I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by Spencer Davis

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Verse 1
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I  (D major) was  (G major)  (D major)  (G major) born in Macon,  (D major) Georgia
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Met my dad in the Macon  (G major) jail
He said, son,
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if you keep your  (C major) hands clean
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You  (G major) won't have them
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 (D major) bloodhounds on your trail  (G major) 
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I fell in with bad  (D major) companions
Robbed a man in Tennessee
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 (G major) The sheriff caught me
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way up in Nashville  (C major) 
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And they  (G major) locked me up
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and they  (D major) threw away the key  (G major) 
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Washed my hands in muddy wa (D major) ter
Washed my hands but they
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didn't come  (G major) clean
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Try to do what my daddy told  (C major) me
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But I must  (G major) wash my  (D major) hands
in a muddy stream
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 (G major) I asked the jailer when my time's  (D major) up
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He said, son, we won't for (G major) get
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If you try to keep your hand (C major) s clean
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We  (G major) may make a  (D major) good man of you  (G major) yet
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I couldn't wait to do my  (D major) sentence
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I broke out of the Nashville jail  (G major) 
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I just crossed the line of Geor (C major) gia
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And I  (G major) can hear those
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 (D major) bloodhounds on my  (G major) trail
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I washed my hands in the muddy wa (D major) ter
I washed my hands but they
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didn't come  (G major) clean
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Try to do what my daddy told  (C major) me
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But I must  (G major) have washed  (D major) my hands
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in the muddy sea  (G major) 
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Washed my hands in muddy  (D major) water
Washed my hands but they
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didn't come  (G major) clean
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Try to do what my daddy told  (C major) me
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But  (G major) I  must wash my  (D major) hands
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in a muddy ski  (G major) 