Tempo: Allegro Assai
Key Signature: C Major (original key D)
Time Signature: 4/4
This is a fairly easy song, and it's wonderful if you want to improve your fingerpicking skills.
Mind the first and second endings!
Allegro Assai (quarter note = about 120)
E|-0--0---1--3-|-3--1--0----|----------0-|-0--------|-0--0---1--3-|-3--1--0----|
B|-------------|-0--------3-|-1--1--3----|------3-3-|-------------|-0--------3-|
G|-0-----------|------------|----------0-|-0--------|-0-----------|------------|
D|--------0--2-|-2--0-------|-2--2--3----|--------3-|--------0--2-|-2--0-------|
A|-3--3--------|-------3--2-|-3----------|----------|-3--3--------|-------3--2-|
E|-------------|------------|------------|-3--------|-------------|------------|
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E-|----------0-|----------||--------0----|----0-1-0----|----0-1-0----|----------0-|
B-|-1--1--3----|-3----1-1-||--3--3-----1-|-3---------1-|-3---------3-|-1--3-----1-|
G-|----------0-|----------||*-0-----0----|-0------0----|-0------1----|-2--2--0----|
D-|-2--2--3----|-3------2-||*------------|-------------|-------------|-------0----|
A-|-3----------|--------3-||--2-----3----|-2------3----|-2------2----|-0----------|
E-|------------|-3--------||-------------|-------------|-------------|----2--3----|
1°---------| 2°--------|
E-|-0--0--1--3-|-3--1--0----|----------0-|-----------|| |----------|
B-|-1-----3----|-0-----0--3-|-1--1--3----|-3----1-1--|| |-3----1-1-|
G-|------------|------------|-0--------0-|----------*|| |----------| Fine
D-|------------|------------|-2-----3----|-3------2-*|| |-3------2-|
A-|-3-----3----|------------|------------|--------3--|| |--------3-|
E-|------------|-3-----3----|------------|-3---------|| |-3--------|
**At the first ending, the two asterisks are the dots on a repeat sign. Repeat back to
the two asterisks are, and then take the second ending.
