muddy water chords by Johnny Rivers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
I was born  (G major) in Macon,
D 
Geor (D major) gia
G 
They kept my Daddy in the Macon jail  (G major) 
He said, "Son,
C 
if you keep your hand (C major) s clean, uh huh
G 
D 
You  (G major) won't hear those blood (D major) 
G 
hounds on your  (G major) trail"

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Verse 2

I fell in with bad companions

I robbed a man up in Tennessee

And I got caught way up in Nashville,

uh huh now

And they locked me up and

threw away the key

Verse 3
D 
I washed my hands in muddy wa (D major) ter
I washed my hands,
G 
but they didn't come clean  (G major) 
C 
I tried to do like my daddy told  (C major) me, now
G 
I must  (G major) have washed my
D 
G 
hands  (D major) in a muddy  (G major) stream

Verse 4
Eb 
 (E flat major) 
Ab 
I asked the jail (A flat major) er,
Eb 
said "When's my time  (E flat major) up?"
He said "Son,
Ab 
you know we won't forget  (A flat major) 
Db 
And if you try and just keep your hand (D flat major) s clean,
uh huh
Ab 
Why  (A flat major) we  may just make a
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) good man of you  (A flat major) yet"

Verse 5
Ab 
 (A flat major) 
Eb 
But I didn't wait to get my time  (E flat major) in
Ab 
I broke down, broke out the Nashville  (A flat major) jail
Db 
I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia,  (D flat major) oh now
Ab 
And I  (A flat major) can hear those
Eb 
Ab 
bloodhounds  (E flat major) on my  (A flat major) trail

Interlude 1

Verse 6
Ab 
Db 
Ab 
Eb 
 (A flat major) I  (D flat major)  (A flat major) washed my hands  (E flat major) 
Ab 
E 
A 
E 
in  (A flat major)  (E major)  (A major) muddy wa (E major) ter
I washed my hands,
A 
but they didn't come  (A major) clean
D 
I tried to do like my daddy told  (D major) me,
Am 
A 
E 
A 
now  (A minor)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 
Am 
A 
E 
 (A minor) I   must have  (A major) washed my  (E major) hands in a