Muddy Water

Intro: Chorus 1 Well I washed my hands in the muddy water I washed my hands but they didn't come clean I tried to do what my daddy told me But I must've washed my hands in a muddy stream verse 1 Well Jerry was a boy down there in Georgia And they kept Jeery's Daddy yes in a Georgia jail Daddy said son if you keep your hands clean unhuh Well you won't hear them blood hounds on your trail verse 2 Let me tell ya' fell in with bad companions And we robbed the mail off this truck in Tennessee Well they locked me up just about the time I hit nashville And when the jailor locked the door he just swallowed the Key son Well I washed my hands in muddy water Well I Washed my hands but they didn't come clean I tried to do what my daddy told me But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream Riff E-0--------------0---------------0--0-------------------0-------------0--| B-2--------------2------------1--0--0-------------------2-------------2--| G-2--------------2-------0-h2----1--1--1-2-1------------2-------------0--| D-2--------------2--0 h2---------2--0--------2-2-0------2-------------2--| A-0-------0-h3-0-0---------------2--2--------------2B-0-0------0-h3-0-0--| E----0-h3-------------------------------------------------0-h3-----------| E---------------2-----------1--0--------------0---| B-------0-h1----3----0-h1------0--------------2---| G--0-h2------3--2--2------3----1--------------2---| D---------------0--------------2--------------2---| A---------------0--------------2------0-h3-0--0---| E------------------------------0--h30-------------| verse 3 Now I asked the jailor I said when's my time up And he said son just so you know that this ole' boy won't forget You've got to try and just keep your hands clean And We might just make a descent man outta' you yet verse 4 But I didn't wait till my time was up Jerry broke out broke out of that Nashville jail And he crossed down there to Atlanta Georgia And now all you can hear them blood hounds on his trail Well I washed my hands in the muddy water Well washed my hands but they didn't come clean I tried to do what my daddy told me But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream Yes I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream