I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by
Buddy Knox
Buddy Knox

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Key: A major
Verse 1
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Well, I was born way down in Macon,
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Georgia
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They kept my daddy in the Macon jail
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He said, son, if you keep your hands clean,
uh -huh
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You won't hear them
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bloodhounds on your trail
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But I fell in with bad companions
And I robbed that mail way
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down to Tennessee
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We got caught in Atlanta, Georgia
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You know they locked me up
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and they threw away that key
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And I washed my hands in the muddy water
I washed my hands,
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but they didn't come clean
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And I tried to do what my daddy told me,
uh -huh
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D
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You know I must have washed my hands
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C
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D
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in a muddy stream
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I asked that jailer, I said,
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when's my time up
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He said, son, you know we won't forget
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And if you try to keep your hands clean
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Now we may make a good man of you yet
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But I washed my hands in the muddy wa ter
I washed my hands
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but they didn't come clean
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And I tried to do what my daddy told me,
uh -huh
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You know I must have washed my hands
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C
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in the muddy stream
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Yes, I washed my hands
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in the muddy wa ter
I washed my hands,
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but they didn't come clean
And I tried to do what my
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daddy taught me
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You know why I must have
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washed my hands
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in a muddy stream
You know why I must have
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washed my hands in
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Yes, I must have washed my hands
when the mud is green.
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