Johnny Rivers – Muddy Water (Guitar)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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We might just make a good man of you yet.

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.

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.