Yankee Doodle

Composer unknown · Anglo-American traditional · G major · 4/4 · 120 BPM · 8 bars · Folk & traditional

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Yankee Doodle sits in Folk & traditional, written in G major. It uses 3 chords across 8 bars, at about 120 BPM.

Chords in this song

GD7C

G

D7

C

Chord chart

Chord chart
1G·D7·
2GCGD7 / G

How to sing it

Bright and marching, eight bars a verse. The C is only one bar in the middle of the second line; catch it and the last G–D7–G closes the joke of the tune.

In every key

In every key
KeysChord chart
C majorC · G7 · C · F · C · G7 · C
Db majorDb · Ab7 · Db · Gb · Db · Ab7 · Db
D majorD · A7 · D · G · D · A7 · D
Eb majorEb · Bb7 · Eb · Ab · Eb · Bb7 · Eb
E majorE · B7 · E · A · E · B7 · E
F majorF · C7 · F · Bb · F · C7 · F
F# majorF# · C#7 · F# · B · F# · C#7 · F#
G major · Written in this keyG · D7 · G · C · G · D7 · G
Ab majorAb · Eb7 · Ab · Db · Ab · Eb7 · Ab
A majorA · E7 · A · D · A · E7 · A
Bb majorBb · F7 · Bb · Eb · Bb · F7 · Bb
B majorB · F#7 · B · E · B · F#7 · B

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Why this song is free to play

An 18th-century Anglo-American tune, already printed in the 1770s, composer unknown. More than two centuries old, so out of copyright everywhere. The 18th-century origin was checked by search.

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