#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# Yankee Doodle chords Traditional British / American G D Fath'r and I went down to camp, G D7 Along with Cap'n Goodin', G C And there we saw the men and boys D G As thick as hasty puddin'. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D And there we saw a thousand men G D7 As rich as Squire David, G C And what they wasted every day, D G I wish it could be saved. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D The 'lasses they eat it every day, G D7 Would keep a house a winter; G C They have so much, that I'll be bound, D G They eat it when they've mind ter. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D And there I see a swamping gun G D7 Large as a log of maple, G C Upon a deuced little cart, D G A load for father's cattle. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D And every time they shoot it off, G D7 It takes a horn of powder, G C and makes a noise like father's gun, D G Only a nation louder. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D I went as nigh to one myself G D7 As 'Siah's inderpinning; G C And father went as nigh again, D G I thought the deuce was in him. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D Cousin Simon grew so bold, G D7 I thought he would have cocked it; G C It scared me so I shrinked it off D G And hung by father's pocket. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D And Cap'n Davis had a gun, G D7 He kind of clapt his hand on't G C And stuck a crooked stabbing iron D G Upon the little end on't C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D And there I see a pumpkin shell G D7 As big as mother's bason, G C And every time they touched it off D G They scampered like the nation. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D I see a little barrel too, G D7 The heads were made of leather; G C They knocked on it with little clubs D G And called the folks together. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D And there was Cap'n Washington, G D7 And gentle folks about him; G C They say he's grown so 'tarnal proud D G He will not ride without em'. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D He got him on his meeting clothes, G D7 Upon a slapping stallion; G C He sat the world along in rows, D G In hundreds and in millions. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D The flaming ribbons in his hat, G D7 They looked so tearing fine, ah, G C I wanted dreadfully to get D G To give to my Jemima. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D I see another snarl of men G D7 A digging graves they told me, G C So 'tarnal long, so 'tarnal deep, D G They 'tended they should hold me. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. G D It scared me so, I hooked it off, G D7 Nor stopped, as I remember, G C Nor turned about till I got home, D G Locked up in mother's chamber. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. Lyrics added by the South during the Civil War: Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on A pony Stuck a feather in his hat And called it macaroni. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. Father and I went down to camp Along with Captain Gooding And there we saw the men and boys As thick as hasty pudding. C Yankee Doodle keep it up, G Yankee Doodle dandy, C Mind the music and the step, G D7 G And with the girls be handy. There was Captain Washington Upon a slapping stallion A-giving orders to his men I guess there was a million. Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/
