Donna Donna — Joan Baez
Chords and lyrics for Donna Donna by Joan Baez (key of Am).
Intro
[Am] [E7/B] [Am]
Verse 1
[Am]On a [E7/B]wagon [Am]bound for [E7/B]market [Am] there's a [Dm]calf with a [C][E7/B]mournful [Am]eye
[Am]High [E7/B]above him [Am]there's a [E7/B]swallow [Am] winging [Dm]swiftly [Am]through [E7]the [Am]sky
Chorus
[G]How the winds are [C]laughing,[Am] they [G]laugh with all their [C]might[Am]
[G]Laugh and laugh the [C]whole [E7/B]day [Am]through and [E]half the summers [Am]night
[E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna, [G]Donna Donna Donna [C]Don[Am]
[E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna, [E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am][E7]Don[E7][Am]
Verse 2
[Am]"Stop [E7/B]complaining" [Am]said the [E7/B]farmer,[Am] "Who told [Dm]you a [C]calf [E7/B]to [Am]be?
[Am]Why don't [E7/B]you have [Am]wings to [E7/B]fly with,[Am] like the [Dm]swallow, so [Am]proud [E7]and
[Am]free?"
Chorus
[G]How the winds are [C]laughing,[Am] they [G]laugh with all their [C]might[Am]
[G]Laugh and laugh the [C]whole [E7/B]day [Am]through and [E]half the summers [Am]night
[E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna, [G]Donna Donna Donna [C]Don[Am]
[E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna, [E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am][E7]Don[E7][Am]
Verse 3
[Am]Calves are [E7/B]easily [Am]bound and [E7/B]slaughtered [Am] never [Dm]knowing the [C][E7/B]reason [Am]why
[Am]But [E7/B]whoever [Am]treasures [E7/B]freedom [Am] like the [Dm]swallow has [Am]learned [E7]to [Am]fly
Outro/Chorus
[G]How the winds are [C]laughing,[Am] they [G]laugh with all their [C]might[Am]
[G]Laugh and laugh the [C]whole [E7/B]day [Am]through and [E]half the summers [Am]night
[E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna, [G]Donna Donna Donna [C]Don[Am]
[E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna, [E7]Donna Donna Donna [Am][E7][Am]Don[Am][E7]
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