Mary Had a Little Lamb chords & tab
Sarah Josepha Hale · 1830
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Verse
Mary had a little lamb,
little lamb, little lamb.
Mary had a little lamb,
its fleece was white as snow.
Guitar Tab
Key of C, standard tuning. Read the high e string at the top.
Melody, first four bars (key of C): e|-0-------------|0----0---0-----|---------------|0----3---3-----| B|-----3--1---3--|---------------|3----3---3-----|---------------| G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| A|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| Ma- ry had a lit- tle lamb, lit- tle lamb, lit- tle lamb.
About this song
Sarah Josepha Hale's 1830 nursery rhyme, sung to Lowell Mason's tune. Only four notes (C, D, E and G) and two chords.
How to play it: One down-strum per beat on C; switch to G for the second 'little lamb' and for 'fleece was'.
Lead: C major (C D E F G A B). It starts on E and steps down to C and back up: the first three notes of the C major scale, in reverse.