Yankee Doodle Chords by 97Th Regimental String Band
Tempo:
117 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Father and I went [D] down to camp along with [G] Captain Gooding, and there we [C] saw the men and [D] boys as thick as [G] tasty [C] pudding.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was Captain Washington upon the strapping [D]
[G] stallion, giving [C] orders to his [D] men, there must have [G] been a million.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a swamping gun as big as log of [D]
[G] maple upon a [C] very little cart, [D] a load for [G] father's [C] cattle.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And every time they [D] touched it [G] off, it used a horn of [D] powder, [G] it made a [C] noise like father's [D] gun, only a [G] nation louder.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] There we [G] saw a thousand men, all rich as Squire [D] David, [G] what they [Em] wasted every [D] day, I wish we [G] could have saved.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
There they all went fight for fun or [D] play on cornstarch [G] middles, some had sashes red as [D] blood all wrapped [G] around their [C] middles.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
There they had a little keg all bound around with [D]
[G] leather, they beat [C] upon it with some [D] sticks to call the [G] men [C] together.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was General Washington, the gentle folks [D] around [G] him, they say he grows so tarnel [D] proud he will not [G] ride without [C] them.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a pumpkin shell as big as Mother's [D]
[G] Basin, every [C] time they touched it [D] off they scampered [G] like the nation.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they all would gallop up and shoot right in our faces, it made me almost [D] faint from fear to see them [G] run such races.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
I can't tell you all I saw, they kept up such a [D] bother, [G] I took my [C] hat off, made a [D] bow and scampered [G] home to Mother.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] Yankee [G] Doodle came to town a-riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his [D] cap and called it [G]
[C] macaroni.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[C] Oh, Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Father and I went [D] down to camp along with [G] Captain Gooding, and there we [C] saw the men and [D] boys as thick as [G] tasty [C] pudding.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was Captain Washington upon the strapping [D]
[G] stallion, giving [C] orders to his [D] men, there must have [G] been a million.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a swamping gun as big as log of [D]
[G] maple upon a [C] very little cart, [D] a load for [G] father's [C] cattle.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And every time they [D] touched it [G] off, it used a horn of [D] powder, [G] it made a [C] noise like father's [D] gun, only a [G] nation louder.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] There we [G] saw a thousand men, all rich as Squire [D] David, [G] what they [Em] wasted every [D] day, I wish we [G] could have saved.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
There they all went fight for fun or [D] play on cornstarch [G] middles, some had sashes red as [D] blood all wrapped [G] around their [C] middles.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
There they had a little keg all bound around with [D]
[G] leather, they beat [C] upon it with some [D] sticks to call the [G] men [C] together.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was General Washington, the gentle folks [D] around [G] him, they say he grows so tarnel [D] proud he will not [G] ride without [C] them.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a pumpkin shell as big as Mother's [D]
[G] Basin, every [C] time they touched it [D] off they scampered [G] like the nation.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they all would gallop up and shoot right in our faces, it made me almost [D] faint from fear to see them [G] run such races.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
I can't tell you all I saw, they kept up such a [D] bother, [G] I took my [C] hat off, made a [D] bow and scampered [G] home to Mother.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] Yankee [G] Doodle came to town a-riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his [D] cap and called it [G]
[C] macaroni.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[C] Oh, Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
Key:
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D
C
Em
G
D
C
Em
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
Father and I went [D] down to camp along with [G] Captain Gooding, and there we [C] saw the men and [D] boys as thick as [G] tasty [C] pudding.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was Captain Washington upon the strapping [D]
[G] stallion, giving [C] orders to his [D] men, there must have [G] been a million.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a swamping gun as big as log of [D]
[G] maple upon a [C] very little cart, [D] a load for [G] father's [C] cattle.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And every time they [D] touched it [G] off, it used a horn of [D] powder, [G] it made a [C] noise like father's [D] gun, only a [G] nation louder.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] There we [G] saw a thousand men, all rich as Squire [D] David, [G] what they [Em] wasted every [D] day, I wish we [G] could have saved.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
There they all went fight for fun or [D] play on cornstarch [G] middles, some had sashes red as [D] blood all wrapped [G] around their [C] middles.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
There they had a little keg all bound around with [D]
[G] leather, they beat [C] upon it with some [D] sticks to call the [G] men [C] together.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was General Washington, the gentle folks [D] around [G] him, they say he grows so tarnel [D] proud he will not [G] ride without [C] them.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a pumpkin shell as big as Mother's [D]
[G] Basin, every [C] time they touched it [D] off they scampered [G] like the nation.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they all would gallop up and shoot right in our faces, it made me almost [D] faint from fear to see them [G] run such races.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
I can't tell you all I saw, they kept up such a [D] bother, [G] I took my [C] hat off, made a [D] bow and scampered [G] home to Mother.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] Yankee [G] Doodle came to town a-riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his [D] cap and called it [G] _
[C] macaroni.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[C] Oh, Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
Father and I went [D] down to camp along with [G] Captain Gooding, and there we [C] saw the men and [D] boys as thick as [G] tasty [C] pudding.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was Captain Washington upon the strapping [D]
[G] stallion, giving [C] orders to his [D] men, there must have [G] been a million.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a swamping gun as big as log of [D]
[G] maple upon a [C] very little cart, [D] a load for [G] father's [C] cattle.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And every time they [D] touched it [G] off, it used a horn of [D] powder, [G] it made a [C] noise like father's [D] gun, only a [G] nation louder.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] There we [G] saw a thousand men, all rich as Squire [D] David, [G] what they [Em] wasted every [D] day, I wish we [G] could have saved.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
There they all went fight for fun or [D] play on cornstarch [G] middles, some had sashes red as [D] blood all wrapped [G] around their [C] middles.
Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the [G] music and the step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
There they had a little keg all bound around with [D]
[G] leather, they beat [C] upon it with some [D] sticks to call the [G] men [C] together.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there was General Washington, the gentle folks [D] around [G] him, they say he grows so tarnel [D] proud he will not [G] ride without [C] them.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they had a pumpkin shell as big as Mother's [D]
[G] Basin, every [C] time they touched it [D] off they scampered [G] like the nation.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
And there they all would gallop up and shoot right in our faces, it made me almost [D] faint from fear to see them [G] run such races.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
I can't tell you all I saw, they kept up such a [D] bother, [G] I took my [C] hat off, made a [D] bow and scampered [G] home to Mother.
[C] Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the [G] music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[D] Yankee [G] Doodle came to town a-riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his [D] cap and called it [G] _
[C] macaroni.
Yankee Doodle, keep it [G] up, Yankee Doodle Dandy, [C] mind the music and the [D] step and with the [G] girls be handy.
[C] Oh, Yankee Doodle, [G] keep it up, Yankee Doodle [C] Dandy, mind the music and the [G] step and [D] with the [G] girls be handy.
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