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
He-he-he-he-he-he