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Job the armored donkey

from Sky Full of Phoenix by Rhiannon's Lark

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Job the Armored Donkey
To the tune of "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" by Gordon Lightfoot

Verse 1:
Em Bm
The legend lives on though the years passed are long
D A Em
Since my very first time campaigning.
A party of four we were ready for war
Though three of us had zero training.

Em Bm
My character’s build was a strange mix of skills
D A Em
She could move silently and cast glamours
I’d never have bet that her strongest asset
Was her penchant for making great armor.

Em Bm
A pack mule we sought for the gear we had bought
D A Em
And we soon found one that was quite hardy
Then in my spare time I mastered a design
Of lizard-scale mail for the donkey.

Chorus:
G D Em D Em
Oh oh it’s Job the armored donkey.
Oh oh it’s Job the armored donkey.


Verse 2:
Em Bm
Our first mission in there’s a river to swim
D A Em
We fret over whether Job will sink
His light lizard mail lets him ford it quite well
But he brays as he reaches the far bank.

Em Bm
He’s seen a bright flash from the depths and we dash
D A Em
Back into the river to search it
We come up with gold and treasure unforetold
His keen eye has made this trip worth it.






Chorus:
G D Em D Em
Oh we’re rich thanks to Job the donkey.
Oh oh it’s Job the armored donkey.

Verse 3:
Em Bm
It’s not long at all till we’re caught in a squall
D A Em
And we have to make camp in the open
We awake in the night, 50 orcs we must fight
And Job’s hobble we see has been broken

Em Bm
The orcs come en masse, 10 to each one of us
D A Em
Their arrows will take us life and limb
Job gallops the line, catching each one in time
And the bolts just shatter against him.

Chorus:
G D Em D Em
Oh we’re alive thanks to Job the donkey.
Oh oh it’s Job the armored donkey.

Em Bm
My friends you can laugh, I too thought it a gaffe
D A Em
I mean who makes a donkey wear scale mail?
Yet time and again he’s been more than a friend
Our adventures sans Job would surely fail.

Em Bm
He’s saved all our lives about 34 times
D A Em
And he’s made us obscenely wealthy
We’re famed cross the land thanks to him in our band
And we count him as one of the family.

Chorus:
G D Em D Em
Oh oh it’s Job the armored donkey.
Oh oh it’s Job the armored donkey.

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from Sky Full of Phoenix, released September 14, 2018

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Rhiannon's Lark Troy, New York

Have you ever wanted to hear a Disney princess singing about the things you love...board games, ninjas, and krakens? This geek-goddess-girl tackles everything from t-rexes to moral dilemmas with insightful lyrics, gorgeous vocals, and gentle humor.

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