Muddy Water:Johnny Rivers.
#19 in '66.

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                 AI (x02220@1)was down in Macon Georgia.
                                 DThey (xx0232@1)kept my daddy over in Macon jail.
                            GHe (320003@1)told me if you keep your hands clean.
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)                 DYou (xx0232@1)won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail.
#2.
D (xx0232@1)                      AWell, (x02220@1)I fell in with bad companions.
                                DRobbed (xx0232@1)a mail train up in Tennessee.
                         GThey (320003@1)caught me way up in Nashville.
         D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)            Dand (xx0232@1)they locked me up and threw away the key.

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)                        AI (x02220@1)washed my hands in muddy water.
                                        DI (xx0232@1)washed my hands, but they didn't come clean.
                            GI (320003@1)tried to do what my daddy told me..
      D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)              DBut (xx0232@1)I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream.
#3.
D (xx0232@1)                                      AWell, (x02220@1)I asked the jailer, now, when's my time up?
                                  DHe (xx0232@1)said son, you know we won't forget.
                             GIf (320003@1)you try just to keep your hands clean.
   D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)             DWe (xx0232@1)might just make a good man of you yet.

#4.
E (022100@1)                           BOh, (x2444x@1)I couldn't wait to get my time in.
                             EI (022100@1)broke out of the Nashville jail.
                        AI (x02220@1)just crossed Atlanta, Georgia,
    E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1)               Eand (022100@1)I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail.

CHORUS:(x2)
E (022100@1)                        BI (x2444x@1)washed my hands in muddy water.
                                        EI (022100@1)washed my hands, but they didn't come clean.
                            AI (x02220@1)tried to do what my daddy told me..
      E (022100@1)                 B (x2444x@1)              EBut (022100@1)I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream.


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