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Auld Lang Syne

Auld Lang Syne is a traditional Scottish melody with words adapted by Robert Burns in the late 18th century. The title translates to "old long ago." Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians popularized the song when they revived the tune for a New Year's Eve radio broadcast in 1929. A chord-melody arrangement of this song is presented below in the key of C. The song is played moderately in 4/4 time.

    G7         C        Am           F6     G7  G#o7
E---------||-----------------0---|------------------|
B---------||---1---1----1--------|---3---1---3---5--|
G----0----||---0--------2--------|---2-------4---4--|
D----3----||---2--------2--------|-----------3---3--|
A----2----||---3--------0--------|---3-------5------|
E----3----||---------------------|---1-------3---4--|
   Should    auld ac-quain-tance    be  for-got and

C       C7        Fmaj7 F#o    C/G      Am
E------------0----3--|---5----5---|--3---0---0------|
B---1---1----1-------|---5----4---|--1-------1---1--|
G---0--------3-------|---5----5---|--0-------2------|
D---2--------2-------|---3----4---|--2-------2------|
A---3--------3-------|------------|-----------------|
E--------------------|------------|--3--------------|
  ne-ver brought to  mind? Should auld ac-quain-tance

F6   G7 E7/G#    Am     F    G7      C    G9#5
E-----------0----|------------------|----------5----|
B--3--1--3--3-3--|---1--------------|----1-----4----|
G--2-----4--4----|---2---2--2----0--|----0-----4----|
D--------3--0----|---2------2----3--|----2-----3----|
A--3-----5-------|---0------3----2--|----3----------|
E--1-----3--4----|----------1----3--|----------3----|
  be for-got and   days of auld lang    syne. For

      C       C7            F6        G7   G13
E-------3---0---0---------|-------------------5-----|
B-------1-------1---1-----|----3----1----3----5-----|
G-------0-------3---------|----2---------4----4-----|
D-------2-------2---------|--------------3----3-----|
A-------3-------3---------|----3---------5----------|
E-------------------------|----1---------3----3-----|
        auld   lang          syne  my  dear for

C       C7        Fmaj7  F#o7     C      Am
E---3---0----0---3---|---5 ----5---|---3---0--0-----|
B---1--------1-------|---5-----4---|---1------1---1-|
G---0--------3-------|---5-----5---|---0------2-----|
D---2--------2-------|---3-----4---|---2------2-----|
A---3--------3-------|-------------|---3------3-----|
E--------------------|-------------|----------------|
    auld     lang      syne   we’ll   take a cup of

F6       G7  E7/G#      Am    F G7        C
E-----------------0------|---------------|---------||
B---3----1----3---3---3--|---1-----------|-----1---||
G---2---------4---4------|---2--2--2--0--|-----0---||
D-------------3---0------|---2-----3--3--|-----2---||
A---3---------5----------|---0-----3--2--|-----3---||
E---1---------3---4------|---------1--3--|---------||
   kind-ness yet  for        auld  lang       syne.

Here is another way to play the opening two bars of this song.

    G7         C  C/B   Am  Am/G    Dm/F    G7  G#o7
E---------||-----------------0---|------------------|
B---------||---1---1----1----1---|---3---1---3---5--|
G----0----||---0---0----2----0---|---2-------0---4--|
D----3----||---2---2----2----2---|---0-------3---3--|
A----2----||---3---2----0--------|-----------2------|
E----3----||-----------------3---|---1-------3---4--|
   Should    auld ac-quain-tance    be  for-got and

Here is another way to play the last two bars of this song.

F6       G7  E7/G#     Am Dm7 G9 G7       C
E-----------------0------|---------------|---------||
B---3----1----3---3---3--|---1-----------|-----1---||
G---2---------4---4------|---2--2--2--0--|-----0---||
D-------------3---0------|---2--0--3--3--|-----2---||
A---3---------5----------|---0--------2--|-----3---||
E---1---------3---4------|---------3--3--|---------||
   kind-ness yet  for        auld  lang       syne.