Mark Knopfler - Donkey Town

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 .

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 .