Chords for How to play Whoa Mule on the banjo
Tempo:
147.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
F
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] So how [C] to play whoa mule there's a [Gb] relatively famous
Video [G] on YouTube [Cm] of Raymond Fairchild [Bb] playing whoa mule
I can't do all of his little tricks, but [A] I'll go through some of them, but let's learn the foundation so it just goes
[G]
[C]
[G]
So [Abm] slide to the [Em] fifth on the D [G] slide [C] again
[G]
That's just forward roll
[B] [G] [Bm] So alternating [G] and drop [Eb] down to the fourth fret on the D
[B] G [G]
[C] low [G] G and
[C] [G] Then D [C] 7 forward [Am] backward roll
[G] [F] [Dm]
Then just a [G] forward slide on the 2 [D] 4 or alternating thumb [A] 2 4
[G]
[Eb] [G] [C]
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Em] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
It's pretty easy because he is ripping
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[Dm]
[Eb] [Fm] [C] [Eb] So that's he's trying to do a bray and then [Cm] galloping so
[F]
[C] So it's called whoa mule so the [A] mule is bucking and [Bb] galloping away, [F] so
[G]
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Now an easier way to do that and especially with [C] mine because I have a presto tailpiece
He has one that's flat, so [Cm] it's easier to do a brush across
[C]
[F]
[C]
They're just all all different roles
[G]
[Eb] Now you can also just lightly put your fingers on the [C] strings at about the 14th fret
Because you don't you [G] don't want to do [Cm] a harmonic you [C] want it to this
[F] [Am]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[Eb] And then he does [C] these really cool [Eb] moves, so he's doing [D] now
[B] He's doing [G] a slide [D] up
[Bm] And you can do it on the 12th, which sounds really cool
[G]
[D] [Bm] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G] Oh
[F]
[D] [G]
[Eb] So it's a slide up and then a slide down
[D]
[G]
[Eb] Pick a [B] spot actually [G] so it's I you can do it at the [D] 17th fret here
Or what is that [G] 12 [Cm] 15 17 19 [Dm] 21st?
[Bm]
[F] [G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [Bb] [Dm]
[G]
[F] [C]
I
Just doing like [F] a just [Bb] kind of almost rubbing it
[C] [Gm]
[F] [D] [G]
[D]
[C] [G]
Then one that I do that he doesn't do is
[A]
He does it in [G] another song he does
And that's just a pitch and then you're [Bm] in the second G position
[G]
[D]
So
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [Am]
[D]
[C] [A]
It's [C] both
[Dm] [C] at [D] the 10th and [C] then
[Am]
[D] Same pattern just moved up to
[G]
[D]
[G]
[F]
[D] [C] [G]
[Dm] Or you can do the tapping so that's [A] the
[F]
[Dm] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [D]
[C] [G]
[F] [D] [Am]
[C] [G]
[A]
[F]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[C] [G] [D]
I
Anyway [G]
that [Dm]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [Eb]
[D] is just some of [Eb] the little [F] tricks
Just
[Am] [F]
[Am]
some [Eb] little tricks that Raymond Fairchild does [A] on Mo Mule
[G] Hope that helps [Eb] out if you have any other questions [C] feel free to ask me.
I have the very beginning part
[Bb] mapped out for you, so [A] just that
[G]
So yeah,
Video [G] on YouTube [Cm] of Raymond Fairchild [Bb] playing whoa mule
I can't do all of his little tricks, but [A] I'll go through some of them, but let's learn the foundation so it just goes
[G]
[C]
[G]
So [Abm] slide to the [Em] fifth on the D [G] slide [C] again
[G]
That's just forward roll
[B] [G] [Bm] So alternating [G] and drop [Eb] down to the fourth fret on the D
[B] G [G]
[C] low [G] G and
[C] [G] Then D [C] 7 forward [Am] backward roll
[G] [F] [Dm]
Then just a [G] forward slide on the 2 [D] 4 or alternating thumb [A] 2 4
[G]
[Eb] [G] [C]
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[Em] [G]
[D] [G]
[C] [G]
It's pretty easy because he is ripping
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[C] [G]
[Dm]
[Eb] [Fm] [C] [Eb] So that's he's trying to do a bray and then [Cm] galloping so
[F]
[C] So it's called whoa mule so the [A] mule is bucking and [Bb] galloping away, [F] so
[G]
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Now an easier way to do that and especially with [C] mine because I have a presto tailpiece
He has one that's flat, so [Cm] it's easier to do a brush across
[C]
[F]
[C]
They're just all all different roles
[G]
[Eb] Now you can also just lightly put your fingers on the [C] strings at about the 14th fret
Because you don't you [G] don't want to do [Cm] a harmonic you [C] want it to this
[F] [Am]
[F] [C]
[F] [G]
[Eb] And then he does [C] these really cool [Eb] moves, so he's doing [D] now
[B] He's doing [G] a slide [D] up
[Bm] And you can do it on the 12th, which sounds really cool
[G]
[D] [Bm] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G] Oh
[F]
[D] [G]
[Eb] So it's a slide up and then a slide down
[D]
[G]
[Eb] Pick a [B] spot actually [G] so it's I you can do it at the [D] 17th fret here
Or what is that [G] 12 [Cm] 15 17 19 [Dm] 21st?
