The Wonky Donkey
Craig Smith
This is the song of the picture book, which recently won the New Zealand post book
Whenever you are playing a C chord, use this strum, except when the C has a * by it. When
is a <, strum the chord before it once, then don't play until the next chord. When you
a ~, strum up and down as fast as you can. When something is in{} play it at the
Intro:
Sort of country strum like this ():
eI------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------|I
BI------1-------1-------1-------1-------1-------1---------------------------|I
GI------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------------I-----| x2
DI------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---------------------------|I
AI--3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3-------0---2---3-------|I
EI------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3---3---3-------3-------------------|I
Chorus:
C C* G
I was walking down the road and I saw a donkey hee haww
and he only had 3 legs
C G C
he was a , wonkey donkey, wonkey donkey, wonkey donkeyyyeah
Verses
and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye
he was a winky wonkey donkey, winky wonkey donkey, winky wonky donkey
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and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye and he liked to listen to country music, yee ha
he was a honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,honkey tonkey, winky ,wonkey donkey,
and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye he liked to listen to country music and he was
quite tall and slim
he was a lanky, honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,lanky,honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,
and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye, he liked to listen to country music, he was quite tall
slim and he smelt really, really bad.
he was a stinky dinky, lanky, honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,stinky
tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,
and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye, he liked to listen to country music, he was quite tall
slim, he smelt really, bad and that morning he got up early and hadn't had any coffee.
he was a cranky, stinky dinky, lanky, honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,cranky,stinky
tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,
and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye, he liked to listen to country music, he was quite tall
slim, he smelt really bad, he got up early in the morning and hadn't had any coffee but
was always getting up to micheif.
he was a hanky panky, cranky, stinky dinky, lanky, honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey
panky,cranky,stinky dinky,lanky,honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey donkey,
and he only had 3 legs and 1 eye, he liked to listen to country music, he was quite tall
slim, he smelt really bad, he got up early in the morning and hadn't had any coffee, he
always getting up to micheif but he was quite good looking
he was a spunky, hanky panky, cranky, stinky dinky, lanky, honkey tonkey, winky, wonkey
panky,cranky,stinky dinky,lanky,honkey tonkey, winky wonkey donkey,
Song structure:
Intro, Chorus, Verse, Chorus Etc., ending witha Chorus