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Get Behind the Mule chords by
Tom Waits
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Key: G minor•
Intro 1
Em
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B
B
2

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Verse 1
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Molly be

damned smote Jimmy the Harp
B
B
2

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With a horrid little pistol and a lariat

she's goin to the bottom
A
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and she's goin down the drain
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Said she wasn't big enough to carry
Interlude 1

it
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She
Verse 2
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2

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got to get behind the Mule
B
B
2

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in the morning and plow
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She got to get behind the Mule

in the morning and plow
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She got to get behind the Mule
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in the morning and plow
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She got to get behind the Mule
B
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in the morning and plow
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Verse 3
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Choppity chop goes the

axe in the woods
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2

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You gotta meet me by the fall down tree
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Shovel of dirt upon a coffin lid
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and I know they'll come lookin
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for me boys
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and I know they'll
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come a- lookin for me
Verse 4
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Got to get behind the Mule
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in the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the Mule
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in the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the Mule
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in the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the Mule
B
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in the morning and plow
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Verse 5


Big Jack Earl was 8'1'
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He stood in the road and he cried
B
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He couldn't make her love him
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Couldn't make her stay
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but tell the good Lord that he tried
Verse 6
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Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
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Em
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On the wreck of the

Weaverville stage
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Beaula fired on Beatty for a lemonade
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I was stirring my brandy
B
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with a nail boys

Stirring my brandy with a nail
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Well
Verse 7
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the rampaging sons of
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the widow James

Jack the cutter and the pock marked kid

Had to stand naked at the bottom

Of the cross
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And tell the good lord what they did

Tell the good lord what they did
Verse 8
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Punctuated birds on the power line
A
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In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Hoaks

I'm diggin all the way to China
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With a silver spoon
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While the hangman fumbles

with the noose, boys
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The hangman fumbles with the noose
Verse 9
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Em
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Pin your ear to the wisdom post
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Pin your eye to the line
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Never let the weeds get higher

than the garden
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Always keep a sap phire
B
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in your mind
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Always keep a diamond in your mind
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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • B

    2

  • A

  • Am

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Get Behind the Mule by Tom Waits is G minor.

The primary chords used in Get Behind the Mule are Gm, D, C, Cm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Gm, D, C, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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