I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by Charlie Rich

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Verse 1
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Well I was born
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in Macon,  Georgia
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They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail
He said, "son,
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if you keep your hands  clean
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You wont hear those
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bloodhounds on your trail"

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Verse 2

Well I fell in with bad companions

I robbed a man up in Tennessee

They caught me way up in Nashville

They locked me up and threw

away the key

Verse 3
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Well I washed off my hands in muddy water
I washed off 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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I must have washed off my
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hands in a muddy stream
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Verse 4
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I asked the jailer,
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I said "now when's my time up?"
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He said "son, no we won't forget
And if you try and just keep
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your hands  clean
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We may just make a good man of you yet"
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Verse 5
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I couldn't wait to get my time in
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I broke out, broke out the Nashville jail
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I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia
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And I can hear those
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bloodhounds on my trail

Verse 6
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I washed off my hands in muddy water
I washed off 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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I must have washed off my
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hands in a muddy stream
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