Mandolin transcribed for guitar
Main pattern (repeated throughout the song)
|---------------------------5\6--------------8\9-------------|
|-6\8---------6\8--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------6--5----7-8------9--8--7-6-5-|
|-----8--7--5------8--7--5------------8----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Variation in first part of fourth verse:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/chris-thile/366511.html ]
|--------15-------------17----------------14--15--|
|-----------15-------------15-------------13--11--|
|-----12------------12----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------12---------| (2x)
|--13-----------12------------------10------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Or an alternative lower on the neck which works pretty well:
|------------------(10)------------------6--8-----|
|----8--8-----------10--10---------------8--7-----|
|----7----7---------9------9-----------7----------| (2x)
|--8-------------7------------------5-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
When played live, the final verse is the main pattern played one octave higher (all positions +12)