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MUDDY WATER
songwriting credits unavailable
performed by Johnny Rivers

GG Piano Chord 
 / / / 2 /
DD Piano Chord 

I was home in Macon, Georgia
D7D7 Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 

They kept my Daddy   in the Macon jail
CC Piano Chord 

He said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean, uh huh
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                    D7D7 Piano Chord 
                  GG Piano Chord 

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:
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            AA Piano Chord 
                       EE Piano Chord 

I asked the jailer, said "When's my time up?"
E7E7 Piano Chord 
                     AA Piano Chord 

He said "Son,  you know we won't forget
DD Piano Chord 

And if you try and just keep your hands clean, uh huh
AA Piano Chord 
                  E7E7 Piano Chord 
              AA Piano Chord 

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)

F7F7 Piano Chord 
            BbBb Piano Chord 
             FF Piano Chord 

I washed my hands in muddy water
F7F7 Piano Chord 
                     BbBb Piano Chord 

I washed my hands,   but they didn't come clean
EbEb Piano Chord 

I tried to do like my daddy told me, now
BbBb Piano Chord 
                  F7F7 Piano Chord 
               BbBb Piano Chord 

I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

(repeat last line twice)