Kids' Songs and Nursery Rhymes: Guitar Chords and Lyrics

Free printable chord sheets for the songs every child knows, each one in every key

These are the songs children learn first and parents, teachers and babysitters get asked for most: the nursery rhymes, lullabies and singalongs that have been passed down for generations. Most of them need two or three open chords and move slowly, which makes them the best first songs for a beginner on guitar as well. The chords sit over the words, the verses are the traditional ones from the earliest printed sources, and every song here is in the public domain, so you can print them, hand them out in a classroom or a daycare, and sing them anywhere.

Each song opens in an easy guitar key with open chords. If that key is too high or too low for small voices, tap another key at the top of the chart and the whole song is rewritten, with capo options for keeping the easy shapes.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep chords
Traditional · Key of C, and every other key Bingo chords
Traditional · Key of G, and every other key Happy Birthday chords
Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill · Key of G, and every other key Hush, Little Baby chords
Traditional · Key of C, and every other key London Bridge Is Falling Down chords
Traditional · Key of C, and every other key Mary Had a Little Lamb chords
Sarah Josepha Hale · Key of C, and every other key Old MacDonald Had a Farm chords
Traditional · Key of G, and every other key Row, Row, Row Your Boat chords
Traditional · Key of G, and every other key The Alphabet Song chords
Traditional · Key of C, and every other key This Old Man chords
Traditional · Key of C, and every other key Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star chords
Jane Taylor · Key of C, and every other key

Putting together a songbook for a classroom, a daycare, or bedtime?

Open any song in the Chord Sheet Maker and save it to your account in the key you want. A free account keeps three chord sheets. With Pro you can save as many as you like, and the Songbook builder combines them into one PDF with a cover page and a table of contents, printed clean with no watermark.

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Playing these at a gig, a service or a singalong? Build a set list from these songs with the free Setlist Maker: drag the songs into order, add keys and capos, print a clean PDF, and run the show from its stage view.

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