Dirty Old Town Banjo Tab

Dirty old town 5 string banjo tab now included in standard open G tuning. This song, which was written by Ewan McColl is in the key of G Major. It's one of the most popular folk songs ever written. It was a hit for The Dubliners and later by The Pogues. It's not too long a song and so ballad groups usually put an instrumental verse in the middle of the song. It sounds great on banjo and mandolin. It's probably the most popular folk song on the site.Tuning GDAE for the first tab which match the beginner notes and the second tab is tuned CGDA.

Above are the easy letter notes that will teach you how to play Dirty Old Town on tenor banjo.
These are just the basic notes for beginners. When you improve you can ad the extra notes
to make the song more interesting to play.

Dirty old town 5 string banjo tab