Chords for Jerry Reed - Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel # 5)
Tempo:
121 bpm
Chords used:
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D
E
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Well, all right.
[Am]
Good [Em] [Am] morning, Captain.
[A] Good morning to you, Shine.
[D] Do you need a new mule skinner?
Down on your new [A] buddy.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A]
[D] Yeah.
[A] [D] Well, [A] I'm going to town, honey.
What do you want me to bring you back?
[D] Bring me a pint of cold hard booze.
Yeah.
And a John B.
[A] Stetson hat.
How's that?
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues.
[D] Stand back.
[A]
Here I come.
[D]
[Am] [A]
[E] [G#] [D]
[Am] [A]
[D] [A] Well, I smell your bread burning.
Come on, go ahead and turn your damper down.
Turn it down.
[D] Well, if you ain't got no damper,
[Am] [D] woman, you better turn your bread [A] around.
It's getting brown.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A] Well, all right.
[D] Here comes Chet [A] Hacken.
Good morning, [D] son.
[A]
[D]
[Am] [A]
[E]
[F#] [Em] [A] Yeah.
[D] [A] Yeah. Hey.
[D] Oh, [A] hey now, little boy, little boy.
Get your butt up off of the ground.
Pick up that bucket of water, son.
Bring that bucket around.
[D] Lord, if you don't like your job,
then lay that [A] bucket down on the ground.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues.
Yeah.
Take it home, children. Mule skinner.
Mule skinner blues.
[D] Mule skinner.
Ah.
[A] [E]
[N]
[Am]
Good [Em] [Am] morning, Captain.
[A] Good morning to you, Shine.
[D] Do you need a new mule skinner?
Down on your new [A] buddy.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A]
[D] Yeah.
[A] [D] Well, [A] I'm going to town, honey.
What do you want me to bring you back?
[D] Bring me a pint of cold hard booze.
Yeah.
And a John B.
[A] Stetson hat.
How's that?
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues.
[D] Stand back.
[A]
Here I come.
[D]
[Am] [A]
[E] [G#] [D]
[Am] [A]
[D] [A] Well, I smell your bread burning.
Come on, go ahead and turn your damper down.
Turn it down.
[D] Well, if you ain't got no damper,
[Am] [D] woman, you better turn your bread [A] around.
It's getting brown.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A] Well, all right.
[D] Here comes Chet [A] Hacken.
Good morning, [D] son.
[A]
[D]
[Am] [A]
[E]
[F#] [Em] [A] Yeah.
[D] [A] Yeah. Hey.
[D] Oh, [A] hey now, little boy, little boy.
Get your butt up off of the ground.
Pick up that bucket of water, son.
Bring that bucket around.
[D] Lord, if you don't like your job,
then lay that [A] bucket down on the ground.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues.
Yeah.
Take it home, children. Mule skinner.
Mule skinner blues.
[D] Mule skinner.
Ah.
[A] [E]
[N]
Key:
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ Well, all right.
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Good _ [Em] [Am] morning, Captain. _ _
_ _ [A] Good morning to you, Shine. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Do you need a new mule skinner?
_ _ _ Down on your new [A] buddy. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Yeah.
[A] _ _ [D] _ Well, [A] I'm going to town, honey.
_ _ _ What do you want me to bring you _ back? _ _ _
[D] Bring me a pint of cold hard booze.
Yeah.
_ _ And a John B.
[A] Stetson hat.
_ How's that?
_ [E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Stand back.
[A] _
Here I come. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#] _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] [A] Well, I smell your bread burning. _ _
_ _ Come on, go ahead and turn your damper _ down.
Turn it down.
_ [D] Well, if you ain't got no damper,
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] woman, you better turn your bread [A] around.
_ It's getting brown.
_ [E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A] _ _ Well, all right. _
[D] Here comes Chet [A] Hacken.
Good morning, [D] son.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ [Em] [A] Yeah.
_ [D] _ [A] Yeah. Hey.
_ _ _ [D] Oh, _ [A] hey now, little boy, little boy.
Get your butt up off of the ground.
Pick up that bucket of water, son.
Bring that bucket around.
[D] Lord, if you don't like your job, _ _ _ _
then lay that [A] bucket down on the ground.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues. _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ Take it home, children. Mule skinner.
_ _ _ _ Mule skinner blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Mule _ skinner.
Ah.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Good _ [Em] [Am] morning, Captain. _ _
_ _ [A] Good morning to you, Shine. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Do you need a new mule skinner?
_ _ _ Down on your new [A] buddy. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Yeah.
[A] _ _ [D] _ Well, [A] I'm going to town, honey.
_ _ _ What do you want me to bring you _ back? _ _ _
[D] Bring me a pint of cold hard booze.
Yeah.
_ _ And a John B.
[A] Stetson hat.
_ How's that?
_ [E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues. _
_ _ _ _ [D] Stand back.
[A] _
Here I come. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#] _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] [A] Well, I smell your bread burning. _ _
_ _ Come on, go ahead and turn your damper _ down.
Turn it down.
_ [D] Well, if you ain't got no damper,
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] woman, you better turn your bread [A] around.
_ It's getting brown.
_ [E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner blues.
[A] _ _ Well, all right. _
[D] Here comes Chet [A] Hacken.
Good morning, [D] son.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[F#] _ [Em] [A] Yeah.
_ [D] _ [A] Yeah. Hey.
_ _ _ [D] Oh, _ [A] hey now, little boy, little boy.
Get your butt up off of the ground.
Pick up that bucket of water, son.
Bring that bucket around.
[D] Lord, if you don't like your job, _ _ _ _
then lay that [A] bucket down on the ground.
[E] Hey, hey, hey.
[D] Go and do a little bit of the mule skinner [A] blues. _ _ _ _
Yeah.
_ Take it home, children. Mule skinner.
_ _ _ _ Mule skinner blues.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Mule _ skinner.
Ah.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _