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A X_O_ _ _ _O |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_1_2_3_| |_|_|_|_|_|

D X_X_O_ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_3_|

E O_ _ _ _O_O |_|_|_1_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Left palm     2   1 | 3   | | | 4 T | | | | | | | | | \ | | | |

Start singing:  _ _ _ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_*_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

T = thumb number = left hand finger X = string not played O = play open string thin string chord grid right

[ A ] Old MacDonald [ D ] had a [ A ] farm,
e i [ E ] e i [ A ] oh

And on that farm he [ D ] had some [ A ] chicks,
e i [ E ] e i [ A ] oh

With a chick chick here, and a chick chick there,
Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick chick,

Old MacDonald [ D ] had a [ A ] farm,
e i [ E ] e i [ A ] oh

pigs - hoink         sheep - baa         cows - moo         ducks - quack

Key of A above, key of E below:

e -0-0-0-------4-4-2-2-0-
B ------0-2-2-0----------

e -0-0-0-------4-4-2-2-0-
B ------0-2-2-0----------

e -----0-0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
B -0-0-------0-0--------------------------------

e -0-0-0-------4-4-2-2-0-
B ------0-2-2-0----------