Mark Knopfler – Donkey Town chords

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

Intro:

C  F  G  C

Chorus:

CI've been around in Donkey Town
F CToo long, Baby, too long
F CChecking out of Donkey Town
G CSo long, so long, so long.
CHer pretty eyes are pretty still
F CBut Jim's got a quite of a squint, yeah
I dug my last check from out of the mine
Am FNow I feel like I've done my stint.
CJim got an army pension
F CWhen he walked from the military court
F C G CNobody ever mentions the medical report.
CShe does little things for me
F CShe likes to get the both of us high, yeah
She says I am a tender-hearted man
Am FPrince Charming, yeah, sure, I'm the guy.
CHe likes the wrecker's dogs on chains
F CAnd the smoke from the company fires
F CDiesel oil in the trucks and cranes
G CAnd the smell of burning tires.
CI've been around in Donkey Town
F CToo long, Baby, too long
F CChecking out of Donkey Town
G CSo long, so long, so long.
CThere's a purple heart in a silver tin
F CAnd a grey .45 in a draw, yeah
Most of the time you can drink with him
Am FBut some other time he's just sore.
COn days when she says she can't think straight
F COr feels like she's getting the jumps
F CShe'll go shoot off her .38
G CAt cans at a Donkey Town dump.
CIt was Friday late and she crossed those legs
F CShe told me flat out, she would, yeah
If I could pull up my trailer legs
Am FWe could get away together for good.
CI sure wish her the best of luck
F CShe's going to need it, thinking of Jim
F CI don't like to leave her stuck
G CBut she's near as bad as him.
CI've been around in Donkey Town
F CToo long, Baby, too long
F CChecking out of Donkey Town
G CSo long, so long, so long.
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