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
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John Hammond - Get Behind The Mule chords
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[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]
Key:  
Dm
2311
D
1321
G
2131
F
134211111
Gm
123111113
Dm
2311
D
1321
G
2131
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To start learning John Hammond - Get Behind The Mule chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - D, G, Dm, Dm, D, Dm and G in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 41 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 83 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of D Minor in mind.

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[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] _ _ _ _ _
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This song was penned by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.

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