#-------------------------------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 (320003@1) DFath'r (xx0232@1)and I went down to camp, G (320003@1) D7Along (xx0212@1)with Cap'n Goodin', G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)there we saw the men and boys D (xx0232@1) GAs (320003@1)thick as hasty puddin'. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)there we saw a thousand men G (320003@1) D7As (xx0212@1)rich as Squire David, G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) And what they wasted every day, D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)wish it could be saved. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DThe (xx0232@1)'lasses they eat it every day, G (320003@1) D7Would (xx0212@1)keep a house a winter; G (320003@1) CThey (x32010@1)have so much, that I'll be bound, D (xx0232@1) GThey (320003@1)eat it when they've mind ter. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)there I see a swamping gun G (320003@1) D7Large (xx0212@1)as a log of maple, G (320003@1) CUpon (x32010@1)a deuced little cart, D (xx0232@1) GA (320003@1)load for father's cattle. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)every time they shoot it off, G (320003@1) D7It (xx0212@1)takes a horn of powder, G (320003@1) Cand (x32010@1)makes a noise like father's gun, D (xx0232@1) GOnly (320003@1)a nation louder. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)went as nigh to one myself G (320003@1) D7As (xx0212@1)'Siah's inderpinning; G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)father went as nigh again, D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)thought the deuce was in him. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DCousin (xx0232@1)Simon grew so bold, G (320003@1) D7I (xx0212@1)thought he would have cocked it; G (320003@1) CIt (x32010@1)scared me so I shrinked it off D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)hung by father's pocket. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)Cap'n Davis had a gun, G (320003@1) D7He (xx0212@1)kind of clapt his hand on't G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)stuck a crooked stabbing iron D (xx0232@1) GUpon (320003@1)the little end on't CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)there I see a pumpkin shell G (320003@1) D7As (xx0212@1)big as mother's bason, G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)every time they touched it off D (xx0232@1) GThey (320003@1)scampered like the nation. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)see a little barrel too, G (320003@1) D7The (xx0212@1)heads were made of leather; G (320003@1) CThey (x32010@1)knocked on it with little clubs D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)called the folks together. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)there was Cap'n Washington, G (320003@1) D7And (xx0212@1)gentle folks about him; G (320003@1) CThey (x32010@1)say he's grown so 'tarnal proud D (xx0232@1) GHe (320003@1)will not ride without em'. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DHe (xx0232@1)got him on his meeting clothes, G (320003@1) D7Upon (xx0212@1)a slapping stallion; G (320003@1) CHe (x32010@1)sat the world along in rows, D (xx0232@1) GIn (320003@1)hundreds and in millions. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DThe (xx0232@1)flaming ribbons in his hat, G (320003@1) D7They (xx0212@1)looked so tearing fine, ah, G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)wanted dreadfully to get D (xx0232@1) GTo (320003@1)give to my Jemima. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)see another snarl of men G (320003@1) D7A (xx0212@1)digging graves they told me, G (320003@1) CSo (x32010@1)'tarnal long, so 'tarnal deep, D (xx0232@1) GThey (320003@1)'tended they should hold me. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)with the girls be handy. G (320003@1) DIt (xx0232@1)scared me so, I hooked it off, G (320003@1) D7Nor (xx0212@1)stopped, as I remember, G (320003@1) CNor (x32010@1)turned about till I got home, D (xx0232@1) GLocked (320003@1)up in mother's chamber. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)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. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)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. CYankee (x32010@1)Doodle keep it up, GYankee (320003@1)Doodle dandy, CMind (x32010@1)the music and the step, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)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/
