• Song:

    Donkey Town

  • Artist:

    Mark Knopfler

  • Album:

    All the Road Running

This is from the album "All the roadrunning" with Emmylou Harris, enjoy it:

Intro:

C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)Chorus:

CI've (x32010@1)been around in Donkey Town
         F (133211@1)        CToo (x32010@1)long, Baby, too long
F (133211@1)             CChecking (x32010@1)out of Donkey Town
   G (320003@1)               CSo (x32010@1)long, so long, so long.


CHer (x32010@1)pretty eyes are pretty still
    F (133211@1)                    CBut (x32010@1)Jim's got a quite of a squint, yeah
  
I dug my last check from out of the mine
      Am (x02210@1)                   FNow (133211@1)I feel like I've done my stint.
    CJim (x32010@1)got an army pension
        F (133211@1)                      CWhen (x32010@1)he walked from the military court
F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)       CNobody (x32010@1)ever mentions the medical report.



CShe (x32010@1)does little things for me
    F (133211@1)                        CShe (x32010@1)likes to get the both of us high, yeah

She says I am a tender-hearted man
      Am (x02210@1)                          FPrince (133211@1)Charming, yeah, sure, I'm the guy.
   CHe (x32010@1)likes the wrecker's dogs on chains
       F (133211@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)the smoke from the company fires
F (133211@1)               CDiesel (x32010@1)oil in the trucks and cranes
        G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)the smell of burning tires.

CI've (x32010@1)been around in Donkey Town
         F (133211@1)        CToo (x32010@1)long, Baby, too long
F (133211@1)             CChecking (x32010@1)out of Donkey Town
   G (320003@1)               CSo (x32010@1)long, so long, so long.

CThere's (x32010@1)a purple heart in a silver tin
      F (133211@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)a grey .45 in a draw, yeah

Most of the time you can drink with him
        Am (x02210@1)                 FBut (133211@1)some other time he's just sore.
   COn (x32010@1)days when she says she can't think straight
   F (133211@1)                          COr (x32010@1)feels like she's getting the jumps
F (133211@1)                     CShe'll (x32010@1)go shoot off her .38
   G (320003@1)                  CAt (x32010@1)cans at a Donkey Town dump.


CIt (x32010@1)was Friday late and she crossed those legs
   F (133211@1)                    CShe (x32010@1)told me flat out, she would, yeah

If I could pull up my trailer legs
        Am (x02210@1)                   FWe (133211@1)could get away together for good.
  CI (x32010@1)sure wish her the best of luck
              F (133211@1)                  CShe's (x32010@1)going to need it, thinking of Jim
F (133211@1)                       CI (x32010@1)don't like to leave her stuck
          G (320003@1)            CBut (x32010@1)she's near as bad as him.


CI've (x32010@1)been around in Donkey Town
         F (133211@1)        CToo (x32010@1)long, Baby, too long
F (133211@1)             CChecking (x32010@1)out of Donkey Town
   G (320003@1)               CSo (x32010@1)long, so long, so long.

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