[Bm]
[F] [G]
[D] [Bm]
[G] [Bb] [Dm]
[G]
[F] [C]
I
Just doing like [F] a just [Bb] kind of almost rubbing it
[C] [Gm]
[F] [D] [G]
[D]
[C] [G]
Then one that I do that he doesn't do is
[A]
He does it in [G] another song he does
And that's just a pitch and then you're [Bm] in the second G position
[G]
[D]
So
[G] [C] [D]
[G] [Am]
[D]
[C] [A]
It's [C] both
[Dm] [C] at [D] the 10th and [C] then
[Am]
[D] Same pattern just moved up to
[G]
[D]
[G]
[F]
[D] [C] [G]
[Dm] Or you can do the tapping so that's [A] the
[F]
[Dm] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [D]
[C] [G]
[F] [D] [Am]
[C] [G]
[A]
[F]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[C] [G] [D]
I
Anyway [G]
that [Dm]
[D] [G]
[C] [G] [Eb]
[D] is just some of [Eb] the little [F] tricks
Just
[Am] [F]
[Am]
some [Eb] little tricks that Raymond Fairchild does [A] on Mo Mule
[G] Hope that helps [Eb] out if you have any other questions [C] feel free to ask me.
I have the very beginning part
[Bb] mapped out for you, so [A] just that
[G]
So yeah,
Key:
G
C
D
F
Eb
G
C
D
[N] _ So how [C] to play whoa mule there's a [Gb] relatively famous
_ Video [G] on YouTube [Cm] of Raymond Fairchild [Bb] playing whoa mule
I can't do all of his little tricks, but [A] I'll go through some of them, but let's learn the foundation so it just goes _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [Abm] slide to the [Em] fifth _ on the D _ [G] _ slide _ _ _ _ [C] again
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ That's just forward roll _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] So alternating [G] and _ drop [Eb] down to the fourth fret on the D
[B] _ _ _ _ _ G [G]
[C] low [G] G and
_ [C] [G] Then D [C] 7 forward [Am] backward roll
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm]
Then just a [G] forward slide on the 2 [D] 4 or alternating thumb [A] 2 4
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
It's pretty easy because he is ripping
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] So that's he's trying to do a bray and then [Cm] galloping so
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] So it's called whoa mule so the [A] mule is bucking and [Bb] galloping away, [F] so _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Now an easier way to do that and especially with [C] mine because I have a presto tailpiece
He has one that's flat, so [Cm] it's easier to do a brush across
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ They're just all all different roles _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Now you can also just lightly put your fingers on the [C] strings at about the 14th fret _
_ Because you don't you [G] don't want to do [Cm] a harmonic you [C] want it to this _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] And then he does [C] these really cool [Eb] moves, so he's doing [D] now _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ He's doing [G] a slide [D] up
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ And you can do it on the 12th, which sounds really cool
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] Oh
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ So it's a slide up and then a slide down
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Pick a [B] spot actually [G] so it's I you can do it at the [D] 17th fret here
_ _ _ Or what is that [G] 12 _ [Cm] _ 15 17 19 [Dm] 21st?
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
I
Just doing like [F] a _ just [Bb] kind of almost rubbing it
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Then one that I do that he doesn't do is _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
He does it in [G] another song he does _ _ _
_ And that's just a pitch and then you're [Bm] in the second G position
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ So _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's _ [C] both _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ at [D] the 10th and [C] then _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ Same pattern just moved up to
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ Or you can do the tapping so that's [A] the _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ I
Anyway [G] _ _
_ _ _ that [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] is just some of [Eb] the little [F] tricks
Just _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
some [Eb] little tricks that Raymond Fairchild does [A] on Mo Mule
[G] Hope that helps [Eb] out if you have any other questions [C] feel free to ask me.
I have the very beginning part
[Bb] mapped out for you, so [A] just that
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ So yeah,
_ Video [G] on YouTube [Cm] of Raymond Fairchild [Bb] playing whoa mule
I can't do all of his little tricks, but [A] I'll go through some of them, but let's learn the foundation so it just goes _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [Abm] slide to the [Em] fifth _ on the D _ [G] _ slide _ _ _ _ [C] again
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ That's just forward roll _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] So alternating [G] and _ drop [Eb] down to the fourth fret on the D
[B] _ _ _ _ _ G [G]
[C] low [G] G and
_ [C] [G] Then D [C] 7 forward [Am] backward roll
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm]
Then just a [G] forward slide on the 2 [D] 4 or alternating thumb [A] 2 4
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
It's pretty easy because he is ripping
_ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] So that's he's trying to do a bray and then [Cm] galloping so
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] So it's called whoa mule so the [A] mule is bucking and [Bb] galloping away, [F] so _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Now an easier way to do that and especially with [C] mine because I have a presto tailpiece
He has one that's flat, so [Cm] it's easier to do a brush across
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ They're just all all different roles _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Now you can also just lightly put your fingers on the [C] strings at about the 14th fret _
_ Because you don't you [G] don't want to do [Cm] a harmonic you [C] want it to this _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] And then he does [C] these really cool [Eb] moves, so he's doing [D] now _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ He's doing [G] a slide [D] up
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ And you can do it on the 12th, which sounds really cool
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] Oh
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ So it's a slide up and then a slide down
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Pick a [B] spot actually [G] so it's I you can do it at the [D] 17th fret here
_ _ _ Or what is that [G] 12 _ [Cm] _ 15 17 19 [Dm] 21st?
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
I
Just doing like [F] a _ just [Bb] kind of almost rubbing it
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Then one that I do that he doesn't do is _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
He does it in [G] another song he does _ _ _
_ And that's just a pitch and then you're [Bm] in the second G position
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ So _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's _ [C] both _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ at [D] the 10th and [C] then _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ Same pattern just moved up to
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Dm] _ Or you can do the tapping so that's [A] the _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ I
Anyway [G] _ _
_ _ _ that [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [D] is just some of [Eb] the little [F] tricks
Just _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
some [Eb] little tricks that Raymond Fairchild does [A] on Mo Mule
[G] Hope that helps [Eb] out if you have any other questions [C] feel free to ask me.
I have the very beginning part
[Bb] mapped out for you, so [A] just that
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ So yeah,