Chords for Ed Ames - The Ballad of the Christmas Donkey (1967)
Tempo:
86.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Dm
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [F] [G]
[C]
Long ago in [E] another [A] day, a donkey [E] cried in his donkey way,
[F]
[C] I'm not [F] beautiful, [C] I'm not [Dm] beautiful, what [C] good to anyone am I?
[Dm] [C] Other [Em] animals are big and strong, [Am] or rare, or filled [Em] with an animal's song,
[F] But I'm [C] not beautiful, [F]
I'm [Em] not beautiful, [Dm] what good [F] to [C] anyone am [F] I?
[Fm] [B] Heaven [Am]
cried.
[F] [G] Donkey, you [C] can carry, [Am] will [B] you carry [E]
Mary, [Am] [D] angels for your [Dm] guide?
[G] [C] Christmas morn [E] in the stable hay, [A] the donkey [E] smiled in his donkey way,
[F] I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, as beautiful [F] as [G] anyone am [A] I?
As [Dm] beautiful
[F] as [G] anyone [Dm]
[C] am [Dm] I?
[C] [G] [C] I feel beautiful, I [Dm] feel beautiful, as beautiful as anyone am I?
[N]
[C]
Long ago in [E] another [A] day, a donkey [E] cried in his donkey way,
[F]
[C] I'm not [F] beautiful, [C] I'm not [Dm] beautiful, what [C] good to anyone am I?
[Dm] [C] Other [Em] animals are big and strong, [Am] or rare, or filled [Em] with an animal's song,
[F] But I'm [C] not beautiful, [F]
I'm [Em] not beautiful, [Dm] what good [F] to [C] anyone am [F] I?
[Fm] [B] Heaven [Am]
cried.
[F] [G] Donkey, you [C] can carry, [Am] will [B] you carry [E]
Mary, [Am] [D] angels for your [Dm] guide?
[G] [C] Christmas morn [E] in the stable hay, [A] the donkey [E] smiled in his donkey way,
[F] I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, as beautiful [F] as [G] anyone am [A] I?
As [Dm] beautiful
[F] as [G] anyone [Dm]
[C] am [Dm] I?
[C] [G] [C] I feel beautiful, I [Dm] feel beautiful, as beautiful as anyone am I?
[N]
Key:
C
F
Dm
G
E
C
F
Dm
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Long ago in [E] another [A] day, a donkey [E] cried in his donkey way,
[F] _
[C] I'm not [F] beautiful, [C] I'm not [Dm] beautiful, what [C] good to anyone am _ I?
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ Other [Em] animals are big and strong, [Am] or rare, or filled [Em] with an animal's song,
[F] But I'm [C] not beautiful, [F]
I'm [Em] not beautiful, [Dm] what good [F] to [C] anyone am _ [F] I?
[Fm] _ [B] Heaven _ [Am] _
cried.
_ [F] _ [G] Donkey, you [C] can carry, _ [Am] will [B] you carry [E]
Mary, _ _ [Am] _ [D] angels for your [Dm] guide?
[G] _ [C] _ Christmas morn [E] in the stable hay, [A] the donkey [E] smiled in his donkey way,
[F] I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, as beautiful [F] as [G] anyone am [A] _ I?
As [Dm] beautiful _ _
[F] as _ _ [G] anyone [Dm] _
[C] am _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ I?
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] I _ feel beautiful, _ _ _ _ I [Dm] feel _ beautiful, as beautiful as anyone am I? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Long ago in [E] another [A] day, a donkey [E] cried in his donkey way,
[F] _
[C] I'm not [F] beautiful, [C] I'm not [Dm] beautiful, what [C] good to anyone am _ I?
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ Other [Em] animals are big and strong, [Am] or rare, or filled [Em] with an animal's song,
[F] But I'm [C] not beautiful, [F]
I'm [Em] not beautiful, [Dm] what good [F] to [C] anyone am _ [F] I?
[Fm] _ [B] Heaven _ [Am] _
cried.
_ [F] _ [G] Donkey, you [C] can carry, _ [Am] will [B] you carry [E]
Mary, _ _ [Am] _ [D] angels for your [Dm] guide?
[G] _ [C] _ Christmas morn [E] in the stable hay, [A] the donkey [E] smiled in his donkey way,
[F] I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, I [C] feel [Dm] beautiful, as beautiful [F] as [G] anyone am [A] _ I?
As [Dm] beautiful _ _
[F] as _ _ [G] anyone [Dm] _
[C] am _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ I?
_ [C] _ [G] _ [C] I _ feel beautiful, _ _ _ _ I [Dm] feel _ beautiful, as beautiful as anyone am I? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _