#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 21:54:51 -0700 From: Collins Crapo Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab MUDDY WATER songwriting credits unavailable performed by Johnny Rivers tab transcribed by Collins Crapo G/ (320003@1)/ / 2 / DI (xx0232@1)was home in Macon, Georgia D7 (xx0212@1) GThey (320003@1)kept my Daddy in the Macon jail CHe (x32010@1)said, "Son, if you keep your hands clean, uh huh G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GYou (320003@1)won't hear those bloodhounds on your trail" 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 CHORUS (same pattern as above 2 verses): I washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, but they didn't come clean I tried to do like my daddy told me, now I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream Verse 3: E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) I asked the jailer, said "When's my time up?" E7 (020130@1) AHe (x02220@1)said "Son, you know we won't forget DAnd (xx0232@1)if you try and just keep your hands clean, uh huh A (x02220@1) E7 (020130@1) AWhy (x02220@1)we may just make a good man of you yet" Verse 4: But I didn't wait to get my time in I broke down, broke out the Nashville jail I just crossed Atlanta, Georgia, oh now And I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail (chorus; same pattern as above 2 verses) F7 (131241@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) I washed my hands in muddy water F7 (131241@1) BbI (x1333x@1)washed my hands, but they didn't come clean EbI (x43121@3)tried to do like my daddy told me, now Bb (x1333x@1) F7 (131241@1) BbI (x1333x@1)must have washed my hands in a muddy stream (repeat last line twice)