Beggars And Mules chords by Danny Schmidt

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Chords:
C  x32010
F  133211
G  320033
Am x02210


Verse:
C                 G           Am              F
I always did like music and I always did like wine
C                 G                  Am      F
I always liked em best when they was mine
C                       G               Am            F
I’d heard enough of Nashville to give a happy man the blues
C                     G          Am           F     C  G  C
So I took a job for nothing as a beggar and a mule

Pre-Chorus:
         F                 C
And I hauled my cart and guitar
        F                 C
And I stood outside the doors
            F             C
Singin’: “Listen to me, listen . . .
            G            G--
Won’t you listen to me, sir?

Chorus:
          C                   G
Well fuck that cause I’ve got too much pride
     C                F
Fuck that cause I got clear
         C                G
And fuck them that got no heart at all
       F                    C
Or the balls to trust their ears

Verse:
C                  G           Am            F
I sat upon the sidewalks and I saddled up my sides
C                   G                   Am    F
I chewed my cud and washed it down with pride
C                G              Am            F
Catnip and barleycorn, and made ready for the show
C                        G              Am            F     C  G  C
Where I lost myself in stories of the hard luck and morose

Pre-Chorus:
       F                 C
And people pitched me pennies
         F              C
And they pounded on the glass
          F              C
Then they left to see the painted man
        G              G--
And I left to pack my ass

Chorus:
          C                G
Well good goddamn another empty town
   C            F
Goddamn another shell
   C                 G
Goddamn cause when I ride back home
        F               C
I’m a stranger there as well

Verse:

C                       G                         Am                     F
I can’t say that they weren’t good to me, I can’t say that they weren’t kind
C                        G              Am    F
It’s more the way they weighted down my mind
C                        G               Am             F
It’s more the lack of dignity and the hustle and the hounds
C                     G               Am              F    C  G  C
To have to take your hat off just to lay it on the ground

Pre-Chorus:
         F            C
It was never for the money
          F            C
Or the whistles and applause
      F               C
And I will not tip my hat
           G               G--
Unless you sing me back a song

Chorus:
       C                  G
So God bless the sound of music
    C                F
God bless the golden rule
           C                  G
That’s why all my friends are beggars
    C                  F
And all my friends are mules
           C                  G
That’s why all my friends are beggars
    C                  F
And all my friends are mules


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