mule skinner blues
Dolly Parton
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Tom : G
G
Well good morning Captain
Good morning to you Sir
Hey hey yeah
C
Do you need another mule skinner
G
Down on your new mud run
Hey hey yeah
D
Yodel-a-ee-he-he
C G
He-he-he-he-he-he
G
Well I'm a lady mule skinner
From down old Tennessee way
Hey hey I come from Tennessee
C
I can make any mule listen
G
Or I won't accept your pay
Hey hey I won't take your pay
D
Yodel-a-ee-he-he
C G
He-he-he-he-he-he
G
Well hey hey little waterboy
Won't you bring your water 'round
Hey hey
C
If you don't like your job
G
Well you can throw your bucket down
Throw it down boy, throw it down
D
Yodel-a-ee-he-he
C G
He-he-he-he-he-he
G
Well I've been working down in Georgia
At a greasy spoon caf?
Hey that lovely joint
C
Just to let a no good man
G
Call every cent of my pay
Hey hey and I'm sick of it
And wanna be a mule skinner
D
Yodel-a-ee-he-he
C G
He-he-he-he-he-he
D
Yodel-a-ee-he-he
C G
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