Three Mules chords by Al Stewart

• 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

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


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


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SMALL SOLO
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Bb C Bb


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


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SMALL SOLO
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Bb C Bb

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BRIDGE
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C                   G Em G
Ah, but it`s not very easy now being a mule
C                     G Em G
I don`t believe you appreciate all that we do
   C            Am
Just look at this long and unfortunate face
Ab         F
Try to imagine that you`re in my place
Eb
This is my nature
G         C
To it I have to be true


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


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SMALL SOLO
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C Bb C Bb

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     F            C
And from this are our lives writ large
     G
And every day
Em      Am
Is Pickett`s Charge
          G
And it`s hard to go back
   Em      F
After coming this far
     C
Down the road


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OUTRO
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G Em Am D G


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