Scent of a Mule
From Emil's Tablature
Transcription
From: Chris Corsale (ccorsale@cosi.stockton.edu)
(edited breakdown by Annonymous)
Intro:
Strum that first chord, occasionally pulling off the D as shown
in the second chord and hammering it back on. You can simulate
Page's piano notes if you play the third thing listed below.
strum h-o
E--3-----3---------3--3-3--3--3---
B--3-----2>3-------3--3-3--3--3---
G--0-----0---------4--4-4--2--0---
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
Verse:
G/G/G/G/C/C/C*/A7/D7/D7/
G/G/G/G/C/A7/D7/D7
* means that this last measure of C is only a half measure. watch out.
PRE-BREAKDOWN LICK:
"...for a UFO, in Tomahawk County"
|-------10----------8-----------5------1/2--
|-------------------------------------------
|10/11(hold)-x-8/9(hold)-x-4/5(hold)-x-1/2--
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
BREAKDOWN ("Well she kicked the mule...")
D D/C D/B D/A (2x)
Chorus:
F C G G F C D D
F C G G F C A7 D D D
jam on G for a while.
verse 2 = only the first half of verse 1.
That crazy fill again, the D/C/B/A thing twice, then a chorus.
Jam on G again under the banjo solo.
Duel Outro
When they play it live, they do a "duel" usually, then the outtro is as follows:
Initialy in 2/4, then 2/8, then 2/16 as the emphasis changes.
(start slow)
(rake)
Chord progression:
G Cm Fm D
G Cm
E----------------------------------------------------------
B-8-9-8------------------8-9-8----------8-9-8--------------
G-x-----8-7--------------------8-7------------8-7-10-8-----
D-x---------10-9-------------------10-9--------------------
A-x--------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------
Fm D
s s
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------8-9---8-----------------------------------------------------7-
G-------7-8-10-----7---7>6>7--10-(7)-8--------7----------7-8-10-8-7----------
D--9-10-------------------------------10-9-10---10-9-10------------10-9-10---
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then up an octave:
E---15-16-15--------------15-16-15------------15-16-15----------------
B-----------16-15-----------------16-15----------------16-15-18-16----
G-----------------17-16-----------------17-16-------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
s s
E-----------------15-16----15------------------------------------------
B--------15-16-18-------15----15>14>15--18-15-16---------15------------
G--16-17----------------------------------------17-16-17----17-16-17---
D----------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------14--
B--15-16-18-16-15--------------
G-----------------17-16-17-----
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------
Then trey breaks into stacatto picked half steps...
E----15-16-15-16-15-----------------------------14-15-16-15-16-15-19-20-
B--------------------------18-17-16-15-16-17-18-------------------------
G-------------------16-17-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E--20-19-18-17-16-15-14-15-(back to start)-
B------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
Insanity in the form of a bluegrass lick over G.. Mike screams out
"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....eeeeeeeey"
then
Verse 3 is the same as verse 2.
Cut to "heeeeere's a place of elegance" part:
D C F F G C F F 4X, last time, cut to chorus.
One extra chorus, with D/C/B/A at the end.
It ends up with some nutso "poor heart" type ending that i'm not even
going to TRY to transcribe.
Lyrics
Kitty Malone sat on a mule Was riding in style When suddenly, like the sound of a buzzard's breaking Kity felt laser beams being fired at her head She said, "I hate laser beams And you never done see me askin' For a UFO In Tomahawk County" Well she kicked the mule And it walked the path And the aliens fired from behind Till she stopped the mule And she kicked the rump And the big old mule took a big old dump Scent of a mule, you better watch out where you go Take your laser beams away Scent of a mule, you better watch out where you go You better stop that laser game Or you'll smell my mule She felt the fire against her neck And it saddened her to feel it burn When suddenly, like the sound of a breeding Holstein Kitty said, "Stop, we ain't lookin' for fightin' In Tomahawk County." A little guy from the UFO Came on out and said his name was Joe She said, "Come on over for some lemonade Just follow me now with the whole brigade" Chorus They walked into her cabin shack They had never seen a southern home And they liked it, better than their UFO They liked it, they really liked it They said, "Here's a place of elegance Here we shower ourselves in lightness" Chorus
