Muddy Water

Intro  A

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

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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

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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

Chorus 2

                                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  (OR)

  A              A               E  E7                  A             A7
E|-0--------------0---------------0--0-------------------0-------------0--|   
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--------------2| B-0-0------0-h3-0-0--| 
E|----0-h3-------------------------------------------------0-h3-----------|   


                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---| 
D|---------------0--------------2--------------2---| 
A|---------------0--------------2------0-h3-0--0---| 
E|------------------------------0--h30-------------| 

Verse 3

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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

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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

Chorus 3

                                    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