Johnny Rivers

Muddy water(Chords)

Johnny Rivers

Key: D

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	        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 
 
(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)

Written by Clint Black/Peter DeRose/Hayden Nicholas/Harry Richman

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