What the hell is a Wrinkle Neck Mule? A sophomoric phallic reference? Too easy. A pack animal used in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico to transport opium to America in the early 1900s? History channel worthy, but wrong. A band of five (or four, depending on the wind) from Richmond, Virginia carrying indie-rockish country music about the land? Eureka. Daily double.
Born somewhere on I-64 between Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia in late 1999
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 MILES OF BOURBON - Wrinkle Neck Mules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: A.J. Conner E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
This is a nice bluegrass tune that changes things up a bit on the Mules' debut album. It's fast-paced and really fun to play (especially if you know a good banjo player). Still working on the guitar solo but it's a doozy. If you can improvise some lead in G that'll do just fine until I get it figured out. Sorry!
CHORDS USED:
G: 320033 C: x32010 D: xx0232 Em: 022000
INTRO:
GCGD GCGDG
CHORUS:
GC Overdrive Kentucky '62 GD Smoke is risin' thick and blue GC Wild Turkey burnin', high lonesome sound GDG 17 miles of bourbon flowin' down
VERSE:
GC Turn of the century, it was a mystery GD the day that river caught fire GC Lord looked down and he breathed a heavy sigh, GDG 40 gallon barrels firin' at the sky
BRIDGE 1:
EmD And the catfish were in town lookin' for a ginger ale EmD and the stores sold outta all the garden hose EmC Sherriff Amos White took a train outta town, GDG At least that's what we all suppose
(Banjo solo, play VERSE chords)
(CHORUS)
(Guitar solo in G, play VERSE chords)
(Mandolin solo, play BRIDGE chords)
(CHORUS)
VERSE 2 LYRICS (Same chords as first VERSE):
Was a fateful day, that clear, windy May
That Green River turned a milky brown
Bibles were all closed and people danced in rows
Whiskey river flowin' through the town
BRIDGE 2:
EmD And the catfish swam around lookin' for a ginger ale EmD And the stores sold outta all the garden hose EmC Sherriff Amos White took a train outta town, GDG At least that's what we all suppose
(CHORUS)
GDG 17 miles of bourbon flowin' down GDCGDG 17 miles of bourbon flowin doooooooooooown
END
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