Chords for Al Stewart Three Mules

_ _ _ _ _ _ Three mules came over [G] a hill, they were dragging [A] a cart. _
[D] Creaking it seemed [G] to be falling apart.
[C] Laden with millions of dreams that weighed more than [Am] they'd thought. _
[D] They never [G] noticed the wheels getting caught.
But they [F] pulled on, staring [Am] ahead, with [G] blanket eyes and [D] lowered heads.
_ [F] Hoping that all would be [Am]
fine, I see [C] them now, time [G] out of time. _
_ _ _ _ [C] Ramsey and Stanley [G] and Neville were the names [A] of the mules.
_ [D] Each wore a bridle [G] encrusted with jewels.
[C] And though a [G] murmur of voices was rising [A] behind.
[Am] _ _ [D] Each labored on [G] and they paid it no mind.
They [F] pulled on with never [Am] a doubt.
[G] Passporters and horse till the road [Dm] petered out.
[F] And giving a snort, they sat [Am] down, waiting [C] for somebody else to [G] come round.
[F] And from this our [C] lives were plodged from the beach at [G] Dunkirk.
Two [Am] pickets charged and it's hard to [G] go back after coming [F] this far _ _ _ down [C] the road.
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[C] Dream your slugged over [G] a fence at the field [Am] beyond.
_ _ [D] Green as a [G] forest that shone in the [C] sun.
Into the stillness they [G] broke like a stone in [Am] a pond.
_ [D] Kicking the gate down, [G] they frayed at the ground.
[F] And then fall on, tugging a [Am] dream out of [G] a smile and into [Dm] a scream.
[F] And toss the damp soil [Am] all around till the hog [C] field turned [G] muddy brown.
And [F] from this our [C] lives were plodged from the [G] beach at Dunkirk.
[E] Two [Am] pickets charged and it's hard to [G] go back after coming [F] this far _ _ _ [C] down the road.
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_ _ [Bb] Ah, _ [Cm] but it's not very easy now being [Dm] a mule.
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_ _ [Cm] I don't believe you appreciate all that we do.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Cm] Just look at this long [A] and unfortunate [Ab] face.
Try to [Fm] imagine that you're in my place.
[Eb] This is my nature, [G] to it I have to [C] be true.
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Three mules came [G] over a hill with a [A] sorrowful air. _
[D] Though we've been judged they [G] said it's hardly fair.
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All that we did [G] was for you and the good [Am] of the cause. _
[D] Then they went back to [G] the sound of applause.
They [F] went back into [Am] the night where a [G] circle of moon left a [Dm] trickle of light.
_ [F] While we lay under [Am] our roofs, the whole [C] night filled up with the [G] beating of hooves.
And [F] from this our lives [C] were plodged from the beach [G] at Dunkirk.
Two [Am] pickets charged and it's [G] hard to go back after coming [F] this far _ _ _ _ [C] down the road.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [F] from this our [C] lives were plodged [G] and every [E] day is pickets [Am] charged and it's hard to [G] go back after coming [F] this far _ _ _ [C] down the [G] road.
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