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Greensleeves: guitar chords and tab for beginners

England, 16th century

Greensleeves

by Traditional

Tempo
100beats per minute
Count
3beats in each bar
Key
A minorthe home note
Level
1 of 3easiest
Bar 1:1 of 16Tap play to turn sound on
Key A minor
0
Higher or lower, to match a voice.
Tempo100beats per minute right now

Level 1. Strum one chord per beat. Start here.

Chord names above, strum arrows below. Down arrow = strum down toward the floor, up arrow = back up.

01020304050607080910111213141516AmAmCGGAmEEAmAmCGGAmEAm↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑↓↓↑↓↑
Where your fingers go● press here · the number is which finger
EADGBeopen12345678910111202310

Hold this chord

Am×231EADGBe

Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Space bar plays and pauses. Left and right arrows jump a bar.

The chords

The chords in Greensleeves

4 chords, all open shapes: Am, C, G, E. 3 beats in each bar, 100 beats per minute, in A minor.

About the song

Nobody knows who wrote Greensleeves. It was already famous in the 1580s and it has never gone away. Four open chords carry the whole verse, and the tune above them is the first thing many players learn to fingerpick.

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