Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
Ab
Eb
Ab
Verse 1
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I was home in Macon,
Eb
Georgia
Ab
They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail
He said, Son,
Db
if you keep your hands clean, uh huh
Ab
Eb
You wont hear those blood
Ab
hounds on your trail
Verse 2
Ab
Eb
I fell in with bad companions
Ab
I robbed a man up in Tennessee
Db
And I got caught way up in Nashville,
uh huh now
Ab
And they locked me up and
Eb
threw away the key
Verse 3
Ab
CHORUS
Eb
I washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands,
Ab
but they didn't come clean
Db
I tried to do like my daddy told me, now
Ab
I must have washed my
Eb
Ab
hands in a muddy stream
Verse 4
E
A
I asked the jailer,
E
said Whens my time up?
A
He said Son, you know we wont forget
D
And if you try and just keep your hands clean,
uh huh
A
Why we may just make a
E
A
good man of you yet
Verse 5
A
E
But I didn't wait to get my time in
A
I broke down, broke out the Nashville jail
D
I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia, oh now
A
And I can hear those
E
A
bloodhounds on my trail
Interlude 1
E
A
D
Verse 6
A
D
A
E
I washed my hands
A
F
Bb
F
in muddy water
I washed my hands,
Bb
but they didn't come clean
Eb
I tried to do like my daddy told me,
Bbm
Bb
F
Bb
now
Bbm
Bb
F
I must have washed my hands in a
Outro 1
muddy stream
Bb
Bbm
Bbm
Bb
F
Bb
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsAb Eb Db E A...
Ab
Eb
Db
E
A
D
F
Bb
Bbm
Capo: 1
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