Donna Donna - Joan Baez, guitar chords

Published: 2022-01-03 20:10
Selection chords: Sarah Harris

 Am   E7    Am         E7
On a wagon, bound for market
 Am         Dm         F        E7
thereʼs a calf with a mournful eye,
 Am    E7   Am             E7
high above him thereʼs a swallow
 Am       Dm      Am     E7  Am
winging swiftly through the sky.

 G                 C        Am
How the winds are laughing,
     Dm         G         C
the laugh with all their might,
 Dm        G         C         Am
laugh and laugh the whole day through,
     E       E7        Am
and half the summerʼs night.
 E             E7     Am
Donna, donna, donna, donna
 Dm            G      C
donna, donna, donna, don,
 E             E7    Am
donna, donna, donna donna,
 E             E7     Am
donna, donna, donna, don.

 Am       E7         Am        E7
"Stop complaining!" said the farmer,
 Am         Dm   F      E7
"Who told you a calf to be?
 Am        E7       Am       E7
Why donʼt you have, wings to fly
 Am            Dm        Am     E7  Am
with like the swallow so proud and free?"

 G                 C        Am
How the winds are laughing,
     Dm         G         C
the laugh with all their might,
 Dm        G         C         Am
laugh and laugh the whole day through,
     E       E7        Am
and half the summerʼs night.
 E             E7     Am
Donna, donna, donna, donna
 Dm            G      C
donna, donna, donna, don,
 E             E7    Am
donna, donna, donna donna,
 E             E7     Am
donna, donna, donna, don.
 
 Am         E7    Am         E7
Calves are easily bound and slaughtered,
 Am    Dm          F      E7
never knowing the reason why,
 Am      E7  Am        E7
but whoever treasures freedom
 Am       Dm          Am     E7  Am
like the swallow has learned to fly.

 G                 C        Am
How the winds are laughing,
     Dm         G         C
the laugh with all their might,
 Dm        G         C         Am
laugh and laugh the whole day through,
     E       E7        Am
and half the summerʼs night.
 E             E7     Am
Donna, donna, donna, donna
 Dm            G      C
donna, donna, donna, don,
 E             E7    Am
donna, donna, donna donna,
 E             E7     Am
donna, donna, donna, don.