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The Donkey Serenade by Mario Lanza - Guitar Chords

Artist Mario Lanza How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord Dm7.jpg How to play the guitar chord G7.jpg How to play the guitar chord C6.jpg How to play the guitar chord E7.jpg How to play the guitar chord Am.jpg How to play the guitar chord D.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg

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Version 1 
            Originally written in 1923, popular in the '30s.
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The Firefly 1937 movie version: --/RyHNlfT6B9E (in D)
Mario does it in C, I'm going to have to transpose it down.

[Intro]
C

[Verse]

          Dm7  G7     Dm7
There's a song in the air
G7      C6   C   C6
But the fair senorita
C               Dm7
Doesn't seem to care
G7      Dm7  G7     C
For the song in the air

[Verse]

        Dm7  G7     Dm7
So I'll sing to the mule
G7        C6   C         C6
If you're sure she won't think
     C           Dm7
That I am just a fool
G7  Dm7 G7     C
Serena--ding a mule

[Refrain]

C       F/C           C                 F/C
  Amigo mio, does she not have a dainty bray?
C             F/C          C                    F/C
  She listens carefully to each little tune you play
C          F/C
  (La bella senorita)
C            F/C
  Si, si, mi muchachito
C               F/C            C                 E7
  She'd love to sing it too if only she knew the way

[Bridge]

    Am         E7
But try as she may
       Am              E7
In her voice there's a flaw
    Am           D        Gsus4  G
And all that the lady can say
       Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C6 C C6 C
Is “ee-aw---------------------“
Dm7     G7          Dm7
    Senorita donkey sita
       G7         C
Not so fleet as a mosquito
       F/C              C
But so sweet like my Chiquita
           F/C        C
You're the one for me

[Verse]

           Dm7   G7     Dm7
(There’s a light in her eyes
G7         C6  C      C6
Though she may try to hide it
C            Dm7
She cannot deny
G7        Dm7   G7     C
there’s a light in her eyes)

[Verse]

       Dm7   G7     Dm7
Oh the charm of her smile
G7   C6     C     C6
So beguiled Don Diego
C              Dm7
That he rode a mile
G7      Dm7   G7     C
For the charm of her smile

[Refrain]

C       F/C        C               F/C
  Amigo mio is she listening to my song
C          F/C        C                 F/C
  No no mi muchachito how can you be so wrong?
C              F/C
  (How can the senorita)
C          F/C
  Si si la senorita
C               F/C            C                 E7
  She’d love to sing it too if only she knew the way

[Bridge]

    Am        E7
Her face is a dream
        Am      E7
Like an angel I saw
    Am          D           Gsus4  G
But all that my darlin' can scream

       Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 C6 C C6 C
Is “ee-aw---------------------“
Dm7     G7          Dm7
    Senorita donkey sita
       G7         C
Not so fleet as a mosquito
       F/C              C
But so sweet like my Chiquita
           F/C     C   G7 C
You're the one for me  Ho-lay

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