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🐮 Old MacDonald Had a Farm: chords and words

Old MacDonald Had a Farm is written in G major, with 2 chords: G and C. Tap Fits a small voice and I’ll move the whole song to where you can sing it.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm in G major

🐦 Fits a small voice

  • G○GCEA
  • C○G○C○EA

GOldMacDonaldChadaGfarm,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GAndonhisfarmheChadaGcow,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GWithamoomoohereandamoomoothere,

GHereamoo,thereamoo,everywhereamoomoo,

GOldMacDonaldChadaGfarm,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GOldMacDonaldChadaGfarm,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GAndonhisfarmheChadaGpig,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GWithanoinkoinkhereandanoinkoinkthere,

GHereanoink,thereanoink,everywhereanoinkoink,

GOldMacDonaldChadaGfarm,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GOldMacDonaldChadaGfarm,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GAndonhisfarmheChadaGduck,

GE-I-E-I-O!

GWithaquackquackhereandaquackquackthere,

GHereaquack,thereaquack,everywhereaquackquack,

GOldMacDonaldChadaGfarm,

GE-I-E-I-O!

Traditional American song. Public domain. peabody.kids/music

Where the song comes from

Old MacDonald grew out of older farm songs. A version about Old Macdougal was printed in London in 1917, in a book of songs soldiers sang, and the name MacDonald and this tune were on records by 1925. Every verse brings a new animal, so children can add their own.

Words: F. T. Nettleingham, Tommy's Tunes (London, 1917); recordings of 1925 and 1927. Tune: Traditional, as recorded in 1925. Both were printed before 1931, so the song is in the public domain in the United States: anyone may sing it, print it and share it. Peabody wrote out the tune and the chords for this page. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_MacDonald_Had_a_Farm.

For teachers

The tune runs from D4 to B4 in G major. For a class from Pre-K to 2nd grade, try G major (G, C), which keeps it inside D4 to B4.

Easiest to play

On a ukulele: C major (C, F). On a guitar: G major (G, C).

Sing it with the words lit up

The sing-along plays the tune and lights each word as it is sung.

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Checked 2026-10-31.

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