Three Mules

                                          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

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

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 laboured 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

SMALL G  O
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Bb C Bb

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

SMALL G  O
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Bb C Bb

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

SMALL G  O
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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

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

SMALL G  O
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C Bb C Bb

         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

OUTRO
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G Em Am D G