The Doughnut Song Burl Ives
No Capo
Standard EADGBe Tuning
Intro:
| D - | D - | A - | A - |
When you [D]walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you [A]walk the lines and not the squares
As you [D]go through life make this your goal
[A]Watch the donut, [D]not the hole
| D - | D - | A - | A - |
It's [D]written on the rainbow
In [G]letters made of [D]gold
[G]Written on the [D]rainbow
There's wisdom to be[A]hold
My [D]friend the little sparrow
Flew [G]close enough to [D]see
[G]Written on a [D]rainbow
Is [A]this philoso[D]phy
When you [D]walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you [A]walk the lines and not the squares
As you [D]go through life make this your goal
[A]Watch the donut, [D]not the hole
| D - | D - | A - | A - |
It's [D]written on the rainbow
In [G]letters made of [D]gold
[G]Written on the [D]rainbow
There's wisdom to be[A]hold
My [D]friend the little sparrow
A[G]grees it must be [D]so
[G]Little angels [D]wrote it
So [A]folks on earth would [D]know
When you [D]walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you [A]walk the lines and not the squares
As you [D]go through life make this your goal
[A]Watch the donut, [D]not the hole
KEY CHANGE to Eb
| Eb - | Eb - | Ab - | Eb - |
| Ab - | Eb - | Eb - | Bb - |
| Eb - | Eb - | Ab - | Eb - |
| Ab - | Eb - | Bb - | Eb - |
When you [Eb]walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you [Bb]walk the lines and not the squares
As you [Eb]go through life make this your goal
[Bb]Watch the donut, [Eb]not the hole
[Bb]Watch the donut, [Eb]not the hole
KEY CHANGE to F
| F - | F - | C - | C - |
I'm [F]off to jolly England
Where [Bb]bulldogs all wear [F]pants
[Bb]Off to Pago [F]Pago
Where alligators [C]dance
My [F]friend the little sparrow
Will [Bb]take me where he [F]flies
[Bb]Even to the [F]rainbow
To [C]read with my own [F]eyes
When you [F]walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you [C]walk the lines and not the squares
As you [F]go through life make this your goal
[C]Watch the donut, [F]not the hole
| F - | F - | C - | C - |
It's [F]written on the rainbow
In [Bb]letters made of [F]gold
[Bb]Written on the [F]rainbow
There's wisdom to be[C]hold
My [F]friend the little sparrow
Flew [Bb]close enough to [F]see
[Bb]Written on a [F]rainbow
Is [C]this philoso[F]phy
When you [F]walk the streets you'll have no cares
If you [C]walk the lines and not the squares
As you [F]go through life make this your goal
[C]Watch the donut, [F]not the hole
[C]Watch the donut, [F]not the hole
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