
Tramps And Hawkers
The Star Of The County Down
The Streets Of London
The Streets Of Laredo
The Skye Boat Song
This Old Man
The Wild Rover
The Wellerman
Wagon Wheel
Wave Over Wave
Weila Waile
We Shall Not Be Moved
Whiskey In The Jar
Wabash Cannonball
We All Need More Kindness In This World
Working Man
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor
Winter Wonderland
White Christmas
Where The Roses Never Fade
The Water Is Wide
The White Cliffs Of Dover
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
Yankee Doodle
Yellow Bird
A Pair Of Brown Eyes
A World Of Our Own
Avondale
 Auld Lang Syne
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Black Is The Colour
Blow The Man Down
Blowing In The Wind
Boots Of Spanish Leather
Brown Girl In The Ring
The Boys From The Co. Armagh
The big ship sails through the alley alley o 
The Blarney Roses
Caledonia
Calon Lân - Welsh folk song
Colours By Donovan
Country Roads
Courtin' In The Kitchen
Come Down From The Mountain Katie Daly
Cindy / I Wish I Was An Apple
The Connemara Cradle Song
The Crystal Chandeliers
Danny Boy 
Darling Say You''ll Love Me When I'm Old
Down To The River To Pray
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
Dink's Song [ Noah's Dove ]
Dublin Town In 1962
Edelweiss
Flower Of Scotland
For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name
Fiddlers Green
The First Of May
The Galway Shawl
The Garden Song
The Green Fields Of France
Gallipoli
Goodnight Irene
Greensleeves
The German Clockwinder
The Golden Jubilee
The Gypsy Rover
 Hallelujah
Hand Me Down My Bible
Hail Glorious Saint Patrick
Hard Times Come Again No More
Health to the company
Henry Martin
Here My Song Violetta
The Hills Of Connemara
The Humour Is On Me Now
I'm A Good Old Rebel
If I Had A Hammer
I Wonder As I Wonder
I'm Nobody's Child
Isle Of Hope Isle Of Tears
If I Needed You
Townes Van Zandt
The Isle Of Innisfree
The Irish Rover
I'll Never Find Another You
I'm A Rover Seldom Sober
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
The Jug Of Punch
Just A Little Talk With Jesus 
The Irish National Anthem
Lady Of Knock
The Last Thing On My Mind
The Lonesome Boatman
Lord Of The Dance
Lili The Pink
Long Long Before Your Time
Loch Lomond
The Mermaid
Mary's Boy Child
Mary From Dungloe
Maggie
My Old Kentucky Home
Marie's Wedding
Many Young Men Of Twenty
McAlpines Fusiliers
My Heart Will Go On
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
Muirsheen Durkin 
Nancy Spain
The Net Hauling Song
The Night Visiting Song
O Susanna
Paddy Works On The Railway
Pat Murphy's Meadow
Peace In The Valley
Peggy Gordon
Pretty Little Girl From Omagh
Red Is The Rose
Que Sera Sera
The Rare Auld Times
The Rattlin' Bog
The Rose Of Tralee
The Roseville Fair
On Raglan Road
Ringsend Rose
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Sloop John B
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Scorn Not His Simplicity
Shenandoah
She Moved Through The Fair
Somewhere My Love / Lara's Theme From Dr. Zhivago
Step It Out Mary My Fine Daughter
Steal Away
School Day's Over
The Spanish Lady
The Sun Is Burning
The Town I Loved So Well
The Travelling People
The Times They Are A-Changin'
The Tennessee Waltz
Movie And T.V. Mandolin Theme Tune Tabs
This Land Is Your Land
Twenty One Years
Uncloudy Day
You Are My Sunshine
You Raise Me Up
You Seldom Come To See Me Anymore
Viva La Quinta Brigada
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
When The Roses Bloom Again
When A Child Is Born
Wild Mountain Thyme
Whiskey On A Sunday
Where Have All The Flowers Gone
The ​wild colonial boy
The Wreck Of The Old 97
The Wraggle Taggle Gypsy
The Wreck Of The Edmond Fitzgerald
Wildwood Flower


Below is the list of mandolin / tenor banjo songs from the original PDF Ebook. Price €7.90 . I'll emal the download link after purchase.

I have been meaning to put this site together for a long time, mainly because of the amount of requests I was getting for Banjo / Mandolin tabs over on my other website Irish Folk Songs.com I used to play a lot of 4 string banjo many years ago but gave it up when I started playing the tin whistle. I know very well from attending sessions that most banjo players prefer to play the ''Traditional Tunes'' rather than ''Songs'' , I was never really a huge fan of traditional music, I much prefer playing the tune of a song any day. There are plenty more out there like me, but nobody was catering for for those who would rather play songs. There are plenty of websites around that specialize in providing sheet music for trad. tunes and I'm not going that path and will be adding mostly old pop and folk songs. If you like to lend a hand, then please send your tab to unitedireland@gmail.com , Thanks. You won't find any songs on this site in the keys of Bb or Eb or any other difficult to play key. All the songs will be in easiest to play key I can put them into, such as D, G and C.
What If You Can't Read Sheet Music Tabs ?
No problem, as I have included easy banjo / mandolin ''Letter Notes for for most of the songs at this stage.
​Below is an example of a song that uses these notes.
Example of banjo / mandolin easy letter notes for beginners
This is an example of basic banjo / mandolin letter notes used on this site.
This is the easiest way of learning to play any song on any musical instrument once you have a fair idea in your head of the melody of the song, [and know where the notes are on the fretboard] and most people already have the tune in their heads and just need a little help finding which notes to play. Most of the time you'll be using the same notes over and over for most songs. I'll be keeping all the songs here as easy to play as possible and will be treating every song as if it's being learned by a complete beginner.
Comments
Hi

I just want to thank you for making this homepage. I'm trying to learn how to play the banjo and thanks to your page, I really enjoy this. It is an "easy" way to learn new songs, and my banjo is actually putting out real melodies :D Who would have thought?!  I like that you put out the tabs in different scales.
Keep up the good work! You help me progress so much.Søren.

Hi! What a pleasure to find your site. I play my Grandad's 1920's Ludwig tenor banjo (well, actually, I'm learning to play.....) every week with 3 friends -- another tenor banjo, a mando and a uke. We play our own "style" and none of the usual songs. Some of our faves are Amie (Pure Prairie League), Dock of the Bay (Otis!), Brain Damage (Pink Floyd), Do Wah Diddy (Manfred Mann), Tired of Waiting and Sunny Afternoon (kinks), etc.


We two tenor-gals use CGDA tuning instead of GDAE. I just wanted to reach out and say thanks for the inspiration on your site, and for making other music styles available to tenor players. Those of us who don't/won't play traditional tunes like "normal" tenor players appreciate your effort! Georgia in Wyoming, USA

​
Hey, Just a note to say thanks a lot for building this site. Had a tenor banjo for a few years now, but only put some real time into it this year and it's paying off. There are so many songs on here that I was brought up on and having access to the notes written out are a huge help for a beginner.
Dan.

I just want to thank you for the plethora of popular songs that you included with the tabs for mandolin. I am just beginning to play and this site is fantastic!!! I really cannot thank you enough...I have searched for a long time to find something like this! Thank you and do you take donations? Most sites charge for just one song and you have given us so many songs...I love the pop songs!!! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart. Playing mandolin takes me away from the troubles of the world. Juanita.
Picture
Privacy Policy
Requests 
​/ Contact
Cookie Consent
​ © 2017-2021
  • Tenor Banjo Tabs
  • Pop And Rock
  • Mandolin PDF Ebook
  • Hymns