The Ants Go Marching Chords

by Misc Traditional
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
Capo: no capo
Author welcomeblack [a] 145. Last edit on May 20, 2021
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Chords

A
C
G
E
Em
D
B

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The Ants Go Marching
 
Beat:
 
 |     1       2        3      4   |    1     2       3      4
 | The ANTS go MARching ONE by ONE | hooRAH~~~     hooRAH~~~~    |
 
        |
        v
 
0 &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1   &   2   &   3   &   4   &   1
 -|---x-------x-------x-------x---|---x-------x-------x-------x---|---x
 
 
[Intro]
 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 b|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 A|---0-----0-0-----2-3-----2-3---|-0-----------------------------|
 E|-0-----------------------------|---3~~~~~~~------0-3~~~~~~~----|
 
 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 b|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 D|-------------------------------|-0-2~~~~~~~--------2~~~~~~~----|
 A|---0-----0-0-----2-3-----2-3---|-----------------3-------------|
 E|-0-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 b|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 D|---2-----2-2-------0-----0-0---|-------------------------------|
 A|-3---------------3-------------|-0-3-----3-3-----0-2-----2-2---|
 E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
 e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 b|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|  :Repeat:
 D|-0-2-------0-------------------|-------------------------------|
 A|-------------------3-------2---|---0---------------------------|
 E|-------------------------------|-----------0-------2-------4---|
 
Lyrics:
 
    A                C
The ants go marching one by one 
   G       G
hurrah, hurrah
    A                C
The ants go marching one by one 
   E       E
hurrah, hurrah
    Em                D
The ants go marching one by one, the 
C                   B
little one stops to suck his thumb
 
         E   D  C  B     A
And they all go marching down, 
-     -     -
down, down, down
 
Repeats for children:
 
two by two ... stops to tie a shoe
three by three ... stops to climb a tree
four by four ... stops to shut the door
five by five ... stops to take a dive
six by six ... stops to pick up sticks
seven by seven ... stops to pray to heaven
eight by eight ... stops to check the gate
nine by nine ... stops to check the time
ten by ten ... starts to sing it again
 
Repeats for adults -- story:
 
two by two ... stops to tie a shoe
three by three ... stops to climb a tree
four by four ... falls down to the floor
five by five ... wants to stay alive
six by six ... liked to pick up sticks
seven by seven ... flies up to heaven
eight by eight ... finds the pearly gate
nine by nine ... plays all the time
ten by ten ... starts to sing it again
 
Repeats for adults -- war theme:
 
one by one ... gets to choose a gun
two by two ... stops to tie a boot
three by three ... hides behind a tree
four by four ... doesn't like the war
five by five ... tries to stay alive
six by six ... joined to get out of the sticks
seven by seven ... crawls and prays to heaven
eight by eight ... starts to storm the gate
nine by nine ... has run out of time
ten by ten ... never is home again
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