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Three Mules
(Al Stewart)
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Verse

C                       G
Three mules came over a hill
          E          Am
They were dragging a cart
D                         G
Creaking, it seemed to be falling apart
C                      G
Laden with millions of dreams
           E              Am
It weighed more than they thought
D                      G
They never noticed the wheels getting caught

            F            Am
They pulled on, staring ahead
               G
With blinkered eyes
            F
And lowered heads
F                        Am
Hoping that all would be fine
           C
I see them now
            G      G7
Time out of time


Chorus

         F                       C
And from this are our lives writ large
                     G
From the beach at Dunkirk
E            Am
To Pickett's Charge
         Am         G
And it's hard to go back
                  F
After coming this far
         C       Gm
Down the road


Bridge

Cm                                     Dm
Ah, but it's not very easy now being a mule
Cm                                         Dm
I don't believe you appreciate all that we do
Cm                      Dm
Look at this long and unfortunate face
Cm                  Dm
Try to imagine that you're in my place
G#
This is my nature
    G                  C
And to it I have to be true


Patrick Laplagne
plaplagn@metz.une.edu.au