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This is from the album "All the roadrunning" with Emmylou Harris, enjoy it: Intro: C F G C Chorus: C I've been around in Donkey Town F C Too long, Baby, too long F C Checking out of Donkey Town G C So long, so long, so long. C Her pretty eyes are pretty still F C But Jim's got a quite of a squint, yeah I dug my last check from out of the mine Am F Now I feel like I've done my stint. C Jim got an army pension F C When he walked from the military court F C G C Nobody ever mentions the medical report. C She does little things for me F C She likes to get the both of us high, yeah She says I am a tender-hearted man Am F Prince Charming, yeah, sure, I'm the guy. C He likes the wrecker's dogs on chains F C And the smoke from the company fires F C Diesel oil in the trucks and cranes G C And the smell of burning tires. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mark-knopfler/194665.html ] C I've been around in Donkey Town F C Too long, Baby, too long F C Checking out of Donkey Town G C So long, so long, so long. C There's a purple heart in a silver tin F C And a grey .45 in a draw, yeah Most of the time you can drink with him Am F But some other time he's just sore. C On days when she says she can't think straight F C Or feels like she's getting the jumps F C She'll go shoot off her .38 G C At cans at a Donkey Town dump. C It was Friday late and she crossed those legs F C She told me flat out, she would, yeah If I could pull up my trailer legs Am F We could get away together for good. C I sure wish her the best of luck F C She's going to need it, thinking of Jim F C I don't like to leave her stuck G C But she's near as bad as him. C I've been around in Donkey Town F C Too long, Baby, too long F C Checking out of Donkey Town G C So long, so long, so long. |