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🐜 The Ants Go Marching / 🐝 The Bees Go Buzzing

  • Strumming pattern:
C              G7             Am             E          
βœ•     β—―   β—―        β—― β—― β—―      βœ• β—―       β—―    β—―       β—― β—―
╒═╀═╀═╀═╀═╕    ╒═╀═╀═╀═╀═╕    ╒═╀═╀═╀═╀═╕    ╒═╀═╀═╀═╀═╕
β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β—― β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β—―    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β—― β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β—― β”‚ β”‚
β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€
β”‚ β”‚ β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β—― β—― β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β—― β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚
β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€
β”‚ β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚
β””β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”˜    β””β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”˜    β””β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”˜    β””β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”˜
F#             G#         
               β—―       β—― β—―
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β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β—― β”‚ β”‚
β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€
◯―――――――◯―◯    β”‚ β—― β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚
β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€
β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β—― β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚
β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€    β”œβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”Όβ”€β”€
β”‚ β—― β—― β”‚ β”‚ β”‚    β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚ β”‚
β””β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”˜    β””β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”΄β”€β”˜

🐜 The Ants Go Marching

Short version:

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching one by one,
    Am x2               E x2
The little one stops to suck his thumb.
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

...two...tie her shoe...
...three....climb a tree...
...four...shut the door...
...five...take a dive...
...six...pick up sticks...
...seven...pray to heaven...
...eight...check the gate...
...nine...check the time...
...ten...say "The End!"”"

Full version:

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching one by one,
    Am x2               E x2
The little one stops to suck his thumb
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching two by two,
    Am x2              E x2
The little one stops to tie his shoe
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2               G7 x2
The ants go marching three by three,
    Am x2              E x2
The little one stops to climb a tree
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching four by four,
    Am x2              E x2
The little one stops to shut the door
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching five by five,
    Am x2             E x2
The little one stops to take a dive
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2           G7 x2
The ants go marching six by six,
    Am x2              E x2
The little one stops to pick up sticks
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                              C x4
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                              C x4
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2                   G7 x2
The ants go marching seven by seven,
    Am x2                E x2
The little one stops to pray to heaven
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2               G7 x2
The ants go marching eight by eight,
    Am x2                E x2
The little one stops to roller skate
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching nine by nine,
    Am x2               E x2
The little one stops to check the time
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
    C x2           G7 x2
The ants go marching ten by ten,
    Am x2                   E x2
The little one stops to shout "The End!"

The guitar chord above is derived from the following tutorial:

🐜 The Ants Go Marching 2

Short version:

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hoorah, hoorah.
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hoorah, hoorah.
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching one by one,
    Am x2             E x2
The little one eats a juicy plum.
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

...two...apple juice...
...three...spot of tea...
...four...ear of corn...
...five...pumpkin pie...
...six...potato chips...
...seven...watermelon...
...eight...chocolate cake...
...nine...sour lime...
...ten...shout "I'm full!!"

Full version:

🐜 1

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching one by one, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching one by one
    Am x2             E x2
The little one eats a juicy plum
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 2

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching two by two, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching two by two, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching two by two
    Am x2                 E x2
The little one drinks some apple juice
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 3

    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching three by three, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching three by three, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2               G7 x2
The ants go marching three by three
    Am x2                 E x2
The little one drinks a spot of tea
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 4

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching four by four, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching four by four, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching four by four
    Am x2              E x2
The little one eats an ear of corn
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 5

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching five by five, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching five by five, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching five by five
    Am x2              E x2
The little one eats a pumpkin pie
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 6

    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching six by six, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching six by six, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2           G7 x2
The ants go marching six by six
    Am x2              E x2
The little one eats potato chips
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 7

    Am x4                              C x4
The ants go marching seven by seven, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                              C x4
The ants go marching seven by seven, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2                   G7 x2
The ants go marching seven by seven
    Am x2              E x2
The little one eats a watermelon
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 8

    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching eight by eight, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                          C x4
The ants go marching eight by eight, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2               G7 x2
The ants go marching eight by eight
    Am x2              E x2
The little one eats a chocolate cake
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 9

    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching nine by nine, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                        C x4
The ants go marching nine by nine, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2             G7 x2
The ants go marching nine by nine
    Am x2             E x2
The little one eats a sour lime
         C   G7 Am E     Am x2
And they all go marching down,
       Am x2      Am x2           Am x2
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Yum, yum, yum!

🐜 10

    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching ten by ten, hoorah, hoorah
    Am x4                      C x4
The ants go marching ten by ten, hoorah, hoorah
    C x2           G7 x2
The ants go marching ten by ten
    Am x2                    E x2
The little one stops to shout "I'm full!!"

Lyrics from Super Simple Songs.

🐝 The Bees Go Buzzing

Short version:

    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing one by one, hoorah, hoorah.
    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing one by one, hoorah, hoorah.
    C x2                G7 x2
The bees go buzzing one by one,
    Am x2                   E x2
The little one stops to have some fun.
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

...two...sing a tune...
...three...scratch her knee...
...four...sing once more...
...five...exercise...
...six...make a wish...
...seven...ask directions...
...eight...pollinate...
...nine...fall behind...
...ten...shout "The End!"

Full version:

    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing one by one. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing one by one. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                G7 x2
The bees go buzzing one by one
    Am x2                   E x2
The little one stops to have some fun
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing two by two. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing two by two. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                G7 x2
The bees go buzzing two by two
    Am x2               E x2
The little one stops to sing a tune
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                         C x4
The bees go buzzing three by three. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                         C x4
The bees go buzzing three by three. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                  G7 x2
The bees go buzzing three by three
    Am x2                 E x2
The little one stops to scratch her knee
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing four by four. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing four by four. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                G7 x2
The bees go buzzing four by four
    Am x2                E x2
The little one stops to sing once more
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing five by five. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing five by five. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                G7 x2
The bees go buzzing five by five
    Am x2               E x2
The little one stops to exercise
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                     C x4
The bees go buzzing six by six. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                     C x4
The bees go buzzing six by six. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2              G7 x2
The bees go buzzing six by six
    Am x2               E x2
The little one stops to make a wish
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                             C x4
The bees go buzzing seven by seven. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                             C x4
The bees go buzzing seven by seven. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                      G7 x2
The bees go buzzing seven by seven
    Am x2                  E x2
The little one stops to ask directions
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                         C x4
The bees go buzzing eight by eight. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                         C x4
The bees go buzzing eight by eight. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                  G7 x2
The bees go buzzing eight by eight
    Am x2              E x2
The little one stops to pollinate
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing nine by nine. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                       C x4
The bees go buzzing nine by nine. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2                G7 x2
The bees go buzzing nine by nine
    Am x2                       E x2
The little one stops to starts to fall behind
         C   G7 Am E   Am x2        Am x2
And they all go flying high, in the sky,
      Am x2          Am x2
To go back, to their hive.
E    F#   G# (as single notes)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

    Am x4                     C x4
The bees go buzzing ten by ten. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    Am x4                     C x4
The bees go buzzing ten by ten. Hoorah! Hoorah!
    C x2              G7 x2
The bees go buzzing ten by ten
    Am x2                    E x2
The little one stops to shout "The End!"
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