Old McDonald had a Farm

• Video: Jim Pankey, Old McDonals

• Old McDonald - Flatt & Scruggs

Jim Pankey uses rolls, as I would like to do. I have a basic single note tab for this in my Neil Griffin book on page 21.

Here is an Old McDonald tab. A nice thing about this song is that everyone knows what it is supposed to sound like.

• basic Tab
• local copy (PDF)

Google AI summary

• Tune the banjo to the standard open G
• Use G, C, and D7 chords
• Use a simple forward roll for the melody (TITM)
• G (4), C (2), G (2), D7 (2), G (4)