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