American Songs Medley chords by Linda Arnold
Verse 1
C
A
Mmm!
E
C
It sure smells ready, and I'm so hungry!
Is it tasting time yet?
A
C
Almost, Tyrone, almost.
A
Here, Linda, here's the macaroni.
Here's the feather.
C
A
And here's the three -cornered hat.
Great! Throw them in and let's
stir up our last blend
of American folk songs.
Yummy!
C
E
A
E
Hey, wait for me!
A
Bsus4
E
Yankee Doodle went to town,
B
riding on a pony
E
A
Stuck a feather in his cap,
B
E
A
and called it macaroni
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
E
Yankee Doodle dandy
A
Mind the music and the step,
B
C
and with the girls be handy
F
Every day we sing this song,
C
doodah, doodah
F
Count down, race back nine miles long,
C
Am
F
oh doodah day
Ham bone, ham bone,
where you been?
Around the world and back again
Ham bone, ham bone, have you heard?
Ham bone, ham bone, ham bone
Papa's gonna buy me a mockingbird
Ham bone, ham bone, ham bone
Bb
And if that mockingbird don't sing
Ham bone, ham bone, ham bone
F
Papa's gonna buy me a diamond ring
Ham bone, ham bone, ham bone
Let that diamond ring go shine
Ham bone, ham bone, ham bone
Papa's gonna buy me a fishin' line
G
C
G
Ham bone, ham bone, ham bone
C
Oh, went out to milk but I didn't know
D
G
how I milked the goat instead of the cow
C
Am
C
A monkey sittin' on a pile of straw
Am
C
Winkin' his eye at his mother -in -law
F
Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay
C
G
Roll him up, twist him up, hi -tuck -a -ha
C
Am
Hit him up a tuna call,
C
D
G
turkey in the straw
C
Well, came to a river and
I couldn't get across
Am
So I paid five dol lars for
D
G
an old blind horse
C
Well, wouldn't go forward
and he wouldn't stand still
Am
C
I went up and down like an old sawmill
F
Turkey in the straw, turkey in the hay
C
D
G
Roll him up, twist him up, hi -tuck -a -ha
C
Hit em' up and do it all,
D
C
F
G
C
Am
D
C
F
G
C
turkey and straw
G
C
Oh I come from Alabama
Am
D
G
with a banjo on my knee
C
Am
I'm going to Louisiana,
D
G
my Susanna for to see
C
Am
It rained all night the day I left,
D
the winter it was dry
G
C
Am
The sun so hot I froze to death,
D
G
Susanna don't you cry
C
F
C
Am
Oh Susanna, oh don't you cry for me
D
G
C
Cause I come from Alabama
Am
D
G
C
F
C
Ab
with a banjo on my knee
Db
I've been workin' on the railroad
F#
Db
all the live long day
Bbm
I've been workin' on the railroad
Eb
Ab
just to pass the time away
Db
Don't you hear the whistle blowin'
F#
F
Rise up so early in the morn'
F#
Don't you hear the captain
Db
Bbm
shoutin'
Eb
Ab
Db
Dynamo, blow your horn
Dynamo, blow
F#
Eb
Dynamo, blow
Ab
Db
Dynamo, blow your horn
Dynamo, blow
F#
Ebm
Dynamo, blow
Ab
Db
Dynamo, blow your horn
Someone's in the kitchen
with Dinah
Eb
Someone's in the kitchen, know
Ab
Db
Someone's in the kitchen
F#
with the grinder
Ebm
Ab
Db
Strum min' on the old banjo
Ab
Singin' B -5, B -I -O, B -5, B -I -O
Db
F#
B -5, B -I -O
Ab
Db
D
G
Strummin' on the old banjo
C
Whoo! Yeah!
Let's go!
You get a lion, I'll get a bull, honey
G
You get a lion, I'll get a bull, baby
C
You get a lion, I'll get a bull
F
Ab
We'll go down to the crawdad hole
Am
D
C
Honey sugar baby mine
Look at that crawdad crawlingin' around,
honey
Look at that crawdad crawlin' around,
G
baby
C
Look at that crawdad crawlin' around
F
Ab
He's the mayor of crawdad town
G
Am
D
G
C
Honey sugar baby mine
Put on the skillet, put on the pan,
Am
Mama's gonna make a
D
C
little shortening bread.
G
C
That ain't all I'm gonna do,
G
C
Am
Mama's gonna make a little
D
C
shortening bread.
Mama's little baby loves shortening,
shortening,
Mama's little baby
D
loves shortening bread.
C
Mama's little baby loves shortening,
shortening,
Mama's little baby loves
shortening bread.
Am
Mama's little baby loves shortening,
shortening,
D
Mama's little baby loves
C
Am
Dm
G
shortening bread.
C
Will the circle be unbroken,
F
by and by,
Lord, by and by?
Am
C
There's a better home
Am
C
awaiting in the sky,
E
A
Lord, in the sky
If I had a hammer,
D
E
A
I'd hammer in the morning
D
E
A
I'd hammer in the evening,
D
E
all over this land
A
I'd hammer out danger,
F#m
I'd hammer out a warning
D
I'd hammer out love
A
D
A
between my brothers and my sisters,
D
A
E
A
D
E
A
all over this land
D
E
A
Well I've got a hammer,
D
A
and I've got a bell
D
E
A
And I've got a song to sing
D
E
all over this land
A
It's the hammer of justice,
F#m
It's the bell of freedom,
D
It's a song about love
A
D
A
between my brothers and my sisters,
D
A
E
A
D
E
A
D
All over this land.
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A
D
E
A
E
A
D
E
A
You
American Songs Medley
Linda Arnold
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