Mark Knopfler – Donkey Town (Ukulele)

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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.

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.