Curragh Of Kildare Chords & Tabs
Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)
Artist: Bert Jansch
Track title: Curragh of Kildare
Album: Live at the 12 Bar
Tuning: EADGBE
This is transcribed from the live version, he also recorded it in 1977 on "A Rare Conundrum"
although I don't have (and can't find!) that album. It's another genius Jansch combination
of guitar and vocal and the great thing is that it's a breeze to play. I have tabbed it as intro,
verse and ending as that's the only parts to the song. He plays an instrumental break which is
just the same pattern repeated.
Rhythm: 4/4
Intro:
Beat:* * * * * * * *
E||---------------------------|---------------------------|
B||--3-----3---------------1h-|--3-----3---------------1h-|
G||-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0-----0----0----|
D||--------------0-----2------|--------------0-----2------|
A||---------------------------|---------------------------|
E||--3------------------------|--3------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E---------------------------|---------------------------|
B--3-----3---------------1p-|--0-----0---------------1p-|
G-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0-----0----0----|
D--------------0-----2------|--------------0-----2------|
A---------------------------|---------------------------|
E--3------------------------|--3------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E---------------------------|---------------------------|
B--0-----0---------------1p-|--0-----0---------------1h-|
G-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0-----0----0----|
D--------------0-----2------|--------------0-----2------|
A---------------------------|---------------------------|
E--3------------------------|--3------------------------|
Verse:
* * * * * * * *
E---------------------------|----------------------------|
B--3-----3---------------1h-|--3-----3---------1------0--|
G-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0----0------0----|
D--------------0-----2------|----------------------------|
A---------------------------|--------------3------2------|
E--3------------------------|--3-------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E--------5--7--8--7------0--|--------2-----0h-2--------|
B--------------------10-----|--------3-----3-----------|
G-----5-----7--9------------|-----2-----2-----------2--|
D---------------------------|--0-----------------0-----|
A--0------------------------|--------------------------|
E---------------------------|--------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E-------0-----------0-----|--------3-----------------|
B-------1-----------1-----|--------1-----------0-----|
G----------2-----2--------|-----------------0--------|
D--2----------2-----------|-----2-----2--------------|
A--0-------------------2--|--3--------------------2--|
E-------------------------|--------------3-----------|
* * * * * * * *
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G-----2-----------2--------|-----0-----------2--------|
D--0--------0--------------|--------------------------|
A--------------3--------3--|--2--------2--0--------0--|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bert_jansch/curragh_of_kildare_tab.html ]
* * * * * * * *
E--------0-----------------|--------------------7-----|
B--------1-----------------|--------7-----------7-----|
G-----0--------------0-----|-----------7-----7--------|
D-----------------5--------|--------------------------|
A--3--------3-/7--------7--|-----9--------9-----------|
E--------------------------|--7--------------------7--|
* * * * * * * *
E--------5--7--8--7------0--|--------2-----0h-2--------|
B--------------------10-----|--------3-----3-----------|
G-----5-----7--9------------|-----2-----2-----------2--|
D---------------------------|--0-----------------0-----|
A--0------------------------|--------------------------|
E---------------------------|--------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E----------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------0---------1------0--|--------5-----------5-----|
G-----0----------0------0----|-----5-----------5--------|
D----------------------------|-/7--------7--5--------0--|
A--------------3------2------|--------------------------|
E--3--------3----------------|--------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
B--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------7-----|
G-----2-----------0--------|-----2-----------5--------|
D--4--------4--2--------2--|--0--------0-/7--------0--|
A--------------------------|--------------------------|
E--------------------------|--------------------------|
Ending:
* * * * * * * *
E---------------------------|---------------------------|
B--3-----3---------------1h-|--3-----3---------------1h-|
G-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0-----0----0----|
D--------------0-----2------|--------------0-----2------|
A---------------------------|---------------------------|
E--3------------------------|--3------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E----------------------------|--------------------------|
B--3-----3-----------1p0h1p0-|-----------------------1h-|
G-----0-----0-----0----------|-----0----0-----0----0----|
D--------------0-----2p0h2p0-|-------------0-----2------|
A----------------------------|--------------------------|
E--3-------------------------|--3-----------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E---------------------------|---------------------------|
B--3-----3---------------1h-|--3-----3---------------1h-|
G-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0-----0----0----|
D--------------0-----2------|--------------0-----2------|
A---------------------------|---------------------------|
E--3------------------------|--3------------------------|
* * * * * * * *
E---------------------------|----------------------------|
B--3-----3---------------1p-|--0-----0-----------1p0h1p0-|
G-----0-----0-----0----0----|-----0-----0-----0----------|
D--------------0-----2------|--------------0-----2p0h2p0-|
A---------------------------|----------------------------|
E--3------------------------|--3-------------------------|
Freely:
E---------------------|--10--------15--------||
B--3------------------|--12------------------||
G--0------0--0--------|--12------------------||
D--0------------------|--0-------------------||
A---------------------|----------------------||
E--3------------------|----------------------||