I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by 
Buck Owens 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was born in Macon, Geor gia
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They kept my dad in the Macon jail
They told me,
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"If you keep your hands clean
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You won't hear the blood
hounds on your trail"
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Verse 2
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Well, I fell in with bad com panions
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I robbed a man in Tenness ee
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They caught me way up in Nashville
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They locked me up and
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threw away the key
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Verse 3
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Washed my hands in muddy wa ter
Washed my hands,
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but they didn't come clean
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Tried to do like my daddy told me
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But I must've washed my hands
Interlude 1
in a muddy stream
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Verse 4
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I couldn't wait to get my time done
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So I broke out of the Nashville jail
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And I just crossed the state line of Georgia
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And I can hear them blood
hounds on my trail
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Verse 5
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Washed my hands in muddy wa ter
Washed my hands,
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but they didn't come clean
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I tried to do like my daddy told me
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But I must've washed my hands
in a muddy stream
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Verse 6
Yes, I must've washed my
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hands in a muddy stream
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