Glen Campbell

Muddy Water(Chords)

Glen Campbell

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Chorus 1 

A E Well I washed my hands in the muddy water E7 A I washed my hands but they didn't come clean A7 D I tried to do what my daddy told me A E A But I must've washed my hands in a muddy stream
verse 1 E Well Jerry was a boy down there in Georgia E7 A And they kept Jeery's Daddy yes in a Georgia jail A7 D Daddy said son if you keep your hands clean unhuh A E A Well you won't hear them blood hounds on your trail verse 2 E Let me tell ya' fell in with bad companions E7 A And we robbed the mail off this truck in Tennessee A7 D Well they locked me up just about the time I hit nashville A E A And when the jailor locked the door he just swallowed the Key son
E Well I washed my hands in muddy water E7 A Well I Washed my hands but they didn't come clean A7 D I tried to do what my daddy told me A E7 A But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Riff A E E7 A A7 D E A
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B-2--------------2------------1--0--0-------------------2-------------2--| 
G-2--------------2-------0-h2----1--1--1-2-1------------2-------------0--| 
D-2--------------2--0 h2---------2--0--------2-2-0------2-------------2--| 
A-0-------0-h3-0-0---------------2--2--------------2B-0-0------0-h3-0-0--| 
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                D              E              A 
E---------------2-----------1--0--------------0---| 
B-------0-h1----3----0-h1------0--------------2---| 
G--0-h2------3--2--2------3----1--------------2---| 
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A---------------0--------------2------0-h3-0--0---| 
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verse 3 E Now I asked the jailor I said when's my time up E7 A And he said son just so you know that this ole' boy won't forget A7 D You've got to try and just keep your hands clean A E A And We might just make a descent man outta' you yet verse 4 E But I didn't wait till my time was up E7 A Jerry broke out broke out of that Nashville jail A7 D And he crossed down there to Atlanta Georgia A E A And now all you can hear them blood hounds on his trail
E Well I washed my hands in the muddy water E7 A Well washed my hands but they didn't come clean A7 D I tried to do what my daddy told me A E A But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream E7 A D G D A Yes I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

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