John Hiatt – Crossing Muddy Waters (Ukulele)

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Capo 2nd ? [Intro] D G A Bm G A D [Verse 1]
D                             G
Baby's gone and i don't know why

     A               Bm
She headed out this morning

D                             G
Like a rusty shot in a hollow sky

     A               D
She left me without warning
[Verse 2]
D                             G
Sooner than the dogs could bark

A               Bm
Faster than the sun rose

D                             G
Down to the banks in an old mule cart

     A               D
She took a flat boat 'cross the shallows
[Chorus]
               G
Left me in my tears to drown

     A             Bm
She left a baby daughter

    D                              G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown

       A              D
She's crossing muddy waters
[Verse 3]
D                             G
Tobacco standing in the fields

  A               Bm
Be rotten come November

      D                       G
And a bitter heart will not reveal

     A               D
A spring that love remembers
[Verse 4]
D                             G
When that sweet brown girl of mine

A             Bm
Hair black as a raven

   D                             G
We broke the bread and drank the wine

       A                   D
From a jug that she'd been saving
[Chorus]
               G
Left me in my tears to drown

     A             Bm
She left a baby daughter

D                                  G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown

       A              D
She's crossing muddy waters
[Verse 4]
D                                G
Baby's crying and the daylight's gone

A                    Bm
That big oak tree is groaning

     D                        G
In a rush of wind and a river song

      A                   D
I can hear my true love moaning

D              G
Crying for her baby child

   A              Bm
Oh crying for her husband

                D      G
Crying for that rivers wild

   A                   D
To take her from her loved ones
[Chorus]
               G
Left me in my tears to drown

     A             Bm
She left a baby daughter

D                                   G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown

       A              D
She's crossing muddy waters
[Outro]
D                                  G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown

       A              D
She's crossing muddy waters
D G A Bm D G A D D D