| D D D G |

[Chorus]
G                         D
Beatin' on the ding dong, All day long
                  G
I go around, just singin' this song
                   C
I got a gal, maybe two or three
D                                      G
Beatin' on the ding dong, don't bother me

[Verse 1]
                            D
Most folks worry, when they have no dough
                              G
It can't feel good, 'cause of feelin' low
                      C
I don't worry, if I'm broke no more
D                          G
I ain't rich, so I must be poor

[Verse 2]
                          D7
Beatin' on the ding dong, don't mean a thing
                      G
Just some words, that you can sing
                                C
Makes no difference, if they're right or wrong
D                                 G
Beating on the ding dong, all day long

[Break]
| G D7 | D7 G | G C | D G/D |

[Verse 3]
G                         D        D7
Some are happy, when they have big cars
                          G
They ride around and they puff cigars
                       C
Give me a rattle trap, Model T
D                        G
I'm as happy, as a chickadee

[Verse 4]
                         D
A house and a flea and a bunch of mice
                     G
Out in the barnyard, shootin' dice
                             C
The horse rolled forward and stepped on a flea
    D                                     G
The flea yells fellas, there's a horse on me

[Chorus]
                          D7
Beating on the ding dong, all day long
                  G
I go around, just singin' this song
                   C
I got a gal, maybe two or three
D                                      G
Beatin' on the ding dong, don't bother me

[Break]
| G D7 | D7 G | G C | D G/D |

[Verse 5]
G                          D7
I stood with a gal, on the porch last night
                                G
A huggin' and a kissin' till it got daylight
                          C
Her pa said get him and I had to dance
  D                                  G
A bull dog had me by the seat of the pants

[Verse 6]
                        D
I don't have nothin' to bother me
                       G
Happy as a possum in a salmon tree
                        C
If I had a wife, that'd work at all
  D                               G
I wouldn't have work, this comin' fall

[Chorus]
                          D7
Beating on the ding dong, all day long
                  G
I go around, just singin' this song
                   C
I got a gal, maybe two or three
D                                      G
Beatin' on the ding dong, don't bother me

[Outro]
D                                      G    D D D G
Beatin' on the ding dong, don't bother me