{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2043085,"song":"Old Macdonald Had A Farm","artist":"Isaac May","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11449579-old-macdonald-had-a-farm-chords-by-isaac-may/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2043085?type=chord","rating":4.49242,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nOld MacDonald had a wife and child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWife's dead and gone, he's a grandpa now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nTime'll take take a toll on a farmer's mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo they put him in a home to live out his time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nEvery now and then the preschool stops by[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo sing a little tune to help them old folks get by[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nHe only seems to listen on his favorite song[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd everytime he hears it he sings along[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld MacDonald, he had a farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nUntil time ticked away they took away his barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on this farm, he had it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he's sitting in a wheelchair waiting for the call[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nGrandson took him by the old home place[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut those weren't tears of joy running down his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThe highway's running through the old cornfield[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere he used to pick corn for every meal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThat John Deere tractor that was sitting by the barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas been replaced by a Walmart and a new sports bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAnd the old country house is still sittin' there[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nWith a \"For Sale\" sign and an old rocking chair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld MacDonald, he had a farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nUntil time ticked away they took away his barn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on this farm, he had it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he's sitting in a wheelchair waiting for the call[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dsus4[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nNow that tractor only runs through his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dsus4[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nBy that old country store that sold Pepsi for a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dsus4[/ch]                     [ch]D#dim[/ch]\r\nBack when the rooster crowed when the sun came 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nAnd before the country became a town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut on this old farm, old MacDonald's farm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSix old friends and a cedar box[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the name MacDonald carved on a rock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nLoad him in the hearse boys and take him back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a six foot hole where the cattle used to roam[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nOld MacDonald he's got a farm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEieio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEieio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEieio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEieio[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Cadd9","Em7","Dsus4","D#dim","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}