Aunt Rhody Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays667

Aunt Rhody by Burl Ives is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Intro:  D 

 
D                   A            D       
Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody,  
D                           A                 D 
Go tell Aunt Rhody that her old gray goose is dead. 

verse 1 
D                                     A                     D       
The one that she's been a saving, the one that she's been a saving, 
D                                   A              D 
The one that she's been a saving to make a feather bed. 

 verse 2 
Dm                             A           Dm 
She died in the mill pond, she died in the mill pond, 
Dm                             A               Dm 
She died in the mill pond from standing on her head. 

verse 3 
D                           A            D 
The goslings are cryin’,the goslings are cryin’, 
D                         A                   D          
The goslings are cryin’, ‘cause their mammy's dead. 

 
Dm                  A            Dm       
Go tell Aunt Rhody, go tell Aunt Rhody,  
Dm                           A                 D 
Go tell Aunt Rhody that her old gray goose is dead.  
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante