Billys Mule chords by The New Christy Minstrels

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
B7B7
Oh!


Chorus:
E MajorE
Billy's mule can tote a wagon.
       A augmentedA
He can pull a plow.
B7B7
He can figure 'rithmetic
         E MajorE
And milk a muley cow.
         E7E7
Don't need no edu-cation,
            A augmentedA
He ain't never been to scho--oo--ool,
  B7B7
But anything worth doing
            E MajorE
Can be done by Billy's Mule.

Verse 1:
E MajorE
Was on a date the other night
          A augmentedA
With good ol’ Sally Brown,
 B7B7
I took her to a dogfight
           E MajorE
On the other side of town.
         E7E7
I noticed when I kissed her
           A augmentedA
She was actin’ kinda coo--oo--ool.
  B7B7
She said, “I get more pleasure out of
        E MajorE   B7B7
Kissin’ Billy’s Mule.” Hey!


Chorus:
E MajorE
Billy's mule can tote a wagon.
       A augmentedA
He can pull a plow.
B7B7
He can figure 'rithmetic
         E MajorE
And milk a muley cow.
         E7E7
Don't need no edu-cation,
            A augmentedA
He ain't never been to scho--oo--ool,
  B7B7
But anything worth doing
            E MajorE
Can be done by Billy's Mule.

Verse 2:
     E MajorE
There’s a famous mule named Francis
           A augmentedA
In the magazines I’ve read.
 B7B7
I mentioned him to Billy’s Mule
          E MajorE
And this is what he said,
           E7E7
“He’s mighty high fal-lu-tin’
           A augmentedA
In them fancy picture sho-oh-ows,
  B7B7
But that’s my younger brother
            E MajorE    B7B7
And I taught him all he knows”. Hey!


Chorus:
E MajorE
Billy's mule can tote a wagon.
       A augmentedA
He can pull a plow.
B7B7
He can figure 'rithmetic
         E MajorE
And milk a muley cow.
         E7E7
Don't need no edu-cation,
            A augmentedA
He ain't never been to scho--oo--ool,
  B7B7
But anything worth doing
            E MajorE
Can be done by Billy's Mule.


Verse 3:
 E MajorE
A augmentedA talent scout from Tennessee
          A augmentedA
Came into town one day.
  B7B7
He said, "I'll make you famous
             E MajorE
If you learn to sing and play."
            E7E7
But, Billy's Mule just laughed and said,
           A augmentedA
"I don't want to be a star--ar--ar.
  B7B7
But who do ya think taught Elvis
          E MajorE
How to play the old guitar?"
E MajorE
Uh-oo Uh-oo Yea Yea Uh-oo


Verse 4:
 E MajorE
I get so mad when I draw my pay
          A augmentedA
And all my money's spent,
 B7B7
I called up the White House
          E MajorE
And told the Pres-I-Dent,
             E7E7
"If you don't repeal this income tax,
            A augmentedA
You ain't no friend of mi-i-ine."
  B7B7
He said, "I'll check with Billy's Mule.
         E MajorE   B7B7
He's on the other line." Hey!


Chorus:
E MajorE
Billy's mule can tote a wagon.
       A augmentedA
He can pull a plow.
B7B7
He can figure 'rithmetic
         E MajorE
And milk a muley cow.
         E7E7
Don't need no edu-cation,
            A augmentedA
He ain't never been to scho--oo--ool,
  B7B7
But anything worth doing
            E MajorE
Can be done by Billy's Mule.


Tag:
B7B7
Anything worth doing can be
          E MajorE A augmentedA  E MajorE   A augmentedA  E MajorE
Done--by--Bil--ly's Mu-uhoo-uhoo--uhoo-uhoole.