Verse 1
G
Yankee Doodle went to town
G
Riding on a pony
G               C
Stuck a feather in his hat
    D             G
And called it macaroni

Chorus
C
Yankee Doodle keep it up
G
Yankee Doodle dandy
C
Mind the music and the step
    G        D        G
And with the girls be handy

Verse 2
G
Father and I went down to camp
G
Along with Captain Gooding
G                    C
And there we saw the men and boys
   D              G
As thick as hasty pudding

Chorus
C
Yankee Doodle keep it up
G
Yankee Doodle dandy
C
Mind the music and the step
    G        D        G
And with the girls be handy

Verse 3
G
There was Captain Washington
G
Upon a slapping stallion
G             C
Giving orders to his men
  D                 G
I guess there was a million

Chorus
C
Yankee Doodle keep it up
G
Yankee Doodle dandy
C
Mind the music and the step
    G        D        G
And with the girls be handy

Verse 4
G
And there we saw a thousand men
G
As rich as Squire David
G                    C
And what they wasted every day
  D                G
I wish it could be sa-ved

Chorus
C
Yankee Doodle keep it up
G
Yankee Doodle dandy
C
Mind the music and the step
    G        D        G
And with the girls be handy

Verse 5
G
And there I saw a pumpkin shell

As big as mother's basin
G                   C
And every time they touched it off
     D                  G
They scamper'd like the nation

Chorus
C
Yankee Doodle keep it up
G
Yankee Doodle dandy
C
Mind the music and the step
    G        D        G
And with the girls be handy