Intro e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-3/4-------3/4-------------------------------------------------------| G|-3/5-------3/5-------------------------------------------------------| D|-3/5-------3/5-------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------0---------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----1-3----3------1-3----3------1-3----3------1-3----3---------------| E|--3-----3-----3-3-------------3-----3-----3-3-----3------------------| verse 1 Mary grab the baby river's risin' Muddy water taking back the land Old frame house she can't take no more beatin' Ain't no use to stay and make a stand Well the morning light showed water in the valley Daddy's grave just went below the line Things they say you just can't take'em with you The flood will swallow all you leave behind Won't be back to start all over Cause what I've held before is gone Mary take the child the river's risin' Muddy water taking back my home Interlude: verse 2 The road is gone just one way to leave here Turn my back on what I've left below Shiftin' lands broken farms around me Muddy water's changin' all I know Hard to say just what I'm losin' Ain't never felt so all alone Mary take the child the river's risin' Muddy water taking back my home Solo: Won't be back to start all over Cause what I felt before is gone Mary take the child, the river’s rising Muddy water taking back my home. That muddy water taking back my home Muddy water’s taking back my home. Lord muddy water taking back my home
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