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Joan Baez - Donna Donna Chords

Chord reference Am, E, Dm, G, C
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Am] [E] [Am] [E] [Am]On a [E]wagon [Am]bound for [E]market [Am]There’s a [Dm]calf with a [Am]mournful [E]eye [Am]High a[E]bove him [Am]there’s a [E]swallow [Am]Winging [Dm]swiftly [Am]through [E]the [Am]sky

[G]How the winds are [C]laughing [Am] They [G]laugh with all their [C]might [G]Laugh and laugh the [C]whole day [Am]through And [E]half the summer’s [Am]night [E]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna [G]Donna Donna Donna [C]Don [E]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna [E]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Don [E] [Am] [E]

[Am]“Stop com[E]plaining” [Am]said the [E]farmer [Am]“Who told [Dm]you a [Am]calf to [E]be? [Am]Why don’t [E]you have [Am]wings to [E]fly with [Am]Like the [Dm]swallow, so [Am]proud [E]and [Am]free?”

[Am]Calves are [E]easily [Am]bound and [E]slaughtered [Am]Never [Dm]knowing the [Am]reason [E]why [Am]But who[E]ever [Am]treasures [E]freedom [Am]Like the [Dm]swallow has [Am]learned [E]to [Am]fly

[G]How the winds are [C]laughing [Am] They [G]laugh with all their [C]might [G]Laugh and laugh the [C]whole day [Am]through And [E]half the summer’s [Am]night [E]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna [G]Donna Donna Donna [C]Don [E]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Donna [E]Donna Donna Donna [Am]Don [E] [Am] [E]

Artist Joan Baez
Album Joan Baez
Genres Folk
Year 1960
Key AM

How to Play Donna Donna on Guitar?

Joan Baez - Donna Donna can be played in the key of AM using the Am, E, Dm, G, C chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Donna Donna with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.