Johnny Rivers – Muddy Water (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 21:54:51 -0700 From: Collins Crapo <[email protected]> Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab songwriting credits unavailable performed by Johnny Rivers tab transcribed by Collins Crapo <[email protected]> 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 CHORUS (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 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)