Biography:
Ritchie Valens (born Richard Steven Valenzuela; on 13 May 1941 in Pacoima, California, USA – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
A Rock and Roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958
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It's such a classic tune, I thought this site should have at least one version of it
that was correct. This is the key it was written in. Just play it in standard tuning.
F Dm Bb C
Oooh donna oooh donna
F Dm Bb C
Oooh donna oooh donna
F Dm Bb C F
I had a girl, and Donna was her name
Dm Bb C
Since she left me, Ive never been the same
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Cause I love my girl Donna, oh where can you be?
Bb C
Where can you be?
F Dm Bb C F
Now that your gone, Im left all alone
Dm Bb C
All by myself - to wander and roam
F Dm Bb C F
Cause I love my girl Donna, oh where can you be?
Bb F
Where can you be?
Bridge:
Bb
Well,darlin now that your gone
F
I dont know what i'll do
Bb C
I´ll die and all my love for you
F Dm Bb C F
I had a girl, and Donna was her name
Dm Bb C
Since she left me, Ive never been the same
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Cause I love my girl Donna, oh where can you be?
Bb C
Where can you be?
F Dm Bb C
Oooh donna oooh donna
F Dm Bb C (end on F)
Oooh donna oooh donna
that was correct. This is the key it was written in. Just play it in standard tuning.
F Dm Bb C
Oooh donna oooh donna
F Dm Bb C
Oooh donna oooh donna
F Dm Bb C F
I had a girl, and Donna was her name
Dm Bb C
Since she left me, Ive never been the same
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Cause I love my girl Donna, oh where can you be?
Bb C
Where can you be?
F Dm Bb C F
Now that your gone, Im left all alone
Dm Bb C
All by myself - to wander and roam
F Dm Bb C F
Cause I love my girl Donna, oh where can you be?
Bb F
Where can you be?
Bridge:
Bb
Well,darlin now that your gone
F
I dont know what i'll do
Bb C
I´ll die and all my love for you
F Dm Bb C F
I had a girl, and Donna was her name
Dm Bb C
Since she left me, Ive never been the same
F Dm Bb C F Dm
Cause I love my girl Donna, oh where can you be?
Bb C
Where can you be?
F Dm Bb C
Oooh donna oooh donna
F Dm Bb C (end on F)
Oooh donna oooh donna
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