Get Behind The Mule Chords by John Hammond
Tempo:
82.65 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
D
G
F
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#] [G]
[Dm] [F]
[D] [Dm]
Molly the damn smokey middle harp with a horrid little pistol and a [C] lariat.
[Dm] She's gone to the bottom and she's going down the [D] drain.
Said she wasn't big enough to carry her.
[Dm] She said get [F] behind the [D] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and [D] plow.
She gotta [Dm] get behind the [C#] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and plow.
She gotta get behind the mule in [C#] the morning [Dm] and plow.
[D] She gotta get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow.
[G] [Dm] Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods.
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree.
Shovel the dirt upon the carving lid.
And you know [G] they'll come looking [Dm] for me, boys.
I know [D] they'll come looking for me.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule in the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [Dm] the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [G] the morning [D] and plow.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule [D] in the morning and plow.
[Dm] The big jack girl was eight foot [D] one.
He stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love, couldn't make her stay
But tell the good [F] Lord he tried
[Dm] Tell the [D] good Lord he tried
[Dm] Gotta get behind the mule
In [G] the morning and [Dm] plow
[Gm] [Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta get behind [Dm] the mule
In the morning and plow
[Gm] You [Dm] gotta get behind the mule
[F] In [D] the morning and plow
[Dm] Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
[D] On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
[Dm] Purified a beady for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with the nail [D] boys
I was stirring my brandy with the nail
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
You gotta get behind the mule
[G] In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta [Dm] get behind the mule
In the morning and [D] plow
[G] You gotta get [Dm] behind the mule
In the morning and plow
[G] Well the rampaging sons of the [Dm] Witter J
Jack the Cutter, the Pop Mock did
Had to stand [D] naked at the bottom of the [G] cross
Tell the good Lord what [Dm] they did
Tell the good Lord what they did
You gotta get behind the mule
[D] In the morning and plow
You gotta [F] get behind the mule
[D] In the [G] morning and [Dm] plow
[G] Get behind [Dm] the mule
In [D] the morning and plow
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
[G] [D] [Gm] the morning [Dm] and plow punctuated words on the power [D] line in the scooter Baker
[Dm] buddy Joe ho I'm big all the way to China with a silver spoon while the
bang man fumbles with [Gm] a new with [D] a hangman fumbles with a new [Dm] you gotta get
behind the mule [D]
[A] the morning [D] and fly you gotta get [Dm] behind the mule [Dm] morning and
you gotta [D] get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow you gotta get behind the mule
morning and plow pin your ear to the wheel to post pin your eye to the line
[D] never let the weed gets higher than the garden always keep a sapphire in your
[F] [D]
[E]
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
[C] [D]
[Dm] [C#] [D]
[Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[Gm] [Dm]
[D]
[C] [F] [A#] [Dm]
[Dm] [F]
[D] [Dm]
Molly the damn smokey middle harp with a horrid little pistol and a [C] lariat.
[Dm] She's gone to the bottom and she's going down the [D] drain.
Said she wasn't big enough to carry her.
[Dm] She said get [F] behind the [D] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and [D] plow.
She gotta [Dm] get behind the [C#] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and plow.
She gotta get behind the mule in [C#] the morning [Dm] and plow.
[D] She gotta get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow.
[G] [Dm] Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods.
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree.
Shovel the dirt upon the carving lid.
And you know [G] they'll come looking [Dm] for me, boys.
I know [D] they'll come looking for me.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule in the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [Dm] the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [G] the morning [D] and plow.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule [D] in the morning and plow.
[Dm] The big jack girl was eight foot [D] one.
He stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love, couldn't make her stay
But tell the good [F] Lord he tried
[Dm] Tell the [D] good Lord he tried
[Dm] Gotta get behind the mule
In [G] the morning and [Dm] plow
[Gm] [Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta get behind [Dm] the mule
In the morning and plow
[Gm] You [Dm] gotta get behind the mule
[F] In [D] the morning and plow
[Dm] Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
[D] On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
[Dm] Purified a beady for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with the nail [D] boys
I was stirring my brandy with the nail
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
You gotta get behind the mule
[G] In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta [Dm] get behind the mule
In the morning and [D] plow
[G] You gotta get [Dm] behind the mule
In the morning and plow
[G] Well the rampaging sons of the [Dm] Witter J
Jack the Cutter, the Pop Mock did
Had to stand [D] naked at the bottom of the [G] cross
Tell the good Lord what [Dm] they did
Tell the good Lord what they did
You gotta get behind the mule
[D] In the morning and plow
You gotta [F] get behind the mule
[D] In the [G] morning and [Dm] plow
[G] Get behind [Dm] the mule
In [D] the morning and plow
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
[G] [D] [Gm] the morning [Dm] and plow punctuated words on the power [D] line in the scooter Baker
[Dm] buddy Joe ho I'm big all the way to China with a silver spoon while the
bang man fumbles with [Gm] a new with [D] a hangman fumbles with a new [Dm] you gotta get
behind the mule [D]
[A] the morning [D] and fly you gotta get [Dm] behind the mule [Dm] morning and
you gotta [D] get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow you gotta get behind the mule
morning and plow pin your ear to the wheel to post pin your eye to the line
[D] never let the weed gets higher than the garden always keep a sapphire in your
[F] [D]
[E]
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
[C] [D]
[Dm] [C#] [D]
[Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[Gm] [Dm]
[D]
[C] [F] [A#] [Dm]
Key:
Dm
D
G
F
Gm
Dm
D
G
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Molly the damn smokey middle harp with a horrid little pistol and a [C] lariat.
