Get Behind The Mule chords

[VERSE 1]

[Dm]Mollyx b'Damn smote Jimmy the Harp

[Dm]Withx a horrid little pistol and a lariat

[Dm]She'sx goin to the bottom

[Dm]Andx she's goin down the drain

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


[CHORUS]

[Dm]Shex got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[Dm]Shex got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[Dm]Shex got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[Dm]Shex got to get behind the mule

In the morning and plow

[VERSE 2]

[Dm]Choppityx chop goes the axe in the woods

You gotta meet me by the fall down tree

[Dm]Shovelx of dirt upon a coffee lid

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

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

Chorus

[Dm]Gotx 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]Bigx Jack Earl was 8'1'

He stood in the road and he cried

[Dm]Hexx couldn't make her love him

Couldn't make her stay

[Dm]Butx tell the good Lord that he tried


Chorus - Dm (continues all the way through)

[Dm]Gotx 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]Beulahx fired on Beatty for a lemonade

I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys

[Dm]Stirringx 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]Wellx the rampaging sons of the widow James

Jack the Cutter and the pock marked kid

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

And tell the good lord what they did

[Dm]Tellx the good lord what they did


Chorus - Dm (cont.)

[Dm]Gotx 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]Punctuatedx birds on the power line

In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Hoaks

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

While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys

[Dm]Thex hangman fumbles with the noose


Chorus - Dm (cont.)

[Dm]Gotx 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]Pinx your ear to the wisdom post

Pin your eye to the line

[Dm]Neverx let the weeds get higher than the garden

Always keep a sapphire in your mind

[Dm]Alwaysx 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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