Mike Moxcey ©2005

Bingo

Here is a common children’s song that makes sense if you think of relative minor chords.

There are three lines.

Each of them basically goes I-IV-V-I but the first one does it with a different number of beats for each chord. The second and third lines have the same number of beats per chord (2), but they replace one of the chords with its relative minor.

In line two, the IV chord is replaced.

In line three, the first I chord is replaced.

Because it can look complicated when using numbers, I use alphabetic chord names.

Here is the song in G, A, C, D and F. 

G / / / | C D G /

G / Am / | D7 / G /

Em / C / | D7 / G /


A / / / | D E A /

A / Bm / | E7 / A /

F#m / D / | E7 / A /


C / / / | F G C /

C / Dm / | G7 / C /

Am / F / | G7 / C /


D / / / | G A D /

D / Em / | A7 / D /

Bm / G / | A7 / D /


F / / / | Bb C F /

F / Gm / | C7 / F /

Dm / Bb / | C7 / F /

There was a farmer had a dog and Bingo was his name-o

B-I-N-G-O , B-I-N-G-O ,

B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name-o
And here it is in Roman Numerals: 

I / / / | IV V I /

I / IIm / | V7 / I /

VIm / IV / | V7 / I /

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