[Dm] She's gone to the bottom and she's going down the [D] drain.
Said she wasn't big enough to carry her.
[Dm] She said get [F] behind the [D] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and [D] plow.
She gotta [Dm] get behind the [C#] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and plow.
She gotta get behind the mule in [C#] the morning [Dm] and plow.
[D] _ She gotta get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow.
[G] _ _ [Dm] Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods.
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree.
Shovel the dirt upon the carving lid.
And you know [G] they'll come looking [Dm] for me, boys.
I know [D] they'll come looking for me.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule in the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [Dm] the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [G] the morning [D] and plow.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule [D] in the morning and plow.
[Dm] _ _ The big jack girl was eight foot [D] one.
He stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love, couldn't make her stay
But tell the good [F] Lord he tried
[Dm] Tell the [D] good Lord he tried
_ [Dm] Gotta get behind the mule
In [G] the morning and [Dm] plow
[Gm] [Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta get behind [Dm] the mule
In the morning and plow
[Gm] You [Dm] gotta get behind the mule
[F] In [D] the morning and plow
_ [Dm] _ Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
[D] On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
[Dm] Purified a beady for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with the nail [D] boys
I was stirring my brandy with the nail
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
You gotta get behind the mule
[G] In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta [Dm] get behind the mule
_ In the morning and [D] plow
[G] You gotta get [Dm] behind the mule
In the morning and _ plow
[G] Well the rampaging sons of the [Dm] Witter J
Jack the Cutter, the Pop Mock did
Had to stand [D] naked at the bottom of the [G] cross
Tell the good Lord what [Dm] they did
Tell the good Lord what they did
You gotta get behind the mule
[D] In the morning and plow
You gotta [F] get behind the mule
[D] In the [G] morning and [Dm] plow
_ [G] Get behind [Dm] the mule
In [D] the morning and plow
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
[G] _ [D] [Gm] the morning [Dm] and plow _ _ punctuated words on the power [D] line in the scooter Baker
[Dm] buddy Joe ho I'm big all the way to China with a silver spoon while the
bang man fumbles with [Gm] a new with [D] a hangman fumbles with a new [Dm] you _ gotta get
behind the mule _ [D]
[A] the morning [D] and fly you gotta get [Dm] behind the mule [Dm] morning and
_ you gotta [D] get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow you gotta get behind the mule _
morning and plow _ pin your ear to the wheel to post pin your eye to the line
[D] never let the weed gets higher than the garden always keep a sapphire in your _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] _ [F] _ [A#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Molly the damn smokey middle harp with a horrid little pistol and a [C] lariat.
[Dm] She's gone to the bottom and she's going down the [D] drain.
Said she wasn't big enough to carry her.
[Dm] She said get [F] behind the [D] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and [D] plow.
She gotta [Dm] get behind the [C#] mule [G] in the [Dm] morning and plow.
She gotta get behind the mule in [C#] the morning [Dm] and plow.
[D] _ She gotta get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow.
[G] _ _ [Dm] Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods.
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree.
Shovel the dirt upon the carving lid.
And you know [G] they'll come looking [Dm] for me, boys.
I know [D] they'll come looking for me.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule in the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [Dm] the morning and plow.
You gotta get behind the mule in [G] the morning [D] and plow.
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule [D] in the morning and plow.
[Dm] _ _ The big jack girl was eight foot [D] one.
He stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love, couldn't make her stay
But tell the good [F] Lord he tried
[Dm] Tell the [D] good Lord he tried
_ [Dm] Gotta get behind the mule
In [G] the morning and [Dm] plow
[Gm] [Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta get behind [Dm] the mule
In the morning and plow
[Gm] You [Dm] gotta get behind the mule
[F] In [D] the morning and plow
_ [Dm] _ Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
[D] On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
[Dm] Purified a beady for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with the nail [D] boys
I was stirring my brandy with the nail
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
You gotta get behind the mule
[G] In the [D] morning and plow
You gotta [Dm] get behind the mule
_ In the morning and [D] plow
[G] You gotta get [Dm] behind the mule
In the morning and _ plow
[G] Well the rampaging sons of the [Dm] Witter J
Jack the Cutter, the Pop Mock did
Had to stand [D] naked at the bottom of the [G] cross
Tell the good Lord what [Dm] they did
Tell the good Lord what they did
You gotta get behind the mule
[D] In the morning and plow
You gotta [F] get behind the mule
[D] In the [G] morning and [Dm] plow
_ [G] Get behind [Dm] the mule
In [D] the morning and plow
[Dm] You gotta get behind the mule
[G] _ [D] [Gm] the morning [Dm] and plow _ _ punctuated words on the power [D] line in the scooter Baker
[Dm] buddy Joe ho I'm big all the way to China with a silver spoon while the
bang man fumbles with [Gm] a new with [D] a hangman fumbles with a new [Dm] you _ gotta get
behind the mule _ [D]
[A] the morning [D] and fly you gotta get [Dm] behind the mule [Dm] morning and
_ you gotta [D] get behind the mule [Dm] in the morning and plow you gotta get behind the mule _
morning and plow _ pin your ear to the wheel to post pin your eye to the line
[D] never let the weed gets higher than the garden always keep a sapphire in your _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [F] _ [A#] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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