Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)

Dolly Parton

Written by Jimmie Rodgers and George Vaughn

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

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
        D7      C
Yodel a lete he he
               G
He he he he he he

Verse 2

Well I'm a lady mule skinner
From down old Tennessee way hey hey
           C
I can make any mule listen
                       G
Or I won't accept your pay hey hey
I won't take your pay
        D7      C
Yodel a lete he he
               G
He he he he he he

Verse 3

Well hey hey little water boy
Won't you bring your water 'round hey hey
       C
If you don't like your job
Well you can throw your bucket down
         G
Throw it down boy throw it down
        D7      C
Yodel a lete he he
               G
He he he he he he

Verse 4

Well I've been working down in Georgia
At a greasy spoon café
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

Verse 5

        D7      C
Yodel a lete he he
               G
He he he he he he
        D7      C
Yodel a lete he he
               G
He he he he he he
Mule Skinner Blues