Stonewall Jackson

I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water(Chords)

Stonewall Jackson

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I was born in Macon Georgia 

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They kept my dad in the Macon jail 

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Dad said Son if you keep your hands clean 

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You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail 


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But I fell in with bad companions 

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We robbed a man in Tennessee 

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The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville 

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They locked me up and threw away the key 

  
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I washed my hands in muddy water 

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I washed my hands but they didn't come clean 

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I tried to do like Daddy told me 

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But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream 

  
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I asked the jailor When's my time up 

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He said son we won't forget 

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And if you try to keep your hands clean 

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We may make a good man of you yet 


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I couldn't wait to do my sentence 

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I broke out of the Nashville jail 

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I just crossed the line of Georgia 

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And I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail 


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But I fell in with bad companions 

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We robbed a man in Tennessee 

                      G7        C 
The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville 

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They locked me up and threw away the key
	        

Written by Joe Babcock

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