Get Behind The Mule chords

[VERSE 1]

[Dm]Molly b'Damn smote Jimmy the Harp

[Dm]With a horrid little pistol and a lariat

[Dm]She's goin to the bottom

[Dm]And she's goin down the drain

[Dm]Said she wasn't big enough to carry it


[CHORUS]

[Dm]She got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[Dm]She got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[Dm]She got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[Dm]She got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[VERSE 2]

[Dm]Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods

You gotta meet me by the fall down tree

[Dm]Shovel of dirt upon a coffee lid

And I know they'll come lookin' for me boys

[Dm]And I know they'll come a-lookin' for me

Chorus

[Dm]Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

INSTRUMENTAL Harmonica or guitar - 12 Bars x4

[VERSE 3]

[Dm]Big Jack Earl was 8'1'

He stood in the road and he cried

[Dm]He couldn't make her love him

Couldn't make her stay

[Dm]But tell the good Lord that he tried


Chorus - Dm (continues all the way through)

[Dm]Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[VERSE 4]

Dm - (cont)
Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville

On the wreck of the Weaverville stage

[Dm]Beulah fired on Beatty for a lemonade

I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys

[Dm]Stirring my brandy with a nail


Chorus - Dm (cont.)

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Verse 5 - Dm (cont.)

[Dm]Well the rampaging sons of the widow James

Jack the Cutter and the pock marked kid

[Dm]Had to stand naked at the bottom of the cross

And tell the good lord what they did

[Dm]Tell the good lord what they did


Chorus - Dm (cont.)

[Dm]Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

INSTRUMENTAL HARMONICA or GUITAR 12 Bar x4

Verse 6 (Dm cont.)

[Dm]Punctuated birds on the power line

In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Hoaks

[Dm]I'm diggin all the way to China with a silver spoon

While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys

[Dm]The hangman fumbles with the noose


Chorus - Dm (cont.)

[Dm]Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Verse 7 (Dm cont.)

[Dm]Pin your ear to the wisdom post

Pin your eye to the line

[Dm]Never let the weeds get higher than the garden

Always keep a sapphire in your mind

[Dm]Always keep a diamond in your mind


Chorus - (Dm cont.)
Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

Got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

INSTRUMENTAL HARMONICA OR GUITAR 12 BAR x2 then fade out on lightly sung chorus lyrics

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