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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1062350,"song":"Yankee Doodle","artist":"Richard Shuckburgh","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11235326-yankee-doodle-chords-by-richard-shuckburgh/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1062350?type=chord","rating":4.95051,"votes":8,"content":"Yankee Doodle chords\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFath'r and I went down to camp,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAlong with Cap'n Goodin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there we saw the men and boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs thick as hasty puddin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there we saw a thousand men[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAs rich as Squire David,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nAnd what they wasted every day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish it could be saved.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe 'lasses they eat it every day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWould keep a house a winter;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey have so much, that I'll be bound,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey eat it when they've mind ter.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there I see a swamping gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLarge as a log of maple,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUpon a deuced little cart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA load for father's cattle.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd every time they shoot it off,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt takes a horn of powder,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand makes a noise like father's gun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly a nation louder.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI went as nigh to one myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAs 'Siah's inderpinning;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd father went as nigh again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought the deuce was in him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCousin Simon grew so bold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI thought he would have cocked it;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt scared me so I shrinked it off[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd hung by father's pocket.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Cap'n Davis had a gun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe kind of clapt his hand on't[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd stuck a crooked stabbing iron[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUpon the little end on't[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there I see a pumpkin shell[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAs big as mother's bason,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every time they touched it off[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey scampered like the nation.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI see a little barrel too,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe heads were made of leather;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey knocked on it with little clubs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd called the folks together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there was Cap'n Washington,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd gentle folks about him;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say he's grown so 'tarnal proud[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe will not ride without em'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe got him on his meeting clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nUpon a slapping stallion;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe sat the world along in rows,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn hundreds and in millions.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe flaming ribbons in his hat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThey looked so tearing fine, ah,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wanted dreadfully to get[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo give to my Jemima.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI see another snarl of men[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA digging graves they told me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo 'tarnal long, so 'tarnal deep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey 'tended they should hold me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt scared me so, I hooked it off,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNor stopped, as I remember,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNor turned about till I got home,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLocked up in mother's chamber.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Yankee Doodle went to town\r\nA-riding on A pony\r\nStuck a feather in his hat\r\nAnd called it macaroni.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\nFather and I went down to camp\r\nAlong with Captain Gooding\r\nAnd there we saw the men and boys\r\nAs thick as hasty pudding.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle keep it up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYankee Doodle dandy,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMind the music and the step,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the girls be handy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]There was Captain Washington\r\nUpon a slapping stallion\r\nA-giving orders to his men\r\nI guess there was a million.[/tab]\r","plain_text":"Yankee Doodle 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