Old MacDonald Had a Farm guitar tab
The verse with the E-I-E-I-O, in quarter notes, mostly on the second and third strings.
- Level
- Beginner melody
- Key
- C major
- Time
- 4/4
- Tempo
- ♩ = 112
- Tuning
- Standard, EADGBE
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Traditional · arranged by guitarnotation
How to play it
- Bars 1 and 5, “Old MacDonald had a”, are C C C G: the first fret of the second string three times, then the open third string.
- The A in bars 2 and 6 is the second fret of the third string, and E-I-E-I-O starts on the open first string in bars 3 and 7.
- Bar 4 holds the C for three beats and then plays a G on beat four: that G is the pickup to “and on his farm”.
About the song
A farmyard song with roots in the 1700s, printed in its modern form in 1917.
The melody is in the public domain. This arrangement is ours, and you're welcome to download, print and play it for your own practice.
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