For He's a Jolly Good Fellow - guitar tab, notes, chords and lyrics
“For He's a Jolly Good Fellow” are together with “Happy Birthday to You” the most well-known birthday songs. The melody is based on the French folk song “Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre” (“Marlborough Has Left for the War”).
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The version of “For He's a Jolly Good Fellow” above is played in open position with notes exclusively from the key of C Major. Many of the melodic motifs are repeated. The challenge are primarily to execute the melody in a satisfactory tempo. The arc-shaped lines in bars 8, 10 and 12 indicate that the tone is played for a longer duration (see the pdf versions that includes notes, for a better illustration how a tie connects two notes).
Lyrics and chords
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow chords in the key of G (American version)
(C)For he's a jolly good (F)fel(C)low, for (G7)he's a jolly good fel(C)low,
(C)For he's a jolly good (F)fel(C)low, which (G7)nobody can de(C)ny,
(C)Which nobody (F)can de(C)ny, which nobody (F)can de(C)ny!
(C)For he's a jolly good (F)fel(C)low, for (G7)he's a jolly good fel(C)low,
(C)For he's a jolly good fel(F)low ..., which nobody (G7)can de(C)ny!
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow chords in the key of G (British version)
(C)For he's a jolly good (F)fel(C)low, for (G7)he's a jolly good fel(C)low,
(C)For he's a jolly good (F)fel(C)low, and so (G7)say all of (C)us,
(C)And so say all (F)of us(C), and so say (F)all of (C)us!
(C)For he's a jolly good (F)fel(C)low, for (G7)he's a jolly good fel(C)low,
(C)For he's a jolly good fel(F)low ..., and so say (F)all of (C)us!
Key, time, tuning and tempo
Information about "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" considering musical key, time signature, tuning and bpm.
Key
The presented version of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow is played in the key of G.
Time signature
The song is played in 6/8 tempo (a compound time including two dotted quarter notes per measure).
Tuning
The song is normally played in standard tuning (EADGBE).
Tempo (BPM)
The tempo in beats per minute is 120 for the presented version.