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Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Key: G108 BPMGuitar & Piano chords
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm Lyrics. One of the most popular children’s songs in the world, teaching the names and sounds of farm animals through a simple, repetitive structure. Here you will find the full lyrics, meaning, and chords for guitar and piano.
Verse 1
GOld MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-D7O
GAnd on that farm he had a Ccow, GE-I-E-I-D7O
GWith a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,
Here a moo-moo, there a moo-moo, everywhere a D7moo-moo,
GOld MacDonald had a farm, CE-I-E-I-GO
Verse 2
GOld MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-D7O
GAnd on that farm he had a Cduck, GE-I-E-I-D7O
GWith a quack-quack here and a quack-quack there,
Here a quack-quack, there a quack-quack, everywhere a D7quack-quack,
GOld MacDonald had a farm, CE-I-E-I-GO
Verse 3
GOld MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-D7O
GAnd on that farm he had a Cpig, GE-I-E-I-D7O
GWith a oink-oink here and a oink-oink there,
Here a oink-oink, there a oink-oink, everywhere a D7oink-oink,
GOld MacDonald had a farm, CE-I-E-I-GO
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Chords — guitar & piano
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C
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D7
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What “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” Means
A cheerful American sing-along first collected in the early 1900s. As children name each animal and copy its sound, they build vocabulary, memory and listening skills — all while giggling. Its simple, repeating structure makes it one of the very first songs toddlers can join in and even lead themselves.
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