Johnny Rivers

Muddy water

Johnny Rivers

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Muddy water

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

	  		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 
 
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(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
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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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