Get Behind the Mule chords by John Hammond
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Intro 1
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Molly Be
Damned smote Jimmy (D minor) the Harp (A minor)
With a horrid little pistol and a lariat
She's goin' to the bottom (D minor) and
she's goin' down the (A minor) drain
Said she wasn't big
enough to carry it
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Verse 2
She got to (A minor) get behind the mule, (D minor) yeah
In the morning and plow (A minor)
Got to get behind the mule in
the morning and plow
You got to get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
Get behind the mule in the morning
and plow
(D minor) (A minor)
Verse 3
Choppity- chop goes (D minor) the axe
in the wood (A minor) s
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree
A shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid
And I know they'll come
(D minor) lookin' for me, boys (A minor)
Verse 4
I know they'll come lookin' for me
(A minor)
Got to get behind the mule, (C major) (A minor) yeah
In the morning and plow
Get behind the mule in
the morning and plow (D minor)
(A minor) Get behind the mule in
the morning (D minor) and plow (A minor)
Get behind the mule in
the morning and plow
Verse 5
(A minor) Big Jack Earl was eight (D minor) foot one
And (A minor) he stood in the road and he cried
He couldn't make her love him,
couldn't make her stay
Verse 6
But tell the good Lord that he tried
(A minor)
Got to get behind the mule, yeah
In the morning and plow
Get behind the mule in the morning and plow,
yeah
You got to get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
You got to get behind the mule
(E major) in the morning (A minor) and plow
Verse 7
(A minor) Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
On the wreck of the Weaverville
stage
Beaulah fired on Beatty for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with a nail,
boys
Stirring my brandy with a nail
Verse 8
Got to get behind the (A minor) mule (C major) (A minor)
in the morning and plow
Get behind the mule (C major) in the
(A minor) (D minor) morning (A minor) and plow
You got to get behind the mule in
the morning and plow, yeah
Get behind the mule in the
Verse 9
morning and plow
(A minor)
Well, the rampaging sons
of the widow James
Jack the Cutter and the Pockmarked Kid
Had to stand naked at the
(D minor) bottom of the cross
And tell the good Lord what they did (A minor)
Verse 10
Tell the good Lord what they did
(A minor)
You got to get behind the mule, yeah
In the morning and plow
Get behind the mule, yeah,
in the morning and plow
You got to get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
Get behind the mule in the morning
(D minor) and plow
(A minor)
Verse 11
(A minor) Punctuated birds on the power line
In a Studebaker with Birdie Joe Hoaks
I'm diggin' all the way to
China with a silver spoon
While the hangman fumbles
with the noose, boys
Verse 12
The hangman fumbles with the noose
(A minor)
You got to get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
Get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
You got to get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
Get behind the mule
Verse 13
in the morning and plow
(A minor) Pin your ear to the wisdom post
Pin your eye to the line
Never let the weeds get higher
than the garden
Always keep a sapphire
in your mind
Always keep a diamond in your mind
You (A minor) got to get behind the
Verse 14
(A minor) mule
(D minor) (A minor) in the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule in
the morning and plow (D minor)
Got to (A minor) get behind the mule
in the morning and plow
Got to get behind the mule (D minor) in the morning (A minor) and plow
Outro 1
(A minor) (D minor)
(A minor) (D minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor) (C major) (A minor) (A minor)
(D minor) (A minor)
Get Behind the Mule
John Hammond
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