Val Doonican – Delaneys Donkey chords

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G7     C           F           G          CNow, Delaney had a donkey that everyone admired
            F        C           G7Temporarily lazy and permanently tired
  C            F      G             CA leg at every corner balancing his head
      Am              F                 G7           CAnd a tail to let you know which end he wanted to be fed.
Am           E               AmRiley, slyly said "we've underrated it
Am                 E                AmWhy not train it?" then they took a rag
     C          F                 G               CThey rubbed it, scrubbed it, they oiled and embrocated it
Am            F                 C                   G7Got it at the post and when the starter dropped the flag:
          C     F           C           FThere was Riley pushing it, shoving it, shushing it
C      F         C           G7Hogan, Logan and everyone in town
C         F              G              CLined up attacking it, n'shoving it and smacking it
     Am              F                 G         G7They might as well a'tried to push the Town Hall down.
    C          F            G         CThe donkey was eyeing them, openly defying them
         F            C               G7Winking, blinking and twisting out of place,
C       C7          FRiley reversing it, everybody cursing it
    C             F              G7        CThe day Delaney's donkey ran the half mile race.
    C              F      G              CThe muscles of the mighty never known to flinch
                       F        C             G7They couldn't move the donkey a quarter of an inch
  C           F       G                  CDelaney lay exhausted hanging 'round his throat
       Am               F             G7         CWith a grip just like a Scotsman on a five pound note.
Am                 E                 AmStarter Carter, he lined it with the rest of 'em
Am               E              AmWhen it saw them it was willing then
   C         F          G             CIt raced up, braced up, ready for the best of 'em
     Am                             C                  G7They started off to cheer it but it changed it's mind again!
              C     F           C           FAnd there was Riley pushing it, shoving it, shushing it
C      F         C          G7Hogan, Logan and Mary-Ann McGrath
C           F             G               CShe started poking it and grabbing it and choking it
   Am                F             G           G7It kicked her in the bustle and it laughed hee-haw!
    C            F               G         CThe Whigs and Conservatives, the Radical Superlatives
             F           C              G7Liberals and Tories they hurried to the place
C              C7     FStood there in unity, helping the community
    C             F              G7        CThe day Delaney's donkey ran the half mile race.
    C              F            G            CThe crowd began to cheer it and Rafferty the judge
               F             C                 G7He came up to assist 'em but still it wouldn't budge
        C              F          G             CAnd the jockey who was riding it, little John McGee
       Am            F              G7               CWas so thoroughly disgusted that he went and had his tea!
Am                E              AmHagan, Fagan were students of psychology
Am                     E             AmSwore they'd shift him with some dynamite
     C          F           G            CThey bought it, brought it, and without apology
    Am                                C              G7The donkey gave a sneeze and blew the whole lot outa sight.
              C     F           C           FAnd there was Riley pushing it, shoving it, shushing it
C      F         C             G7Hogan, Logan and all the bally crew
C             F           G          CPolice and Auxiliary, the Garrison Artillery
    Am         F                 G           G7The Second Enniskillen's and the Life Guards too.
     C           F                G                CThey seized it n'harried it, they picked it up and carried it
            F          C              G7Cheered it, steered it to the winning place.
         C           C7                   FThen the bookmaker's drew aside, and they all committed suicide
    C             F              G    G7   CThe day Delaney's donkey won the half mile race!