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Muddy Water by Johnny Rivers
Muddy Water
Capo:no capo
G / / / 2 /
D
I was home in Macon, Georgia
D7 G
They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail
C
He said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean, uh huh
G D7 G
You won't hear those bloodhounds on your trail"
Verse 2:
I fell in with bad companions
I robbed a man up in Tennessee
And I got caught way up in Nashville, uh huh now
And they locked me up and threw away the key
CHORUS (same pattern as above 2 verses):
I washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
I tried to do like my daddy told me, now
I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Verse 3:
E7 A E
I asked the jailer, said "When's my time up?"
E7 A
He said "Son, you know we won't forget
D
And if you try and just keep your hands clean, uh huh
A E7 A
Why we may just make a good man of you yet"
Verse 4:
But I didn't wait to get my time in
I broke down, broke out the Nashville jail
I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia, oh now
And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail
(chorus; same pattern as above 2 verses)
F7 Bb F
I washed my hands in muddy water
F7 Bb
I washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
Eb
I tried to do like my daddy told me, now
Bb F7 Bb
I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
(repeat last line twice)
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version 2
Capo:no capo
#1.
D A
I was down in Macon Georgia.
D
They kept my daddy over in Macon jail.
G
He told me if you keep your hands clean.
D A D
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail.
#2.
D A
Well, I fell in with bad companions.
D
Robbed a mail train up in Tennessee.
G
They caught me way up in Nashville.
D A D
and they locked me up and threw away the key.
CHORUS:
D A
I washed my hands in muddy water.
D
I washed my hands, but they didn't come clean.
G
I tried to do what my daddy told me..
D A D
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream.
#3.
D A
Well, I asked the jailer, now, when's my time up?
D
He said son, you know we won't forget.
G
If you try just to keep your hands clean.
D A D
We might just make a good man of you yet.
#4.
E B
Oh, I couldn't wait to get my time in.
E
I broke out of the Nashville jail.
A
I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia,
E B E
and I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail.
CHORUS:(x2)
E B
I washed my hands in muddy water.
E
I washed my hands, but they didn't come clean.
A
I tried to do what my daddy told me..
E B E
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream.
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