Tuning: E A D G B E

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Artist - Al Stewart ********************* Song - Three Mules ******************** Album - On The Border (1999) ****************************** Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning = Standard INTRO ****** C ------------------------ VERSE 1 ********

^CThree mules came over a ^Ghill They were ^Emdragging a ^Amcart ^DCreaking, it seemed to be ^Gfalling apart ^CLaden with millions of ^Gdreams It weighed ^Emmore than they ^Amthought ^DThey never noticed the ^Gwheels getting caught They pulled ^Fon, staring ^Amahead With blinkered ^Geyes and lowered ^Dmheads ^FHoping that all would be ^Amfine I see them ^Cnow, Time out of ^Gtime

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^CRamsey and Stanley and ^GNeville Were the ^Emnames of the ^Ammules ^DEach wore a bridle en^Gcrusted with jewels ^CAnd though a murmur of ^Gvoices Was ^Emrising be^Amhind ^DEach laboured on And they ^Gpaid it no mind They pulled ^Fon with never a ^Amdoubt Past boulders and ^Gholes Till the road petered ^Dmout And ^Fgiving a snort they sat ^Amdown Waiting for ^Csomebody else to come ^Ground And from ^Fthis are our lives writ ^Clarge From the beach at Dun^Gkirk ^EmTo Pickett's ^AmCharge And it's hard to go ^Gback After coming this ^Ffar Down the ^Croad

------------------------ SMALL SOLO *********** Bb C Bb ------------------------ VERSE 3 ********

^CThree mules looked over a ^Gfence At the ^Emfield be^Amyond ^DGreen as a forest it ^Gshone in the sun ^CInto the stillness they ^Gbroke Like a ^Emstone in a ^Ampond ^DKicking the gate down They ^Gbrayed at the ground And pulled ^Fon tugging a ^Amdream Out of a ^Gsmile and into a ^Dmscream And ^Ftossed the damp soil all a^Amround till the whole ^Cfield turned muddy ^Gbrown And from ^Fthis are our lives writ ^Clarge From the beach at ^GDunkirk ^EmTo Pickett's ^AmCharge And it's hard to go ^Gback After ^Emcoming this fa^Fr Down the ^Croad

------------------------ SMALL SOLO *********** Bb C Bb ------------------------ BRIDGE *******

^CAh, but it's not very easy now being a ^Gmul^Eme ^G ^CI don't believe you appreciate all that we ^Gdo ^Em ^G Just ^Clook at this long and un^Amfortunate face ^AbTry to imagine that ^Fyou're in my place ^EbThis is my nature ^GTo it I have to be ^Ctrue

------------------------ SMALL SOLO *********** C G Em Am D Am G C G Em Am D G F Am G Dm F Am C G ------------------------ VERSE 3 ********

^CThree mules came over a ^Ghill With a ^Emsorrowful ^Amair ^DThough we've been judged, they said ^GIt's hardly fair ^CAll that we did was for ^Gyou And the ^Emgood of the ^Amcause ^DThen they went back to the ^Gsound of applause They went ^Fback into the ^Amnight Where a sickle of ^Gmoon Left a trickle of ^Flight And while we lay under our ^Amroofs The whole night filled ^Cup With the beating of ^Ghooves And from ^Fthis are our lives writ ^Clarge From the beach at ^GDunkirk ^EmTo Pickett's ^AmCharge And it's hard to go ^Gback After ^Emcoming this fa^Fr Down the ^Croad

------------------------ SMALL SOLO *********** C Bb C Bb ------------------------

And from ^Fthis are our lives writ ^Clarge And every ^Gday ^EmIs Pickett's ^AmCharge And it's hard to go ^Gback After ^Emcoming this fa^Fr Down the ^Croad

------------------------ OUTRO ****** G Em Am D G ENJOY............

Al Stewart - Three mules