Chords with lyrics
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\ Donut Song /
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(by Burl Ives)
A augmentedA simple, yet catchy, little folk song. I've had this song stuck in my head since
I was 5 years old, and it still never gets old.
Enjoy the nostalgia.
No Capo
Intro:
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D MajorD
When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
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If you walk the lines and not the squares
D MajorD
As you go through life make this your goal
A augmentedA D MajorD
Watch the donut, not the hole
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D MajorD
It's written on the rainbow
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In letters made of gold
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Written on the rainbow
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There's wisdom to behold
D MajorD
My friend the little sparrow
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Flew close enough to see
G+G D MajorD
Written on a rainbow
A augmentedA D MajorD
Is this philosophy
D MajorD
When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
A augmentedA
If you walk the lines and not the squares
D MajorD
As you go through life make this your goal
A augmentedA D MajorD
Watch the donut, not the hole
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D MajorD
It's written on the rainbow
G+G D MajorD
In letters made of gold
G+G D MajorD
Written on the rainbow
A augmentedA
There's wisdom to behold
D MajorD
My friend the little sparrow
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Agrees it must be so
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Little angels wrote it
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So folks on earth would know
D MajorD
When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
A augmentedA
If you walk the lines and not the squares
D MajorD
As you go through life make this your goal
A augmentedA D MajorD
Watch the donut, not the hole
KEY CHANGE to Eb MajorEb
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Eb MajorEb
When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
Bb majorBb
If you walk the lines and not the squares
Eb MajorEb
As you go through life make this your goal
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Watch the donut, not the hole
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Watch the donut, not the hole
KEY CHANGE to FF
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FF
I'm off to jolly England
Bb majorBb FF
Where bulldogs all wear pants
Bb majorBb FF
Off to Pago Pago
C majorC
Where alligators dance
FF
My friend the little sparrow
Bb majorBb FF
Will take me where he flies
Bb majorBb FF
Even to the rainbow
C majorC FF
To read with my own eyes
FF
When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
C majorC
If you walk the lines and not the squares
FF
As you go through life make this your goal
C majorC FF
Watch the donut, not the hole
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FF
It's written on the rainbow
Bb majorBb FF
In letters made of gold
Bb majorBb FF
Written on the rainbow
C majorC
There's wisdom to behold
FF
My friend the little sparrow
Bb majorBb FF
Flew close enough to see
Bb majorBb FF
Written on a rainbow
C majorC FF
Is this philosophy
FF
When you walk the streets you'll have no cares
C majorC
If you walk the lines and not the squares
FF
As you go through life make this your goal
C majorC FF
Watch the donut, not the hole
C majorC FF
Watch the donut, not the hole