Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: 
DbDb
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
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Molly b'Damn smote Jimmy the Harp
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With a horrid little pistol and a lariat
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She's goin to the bottom
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And she's goin down the drain
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Said she wasn't big enough to carry it
Chorus:
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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
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
In the morning and plow
Verse 2:
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Choppity chop goes the axe in the woods
You gotta meet me by the fall down tree
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Shovel of dirt upon a coffee lid
And I know they'll come lookin' for me boys
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And I know they'll come a-lookin' for me
Chorus:
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
DmDm
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Verse 3:
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Big Jack Earl was 8'1'
He stood in the road and he cried
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He couldn't make her love him
Couldn't make her stay
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But tell the good Lord that he tried
Chorus:
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Verse 4:
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Dusty trail from Atchison to Placerville
On the wreck of the Weaverville stage
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Beulah fired on Beatty for a lemonade
I was stirring my brandy with a nail boys
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Stirring my brandy with a nail
Chorus:
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
DmDm
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Verse 5:
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Well the rampaging sons of the widow James
Jack the Cutter and the pock marked kid
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Had to stand naked at the bottom of the cross
And tell the good lord what they did
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Tell the good lord what they did
Chorus:
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Verse 6:
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Punctuated birds on the power line
In a Studebaker with the Birdie Joe Hoaks
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I'm diggin all the way to China with a silver spoon
While the hangman fumbles with the noose, boys
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The hangman fumbles with the noose
Chorus:
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
DmDm
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
Verse 7:
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Pin your ear to the wisdom post
Pin your eye to the line
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Never let the weeds get higher than the garden
Always keep a sapphire in your mind
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Always keep a diamond in your mind
Chorus:
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
DmDm
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
DmDm
Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
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Got to get behind the mule
In the morning and plow
