Three Mules chords by Al Stewart

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Ayreon77
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

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                     Artist - Al Stewart
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                     Song - Three Mules
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                   Album - On The Border (1999)
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                    Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


INTRO
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C majorC

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VERSE 1
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C majorC            G+G
Three mules came over a hill
     E minorEm     A minorAm
They were dragging a cart
D MajorD             G+G
Creaking, it seemed to be falling apart
C majorC           G+G
Laden with millions of dreams
      E minorEm       A minorAm
It weighed more than they thought
D MajorD           G+G
They never noticed the wheels getting caught
      FF      A minorAm
They pulled on, staring ahead
        G+G        DmDm
With blinkered eyes and lowered heads
FF            A minorAm
Hoping that all would be fine
      C majorC        G+G
I see them now, Time out of time


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VERSE 2
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C majorC           G+G
Ramsey and Stanley and Neville
     E minorEm      A minorAm
Were the names of the mules
D MajorD          G+G
Each wore a bridle encrusted with jewels
C majorC           G+G
And though a murmur of voices
  E minorEm    A minorAm
Was rising behind
D MajorD
Each labored on
     G+G
And they paid it no mind
      FF        A minorAm
They pulled on with never a doubt
         G+G
Past boulders and holes
           DmDm
Till the road petered out
  FF            A minorAm
And giving a snort they sat down
      C majorC           G+G
Waiting for somebody else to come round
     FF            C majorC
And from this are our lives writ large
           G+G
From the beach at Dunkirk
E minorEm      A minorAm
To Pickett`s Charge
          G+G
And it`s hard to go back
         FF
After coming this far
     C majorC
Down the road

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SMALL SOLO
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Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb


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VERSE 3
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C majorC             G+G
Three mules looked over a fence
    E minorEm   A minorAm
At the field beyond
D MajorD          G+G
Green as a forest it shone in the sun
C majorC            G+G
Into the stillness they broke
    E minorEm     A minorAm
Like a stone in a pond
D MajorD
Kicking the gate down
   G+G
They brayed at the ground
      FF      A minorAm
And pulled on tugging a dream
     G+G        DmDm
Out of a smile and into a scream
  FF             A minorAm
And tossed the damp soil all around
        C majorC         G+G
till the whole field turned muddy brown
     FF            C majorC
And from this are our lives writ large
         G+G
From the beach at Dunkirk
E minorEm      A minorAm
To Pickett`s Charge
          G+G
And it`s hard to go back
   E minorEm      FF
After coming this far
     C majorC
Down the road


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SMALL SOLO
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Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb

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BRIDGE
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C majorC                   G+G E minorEm G+G
Ah, but it`s not very easy now being a mule
C majorC                     G+G E minorEm G+G
I don`t believe you appreciate all that we do
   C majorC            A minorAm
Just look at this long and unfortunate face
AbAb         FF
Try to imagine that you`re in my place
Eb MajorEb
This is my nature
G+G         C majorC
To it I have to be true


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SMALL SOLO
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C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm G+G
C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD G+G FF A minorAm G+G DmDm FF A minorAm C majorC G+G
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VERSE 3
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C majorC            G+G
Three mules came over a hill
    E minorEm    A minorAm
With a sorrowful air
D MajorD
Though we`ve been judged, they said
G+G
It`s hardly fair
C majorC            G+G
All that we did was for you
    E minorEm     A minorAm
And the good of the cause
D MajorD             G+G
Then they went back to the sound of applause
     FF       A minorAm
They went back into the night
         G+G
Where a sickle of moon
         FF
Left a trickle of light
              A minorAm
And while we lay under our roofs
            C majorC
The whole night filled up
          G+G
With the beating of hooves
     FF            C majorC
And from this are our lives writ large
         G+G
From the beach at Dunkirk
E minorEm      A minorAm
To Pickett`s Charge
          G+G
And it`s hard to go back
   E minorEm      FF
After coming this far
     C majorC
Down the road


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SMALL SOLO
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C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb

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     FF            C majorC
And from this are our lives writ large
     G+G
And every day
E minorEm      A minorAm
Is Pickett`s Charge
          G+G
And it`s hard to go back
   E minorEm      FF
After coming this far
     C majorC
Down the road


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OUTRO
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G+G E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD G+G


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