When You and I Were Young, Maggie - Tutorial + Tab
This is my version of the traditional song 'When You and I Were Young, Maggie', or often just called 'Maggie'. The original folk song dates back as far as the mid 1800's and there have been umpteem versions of it made since then. The music is in 4/4 time, is played on a guitar in Open D Tuning, and is a fingerstyle piece. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. Maggie Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT Travis Picking - The music follows a standard travis picking pattern for most of it. The only exception is bar 23. In this bar you need to access an underlying E chord for the bass notes. The most efficient way to do this (and have access to the melody notes) is to play it on the 5th string 7th Fret. Thus, the travis picking pattern is replaced in this bar with the bass notes on a single string. Just be mindful of this change to the picking pattern because if you continue to play the travis picking pattern here