Three Mules Al Stewart
INTRO
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[C]
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VERSE 1
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[C]Three mules came over a [G]hill
They were [Em]dragging a [Am]cart
[D]Creaking, it seemed to be [G]falling apart
[C]Laden with millions of [G]dreams
It weighed [Em]more than they [Am]thought
[D]They never noticed the [G]wheels getting caught
They pulled [F]on, staring [Am]ahead
With blinkered [G]eyes and lowered [Dm]heads
[F]Hoping that all would be [Am]fine
I see them [C]now, Time out of [G]time
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VERSE 2
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[C]Ramsey and Stanley and [G]Neville
Were the [Em]names of the [Am]mules
[D]Each wore a bridle en[G]crusted with jewels
[C]And though a murmur of [G]voices
Was [Em]rising be[Am]hind
[D]Each laboured on
And they [G]paid it no mind
They pulled [F]on with never a [Am]doubt
Past boulders and [G]holes
Till the road petered [Dm]out
And [F]giving a snort they sat [Am]down
Waiting for [C]somebody else to come [G]round
And from [F]this are our lives writ [C]large
From the beach at Dun[G]kirk
[Em]To Pickett's [Am]Charge
And it's hard to go [G]back
After coming this [F]far
Down the [C]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]Three mules looked over a [G]fence
At the [Em]field be[Am]yond
[D]Green as a forest it [G]shone in the sun
[C]Into the stillness they [G]broke
Like a [Em]stone in a [Am]pond
[D]Kicking the gate down
They [G]brayed at the ground
And pulled [F]on tugging a [Am]dream
Out of a [G]smile and into a [Dm]scream
And [F]tossed the damp soil all a[Am]round
till the whole [C]field turned muddy [G]brown
And from [F]this are our lives writ [C]large
From the beach at [G]Dunkirk
[Em]To Pickett's [Am]Charge
And it's hard to go [G]back
After [Em]coming this fa[F]r
Down the [C]road
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SMALL SOLO
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[Bb] [C] [Bb]
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BRIDGE
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[C]Ah, but it's not very easy now being a [G]mul[Em]e[G]
[C]I don't believe you appreciate all that we [G]do[Em] [G]
Just [C]look at this long and un[Am]fortunate face
[Ab]Try to imagine that [F]you're in my place
[Eb]This is my nature
[G]To it I have to be [C]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]Three mules came over a [G]hill
With a [Em]sorrowful [Am]air
[D]Though we've been judged, they said
[G]It's hardly fair
[C]All that we did was for [G]you
And the [Em]good of the [Am]cause
[D]Then they went back to the [G]sound of applause
They went [F]back into the [Am]night
Where a sickle of [G]moon
Left a trickle of [F]light
And while we lay under our [Am]roofs
The whole night filled [C]up
With the beating of [G]hooves
And from [F]this are our lives writ [C]large
From the beach at [G]Dunkirk
[Em]To Pickett's [Am]Charge
And it's hard to go [G]back
After [Em]coming this fa[F]r
Down the [C]road
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SMALL SOLO
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[C] [Bb] [C] [Bb]
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And from [F]this are our lives writ [C]large
And every [G]day
[Em]Is Pickett's [Am]Charge
And it's hard to go [G]back
After [Em]coming this fa[F]r
Down the [C]road
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OUTRO
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[G] [Em] [Am] [D] [G]
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