Johnny Horton – The Electrified Donkey (Guitar)

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Chords

The riff over the intro, breaks and outro is
|e|------------------------|
|B|------------------------|
|G|------------------------|
|D|------------------------|
|A|--------2-4-2---4-2-----|
|E|--0-4-4-------------4-0-|
[Intro] E [Verse 1]
E
Well I bought me a donkey about four foot tall

                           B7
To plough my cotton in the early fall
His running around was an awful sin
  E   N.C.
I had to build a fence to keep my donkey in
[Verse 2]
  E
I rigged up a wire with a battery charge

                         B7
To keep my donkey from a-running at large
Inside this pen I turned him loose
   E      N.C.
Corralled by volts of electrified juice
[Chorus]
A                E
Which way did my donkey go

B7             E
If you see him let me know

  A               E
I haven't seen my donkey since

   B7                E
He backed into that electrified fence
{c:Break} E [Verse 3]
E
Now the first time he backed up against it

                              B7
He threw back his ears and he had a fit
He brayed real loud and he hit high gear
   E      N.C.
He jumped up into the stratosphere
[Verse 4]
  E
I just got word from Albuquerque

                      B7
A donkey up there was looking for work
He's my donkey and his name is Jack
   E   N.C.
Oh how I wish he'd come on back
[Chorus]
A                E
Which way did my donkey go

B7             E
If you see him let me know

  A               E
I haven't seen my donkey since

   B7                E
He backed into that electrified fence
[Break] E [Verse 5]
    E
Now more word came from Palamar

                     B7
A man up there was a-watching the stars
While looking through his telescope
   E      N.C.
He nearly had himself a stroke
[Verse 6]
   E
He saw something riding up the rainbow trail

                         B7
With two long ears and a cockabur tail
This thing he saw and he firmly states
      E      N.C.
Was a donkey heading for the pearly gates
[Chorus]
      A                E
Well, which way did my donkey go

B7             E
If you see him let me know

  A               E
I haven't seen my donkey since

   B7                E
He backed into that electrified fence
[Outro]
E
Haw - Haw Hee Haw (repeat to fade over riff)