Yankee Doodle Dandy

by Unknown · posted by TIN_MAN

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

7   7  -8    8     7   8  -8 6
I'm the kid that's all the candy.

 7  7  -8 8   7  8  -8 6
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy.

-6   -8 -6 -8  -7   9 -8   9
I'm glad I am--So's Uncle Sam.

 7  7  -8   8    7 8   -8  6
I'm a real live Yankee Doodle--

 7   7   -8   8   7    8  -8 6
Made my name and fame and boodle.

 7    7  -88  -9 8   
Just like Mr. Doodle 

-8   7 -7 -8  6 -8  7 7
did by riding on a pony.

6   7  7   7 -8   8 -9  9  9    98
I love to listen to the Dixie strain;

-10 9   8 -9   8   -8  7 -8    7 -6   7
I long to see the girl I left behind me--

 7  -7    9    -7  9    -9   -8   7 9   8   9
And that ain't no josh, she's a Yankee by gosh.

98    7  8   9  10
Oh, say can you see

-87 -7   9 -9  9 -10 9  -7   8  -8 7
Anything about a Yankee that is phony.

 8 -8 -8 7   -7  7  -8 -6 
I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy,

-8 -8 8   -8-7   -6 6   7
 a Yankee Doodle do or die--

8  8   8    8  -9   9  9  -98   -8  
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, 

  8  -8  7   -6 -7  7-8
born on the 4th of July.

 8   8  -8 -8 7   -7 7   -8  -6
I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart

-8    8  -8 -7  -6 6    7
She's my Yankee Doodle joy.

7  7   -8 8    7   8  -8  6   
Yankee Doodle came to London, 

 7   7  -8    8  7  6
just to ride the ponies.

-6-8 -6   -7 7   -8 8    7
I am that Yankee Doodle Boy

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound