{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1854245,"song":"Three Mules","artist":"Al Stewart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11411518-three-mules-chords-by-al-stewart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1854245?type=chord","rating":4.65026,"votes":4,"content":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning = Standard\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\nVERSE 1\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree mules came over a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were dragging a cart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCreaking, it seemed to be falling apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaden with millions of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt weighed more than they thought[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey never noticed the wheels getting caught[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey pulled on, staring ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith blinkered eyes and lowered heads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoping that all would be fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI see them now, Time out of time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\nVERSE 2\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRamsey and Stanley and Neville[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWere the names of the mules[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nEach wore a bridle encrusted with jewels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nAnd though a murmur of voices[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           \r\nWas rising behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     \r\nEach laboured on[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nAnd they paid it no mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]      \r\nThey pulled on with never a doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nPast boulders and holes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]        \r\nTill the road petered out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]       \r\nAnd giving a snort they sat down[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nWaiting for somebody else to come round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nAnd from this are our lives writ large[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                \r\nFrom the beach at Dunkirk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  \r\nTo Pickett's Charge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nAnd it's hard to go back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter coming this far[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nDown the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n------------------------             \r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\n------------------------\r\nVERSE 3\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree mules looked over a fence[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]                        \r\nAt the field beyond[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                   \r\nGreen as a forest it shone in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nInto the stillness they broke[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]               \r\nLike a stone in a pond[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              \r\nKicking the gate down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        \r\nThey brayed at the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        \r\nAnd pulled on tugging a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]             \r\nOut of a smile and into a scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]   \r\nAnd tossed the damp soil all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     \r\ntill the whole field turned muddy brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nAnd from this are our lives writ large[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nFrom the beach at Dunkirk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  \r\nTo Pickett's Charge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nAnd it's hard to go back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter coming this far[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nDown the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n------------------------             \r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\nBRIDGE\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh, but it's not very easy now being a mule[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't believe you appreciate all that we do[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust look at this long and unfortunate face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTry to imagine that you're in my place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThis is my nature[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo it I have to be true[/tab]\r\n\r\n------------------------             \r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n------------------------[/tab]\r\nVERSE 3\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThree mules came over a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a sorrowful air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               \r\nThough we've been judged, they said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's hardly fair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll that we did was for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the good of the cause[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen they went back to the sound of applause[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey went back into the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere a sickle of moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLeft a trickle of light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd while we lay under our roofs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe whole night filled up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the beating of hooves[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd from this are our lives writ large[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nFrom the beach at Dunkirk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                  \r\nTo Pickett's Charge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nAnd it's hard to go back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter coming this far[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nDown the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n------------------------             \r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd from this are our lives writ large[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs Pickett's Charge[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to go back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter coming this far[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nDown the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n------------------------\r\nOUTRO\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r","plain_text":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning = Standard\n\n\nINTRO\nC\n\n------------------------\nVERSE 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------\nVERSE 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------             \nBb C Bb \n------------------------\nVERSE 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------             \nBb C Bb\n\n------------------------\nBRIDGE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------             \nC G Em  Am  D Am  G \n\nVERSE 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------             \nC Bb C Bb\n\n------------------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n------------------------\nOUTRO\nG Em Am D G","chords":["C","G","Em","Am","D","F","Dm","Bb","Ab","Eb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}