Mairzy Dotes Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays618

Mairzy Dotes by Dick Farney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am, Gdim, Dm7, G7, Fm, F, F7, Am7, D7, G/B, C/B, A7 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
C                G                C      Am   C    Gdim 
Mairzy dotes and dozy dotes and little lamsy divey 
  Dm7         G7           C      G 
A kiddly divey, too wouldn't you 
C                G                C      Am   C     Gdim 
Mairzy dotes and dozy dotes and little lamsy divey 
   Dm7        G7            C   Fm   C 
A kiddly divey, too wouldn't you 

Bridge 
Now if the words sound queer, and funny to your ear 
   F         Dm7          F 
A little bit jumbled and jivey 
F7         Am7        D7       G/B       D7 
Just say, "Mares eat oats, and does eat oats 
    G      Dm7       G   D7 
And little lambs eat ivy 
C                G                C      Am   C      Gdim 
Mairzy dotes and dozy dotes and little lamsy divey 
  Dm7          G7            C   C/B  A7 
A kiddly divey, too wouldn't you 
Dm7           G7       Em7           A7 
A kiddly divey, too a kiddly divey, too  
  Dm7          G7           C      F     C 
A kiddly divey, too wouldn't you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante