Donkeys chords by Cursive

SimplifiedA · C#dim · G · D · Asus4

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A
C#dim
G
D
Asus4

Intro 1

Verse 1
C#dim 
Don't lie  (C sharpdim) 
Where have you been?
Your teeth are red
Your eyes are peppermints
A 
Sailing  (A major) out to sea with
your new best friend
G 
You don't  (G major) like the way you live
A 
So's you  (A major) play pretend

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Verse 2

But isn't it time you act your age?

You got a mortgage on your shoulders

Got a babe on the way

You shrug it out with your

jackass grin

Thinkin' as soon as you clean up

You're gonna do it again

Verse 3
A 
D 
He says  (A major)  (D major) 
A 
C#dim 
A 
I'm  (A major)  (C sharpdim) going to pleasure  (A major) island
D 
A 
C#dim 
I don't wanna come  (D major) home  (A major)  (C sharpdim) 
G 
The reverend  (G major) says beware
A 
He swears we're  (A major) goin' to hell
G 
We may be  (G major) donkeys
C#dim 
But at least we  (C sharpdim) have     a tale to tell

Verse 4
C#dim 
 (C sharpdim) 
Don't start with a slap on the wrist
I don't need no cease and assist
A 
I  (A major) ain't foolin' 'round
And it ain't no sin
C#dim 
So's you  (C sharpdim) be       st be stepping back
G 
D 
Asus4 
A 
 (G major) those ugly ulti (D major) matum (Asus4) s         (A major) 

Verse 5
D 
A 
 (D major) And never you  (A major) mind what your
old maid says
G 
There ain't  (G major) nothin' to complain
C#dim 
A 
So long's  (C sharpdim) you're earning bread  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) She's got a way of
A 
getting  (A major) under your skin
C#dim 
She plants a little seed  (C sharpdim) of doubt
A 
The guilt  (A major) blossoms

Verse 6
D 
C#dim 
A 
She says  (D major)  (C sharpdim)  (A major) 
C#dim 
G 
C#dim 
 (C sharpdim) If you're  (G major) go ing to pleasure  (C sharpdim) island
A 
D 
C#dim 
 (A major) You can never come  (D major) home  (C sharpdim) 
G 
The  (G major) problem with your
A 
 (A major) kid: you can't say no
G 
You can't take  (G major) a little nibble
C#dim 
You got to  (C sharpdim) lick     the bone

Interlude 1

I pushed off

Verse 7
A 
G 
 (A major)  (G major) 
C#dim 
A 
D 
G 
I'm sail (C sharpdim) in'  (A major) away  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) And I  (G major) ain't lookin' back
A 
Can't have you  (A major) seein' me this way
D 
A 
D 
 (D major) This just might be  (A major)  (D major) my

Verse 8
greatest mistake
D 
 (D major) 
G 
Throw (G major) in' the future tense away
A 
For the present's  (A major) presence
G 
My  (G major) life was but a pleasure
A 
But it  (A major) sure was pleasant

Verse 9
D 
He says  (D major) 
C#dim 
A 
C#dim 
I'm  (C sharpdim)  (A major)  (C sharpdim) 
A 
going to pleasure  (A major) island
D 
G 
D 
C#dim 
I ain't never going  (D major) home  (G major)  (D major)  (C sharpdim) 
G 
I'll make an  (G major) ass out of myself
A 
Sooner than  (A major) say I'm wrong
G 
Yeah I'd soon (G major) er be fuckin' around
C#dim 
D 
A 
C#dim 
in the  (C sharpdim)  (D major) mud  (A major)  (C sharpdim) 

Verse 10
G 
I'm  (G major) go ing to pleasure island
A 
D 
I ain't  (A major) comin' back  (D major) home
G 
D 
C#dim 
 (G major)  (D major)  (C sharpdim) 
G 
 (G major) Mama's thumpin' her bible
A 
She  (A major) swears we're going to hell
C#dim 
And papa's just jeal (C sharpdim) ous
A 
He  (A major) wants to come here as well
C#dim 
We may be donkey (C sharpdim) s
A 
C#dim 
But at least we have  (A major) a  (C sharpdim) tale to tell