|  | A |  | D | 
            
              | Well, | don’t | cry my | baby, | 
          
          
            
              | E |  | A | 
            
              | don’t | cry all the | while | 
          
          
          
          
            
              |  | D | E |  | A | 
            
              | Seen my | daddy |  | die in the | war, | 
          
          
            
              |  | D | E |  | A | 
            
              | seen my | mama |  | die crying | for | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | Ring | -a, a- | ring- | a, but | I’ve | got to | sing | × 2 | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | 
            
              | They | call | me a | hound | dog, | 
          
          
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | 
            
              | It’s | all | ’cause of my | col | our, | 
          
          
            
              |  | E |  | A | 
            
              | for | their | war though I’m | fine. | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | Ring | -a, a- | ring- | a, but | I’ve | got to | sing | × 2 | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | De | dum | dadda de | day, | de | dum | dadda de | dum | × 2 | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | 
            
              | They’re | tal | king ’bout | free | dom, | 
          
          
            
              |  | E |  | A | 
            
              | of re | lig | ion and | race | 
          
          
            
              |  | A |  | D | 
            
              | But | if | you’re a | negro, | 
          
          
            
              |  | E |  | A | 
            
              | they | slap | you in the | face | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | Ring | -a, a- | ring- | a, but | I’ve | got to | sing | × 2 | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | 
            
              | So | what | ’s the use | fight | ing | 
          
          
            
              |  | E |  | A | 
            
              | for that | sac | red democra | cy | 
          
          
            
              |  | D |  | 
            
              | When Ku Klux Klan | murd | erers, | 
          
          
            
              |  | E |  | A | 
            
              | are | going | scot- | free. | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | Ring | -a, a- | ring- | a, but | I’ve | got to | sing | × 2 | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | 
            
              | But | I’m | still | hap | py, | 
          
          
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | 
            
              | To | get | her we’ll | strife | for, | 
          
          
            
              |  | E |  | A | 
            
              | bein’ | free | people some | day | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | Ring | -a, a- | ring- | a, but | I’ve | got to | sing | × 2 | 
          
         
       
      
        
        
          
            
              |  | A |  | D |  | E |  | A |  | 
            
              | De | dum | dadda de | day, | de | dum | dadda de | dum | × 4 |