The Banjolin Song Chords & Tabs
This is the version they played on Balcony TV back in 08 so it may be a tad
different than the recorded version. It's pretty easy to pick up the strumming
pattern when you listen to the song.
Standard Tuning. No Capo.
INTRO:
Slowly:
e|-1-------1-------1------|
B|-0-------0-------0------|
G|-0-------0-------0------|
D|-0-------0-------0------|
A|-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0|
E|-3-------3-------3------|
Then faster:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-|
E|-3-3-3-------------------3-3-3------------------3-3-3------------------3-3-3-------------------|
Slowly again: G C G Am 4x
G C G Am G
She stole my heart and made me sing
C G Am
She tore me limb from limb
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mumford_and_sons/the_banjolin_song_crd.html ]
G C G Am G
I did not think that I could love
C G
Or be loved that way
(fast strumming)
Am G C G Am G C G
aga-aa-ain-aa-aa-aa-ain aaaga-aa-ain-aa-aa-aa-ain
(repeat the same pattern for second verse)
How glad I was to be myself
And use my heart once more
How glad I was to be a man
And love that girl that I
ado-oo-ore-oo-ore-oo-ore ado-oo-ore-oo-ore-oo-ore
(slow strumming)
Am G C G
Well my eyes will see the light again
Am G C G
And my heart will bleed right again
(fast again)
Am G C G
Well my eyes will see the light again
Am G C G
And my heart will bleed right again
G C G Am x3
Am G C G
Aa-aagh-aa-aa-aagh Aa-aagh-aa-aagh
Aa-aagh-aa-aa-aagh Aa-aagh-aa-aagh
Aa-aagh-aa-aa-aagh Aa-aagh-aa-aagh
Aa-aagh-aa-aa-aagh Aa-aagh-aa-aagh
Aa-aagh-aa-aa-aagh Aa-aagh-aa-aagh
Aa-aagh-aa-aa-aagh Aa-aagh-aa-aagh
G G G
The End