[Verse 1]
  C            G7
Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold
 C          G7
Katy was a maid with hair of gold
 F              C              F               C
Like an act of fate, Kate was standing at the gate
   D7                           G7
Watching all the boys file on parade
  C                G7
Kate smiled with a twinkle in her eye
 C             G7
Jim said "M-m-meet you by-and-by!"
 F                  C
That same night at eight
        F              C
Jim was at the garden gate
   D7                          G7
Stuttering this song to K-K-K-Kate


[Chorus]
       C     A7        D7
K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy
            G7                      C    C#dim G7
You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore
               C           A7        D7
When the m-m-m-moon shines over the cow shed
          G7                          C     G7
I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door

      C       A7        D7
K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy
            G7                      C    C#dim G7
You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore
               C         A7        D7
When the m-m-m-moon shines over the cow shed
          G7                          C
I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door


[Verse 2]
     C          G7
"No one ever looked so nice and neat!"
     C            G7
"No one could be just as cute and sweet!"
   F               C
That's what Jimmy thought
          F               C
When the wedding ring he bought
 D7                         G7
Now he's off to France the foe to meet
   C                G7
Jimmy thought he'd like to take a chance
   C                G7
See if he could make the Kaiser dance
   F           C          F               C
Stepping to a tune all about the silv'ry moon
   D7                             G7
This is what they hear in far off France


[Chorus]
        C     A7        D7
K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy
            G7                      C    C#dim G7
You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore
               C           A7        D7
When the m-m-m-moon shines over the cow shed
          G7                          C     G7
I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door

       C      A7        D7
K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy
            G7                      C    C#dim G7
You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore
               C           A7        D7
When the m-m-m-moon shines over the cow shed
          G7                          C
I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door