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Greensleeves guitar TAB with chords. Play this easy solo arrangement of the popular 16th Century English song. Guitar chord symbols are also included, so you can play with a friend.

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Greensleeves Guitar TAB (With Chords)

This arrangement of Greensleeves is suitable for early-stage fingerstyle guitarists. It will sound good on either acoustic or classical guitar.

You could also try playing it on an electric guitar with a clean sound.

How To Play Greensleeves On Guitar

This arrangement of Greensleeves doesn’t move out of first position and contains quite a few open strings, making it relatively straightforward to play.

The piece is in A minor*, which means that there are no sharps or flats in the key signature. However, there are several sharpened notes (marked with a #) that you should watch out for if you are reading the music notation (as opposed to the tab).

The sharp signs raise the pitch of the note by a semitone. Refer to the tab if necessary to hear how the music should sound.

You can repeat the whole piece 2 or 3 times. If you are playing the chord part, you could play an A major chord instead of an A minor chord at the end of the final repetition. This gives the piece a ‘happy ending’ (this effect is known as a ‘tierce de Picardie’ in classical music.

Left Hand Fingering

The small numbers by the side of certain notes indicate which finger should be used. The fingers of the fretting hand are numbered 1 (index finger) to 4 (little finger).

Use the thumb of the right hand to play the bass notes.

Greensleeves Time Signature

The piece is in 6/8 time. This means that there are 2 main beats in each bar, each of which is sub-divided into three. One way of counting a 6/8 rhythm is by counting ‘ONE-two-three, TWO-two-three’.

You could also count ‘One-Two-Three-Four-Five-Six’, placing a slight stress on the ‘One’ and ‘Four’ beats.

Greensleeves Fingerstyle Guitar Tab

The first note of Greensleeves is a ‘pick-up note’, or ‘anacrusis’. Both of these terms mean an additional note (or notes) that occurs before the first full bar of music. Therefore, when playing Greensleeves, start counting on the second note of the piece (i.e. the 1st beat of the 1st full bar of music).

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Greensleeves Melody Guitar TAB

The following version of Greensleeves omits the bass notes, allowing it to be played with a pick:

Greensleeves TAB: Alternative Version

In the following version of Greensleeves, some of the F sharps of the first melody are played as F naturals. This gives the piece a ‘softer’, less Dorian sound. It is one of several variations of the tune that have appeared over the years.

Henry The Eighth

Although Henry VIII is rumored to have written Greensleeves, this is unlikely to be true. You can find out more about the origins of the song at wikipedia.

We hope that you enjoy playing this Greensleeves guitar tab arrangement. Let us know how you get on in the comments below!

This post features the solo fingerstyle guitar tab for “Greensleeves.” “What Child Is This” shares the same melody.

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Greensleeves

The video below demonstrates the solo arrangement of “Greensleeves.”

Tab

Guitar

This is a solo guitar arrangement of “Greensleeves.” This style of arrangement can also be called a chord melody.

Greensleeves guitar tab pdf

I always tell my students to learn the melody before attempting to play a solo arrangement. Pick out the high notes (the melody) in the tab below. When your playing is clean and in time, try adding the bass notes. Then fill in all the notes in between.

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History & Lyrics

“Greensleeves” is a traditional English ballad that dates back to the sixteenth century, but one knows for sure who wrote the lyrics or the melody. The legend has it, that the words to “Greensleeves” were written for Anne Boleyn by King Henry VIII during their courtship, which apparently wasn’t going well for him. There is also the belief that the song was composed after Henry’s death because this Italian style of music had not reached England yet.

Here are the lyrics. Note that “Greensleeves” is the name given to the woman in the song.

What Child Is This

These are the lyrics for “What Child is This,” which uses the same melody as “Greensleeves.”

For more on the history of “Greensleeves” see the Wikipedia article on the subject here.

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