Muddy Water
#1.
D A
I was down in Macon Georgia
D
They kept my daddy over in Macon jail
G
He told me if you keep your hands clean
D A D
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail
#2.
D A
Well I fell in with bad companions
D
Robbed a mail train up in Tennessee
G
They caught me way up in Nashville
D A D
and they locked me up and threw away the key
CHORUS:
D A
I washed my hands in muddy water
D
I washed my hands but they didn't come clean
G
I tried to do what my daddy told me
D A D
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
#3.
D A
Well I asked the jailer now when's my time up
D
He said son you know we won't forget
G
If you try just to keep your hands clean
D A D
We might just make a good man of you yet
#4.
E B
Oh I couldn't wait to get my time in
E
I broke out of the Nashville jail
A
I just crossed Atlanta Georgia
E B E
and I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail
CHORUS:(x2)
E B
I washed my hands in muddy water
E
I washed my hands but they didn't come clean
A
I tried to do what my daddy told me
E B E
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream