Donovan – Donna Donna chords

Donna Donna – Donovan
(from Catch The Wind, 1965)



These are the right chords  ;)


* you can play E7 instead of plain E, if it sounds good to you  :)


intro   Am  E   4x


Am   E     Am         E     Am           Dm          Am   E   Am    On a wagon bound for market    there's a calf with a mournful eye
Am    E        Am        E       Am         Dm      Am      E   AmHigh above him there's a swallow    winging swiftly through the sky


C                   Am        G                         Am       All the winds are laughing, they laugh with all their might
C                    Am                             E       Am  Love and laugh the whole day through and half the summers night


E                 Am     Dm                AmDonna Donna Donna Donna, Donna Donna Donna Don
E                 Am                 E     Am  E  Am  EDonna Donna Donna Donna, Donna Donna Donna Don


"Stop complaining" said the farmer, "Who told you what had to be?
Why can’t you have wings to fly with, like the swallow, so proud and free?"


bridge


riff break


chorus


Calves are easily bound and slaughtered never knowing the reason why
Why can't you have wings to fly with like the swallow you've learned to fly


bridge


chorus


outro   Am  E