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Donkey Town - Mark Knopfler Chords

Chords: C, F, G, Am

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Genre: folk, rock, singer-songwriter


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.

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