[Verse 1]
Am F Am F Dm E
Old mac donald sick of the farm wants a new life, a new place to go.
Dm Am F E Am
But if you strip away the consonants from reinvention, you get E-I-E-I-O.
[Verse 2]
Am F Am F Dm E
Old mac donald tried to give up the booze, should have done this a long time ago.
Dm Am Bm E
Suck out the vowels of best intentions, you get E-I-E-I-O.
[Bridge]
F C
No more echoes on the farm,
F C
no more duck sounds in the air.
F C
There's a quack quack here,
Dm E
but there is no quack quack there.
[Verse 3]
Am F Am F Dm E
Drunk on the insurance money from torching the farm. Old mac donald gets a tattoo.
Dm Am
its there on his arm amongst the skulls and the livestock,
Bm E Am
it's E-I-E-I-O.