The Irish Washerwoman

Thanks to those who responded to my posting of a traditional Scots tune.

Here's a traditional Irish jig (6/8 time) with suggested chords.

Play part 1 twice then part 2 twice. The note marked with * should be

played only when going into part 2; otherwise (when repeating part 1) play

the two notes in the Intro bar. Try it: you'll see what I mean.

Part 2 is mostly played with a half-barre at fret 7.

"The Irish Washerwoman"

PART 1:

Intro bar

E|------------------|

B|------------3--1--|

G|------------------|

D|------------------|

A|------------------|

E|------------------|

. . . . . .

------------------|------------------|------------------|---------0--------|

0-----------------|0-----0--3--1--0--|1-----------------|1--0--1-----3--1--|

---0--0-----0--0--|---0--------------|---2--2-----2--2--|------------------|

---------0--------|------------------|---------2--------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

G G G G C D G G *

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

0-----------------|0-----0--3--1--0--|1--0--1-----3--1--|0--------------8--|

---0--0-----0--0--|---0--------------|---------2--------|---0--0--0--------|

---------0--------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART 2:

------------------|---------7--------|------------------|------------------|

8-----8--8-----8--|8-----8-----10-8--|7-----7--7-----7--|7-----7--10-8--7--|

---7--------7-----|---7--------------|---7--------7-----|---7--------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

---8--8-----8--8--|---8--8-----8--8--|------------------|------------------|

9--------7--------|------------------|------------7-----|---0--0--0--------|

------------------|10-------9--------|10-9--10-7-----10-|9-----------------|

------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

________________________________________________________________________

Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland