Sailor's Hornpipe

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

1.  Sailor's Hornpipe Tab 1 (easy, by the GuitarMasta)

 

|-3-2-3----------------3-2-3--2-3-5--------5-3-2--------0-2-3-2-0---0------|

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

|-------------4-2-0---4----------------------------------------------------|

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

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

 

 

|---------3-------3---0--------0-----0-5-0---0-5-0-2---------0-2-3-2-0---0-|

|-3-1-0-3---3-0-3---3----1--1----3-2-------2----------3--3-------------3---|

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

|-------------------4-2-0---4----------------------------------------------|

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

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

 

 

1.  Sailor's Hornpipe Tab 2 (Mike Oldfield's version 1)

 

[NOTE:  the unknown tabber of this tabbed this upside-down.  The high E string is on the bottom and the low E string is on the top.  Just be aware as you learn this. Oh, and "h" means "B natural" in German music notation.]

 

* = repeat

 

Standard tuning

 

          G                              D

E*------|-3----3-------|--3------3------|-------------|-------------------|

A*------|--------------|----------------|-------------|--5----------------|

D*------|--------------|----------------|-0-----------|--4------0---------|

G*------|---0--0-------|----------------|---2--2--2-0-|----2----2---------|

h*------|---------3-1--|--0-3-----------|------0------|------3--3---------|

e*--3-2-|-3------------|------3--3--5-3-|-5-----------|-------------0--2--|

 

    C                    Am       Em          C   D    Em   D7    G

E---------------------|-----------0--------|--------------------|-----3--|*

A------------3--------|--0---------------2-|--3---5-------------|--------|*

D---2-----------------|--------------4-2-0-|--2---4----2----4---|--------|*

G---------------------|------2-0--0--------|----0---2--0----2---|-0-0-0--|*

h---------3----3--1-0-|--1-0---------------|-------------0-----1|-0------|*

e---3-2-0----0--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------|*

 

          G                  C             A                 D

E*-----|--3--------3-------|-------------|-----------------|-----------|

A*-----|-------------------|-3-----3-----|-0-------0-------|-----------|

D*-----|-------------------|-------------|-----------------|-0---0-----|

G*-----|-------------------|----5--5-----|-----------------|-----------|

h*-3-1-|--0--3---3-0-3---3-|-----------3-|-2-------2-------|---3-3-----|

e*-----|-------3-------3---|-0-------0---|---0-5-0---0-5-0-|-2-----0-2-|

 

    C                    Am       Em          C   D    Em   D7    G

E---------------------|-----------0--------|--------------------|-----3--|*

A------------3--------|--0---------------2-|--3---5-------------|--------|*

D---2-----------------|--------------4-2-0-|--2---4----2----4---|--------|*

G---------------------|------2-0--0--------|----0---2--0----2---|-0-0-0--|*

h---------3----3--1-0-|--1-0---------------|-------------0-----1|-0------|*

e---3-2-0----0--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------|*

 

 

1.  Sailor's Hornpipe Tab 2 (Mike Oldfield's version 2)

 

This is tabbed from the last two minutes of the original Tubular Bells - Part Two, but also a traditional song.  In Oldfield's, he speeds it up as it repeats.

 

Song Structure:

One | Two | Two | One | Two | Two | One | Two | Two | One | One | END

 

One

E||------------------12-------------|--12------9----------------|

B||---12--10--9--12------12--9--12--|------12-------10----10----|

G||*--------------------------------|---------------------------|

D||*--------------------------------|---------------------------|

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

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

 

--9----------9--14--9------9--|--14--9--11----------------|

-----12--11------------11-----|---------------12----12----|

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

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

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

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

 

--9--11--12--11--9------9------|------------------------------|

--------------------12-----12--|--10--9--10--9----------------|

-------------------------------|----------------11--9--9------|

-------------------------------|--------------------------13--|

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

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

 

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

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

-------------9------11--9-----|--11-----------9----9----|

--11--9--11-----13------------|-------------------------|

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

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

 

Two

--12--11--12--------------|-----------------12------12--16--|

--------------------------|--12--10--9--12------12----------|

----------------9----9----|---------------------------------|

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

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

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

 

--14--12--14----------------|-------------------------------|

----------------------------|-----------------12--11--12----|

----------------11----11----|--11--9------11----------------|

----------------------------|---------13--------------------|

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

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

 

--9--11--12--11--9------9------|------------------------------|

--------------------12-----12--|--10--9--10--9----------------|

-------------------------------|----------------11--9--9------|

-------------------------------|--------------------------13--|

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

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

 

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

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

-------------9------11--9-----|--11-----------9----9----||

--11--9--11-----13------------|-------------------------||

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

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

 

 




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