Muddy Water

Intro  A

Chorus 1

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Well I washed my hands in the 
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muddy water
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I washed my hands but they didn't 
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come clean
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I tried to do what my daddy told me
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But I must've washed my hands in a
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 muddy stream

Verse 1

Well Jerry was a boy down there in 
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Georgia
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And they kept Jeery's Daddy yes in 
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a Georgia jail
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Daddy said son if you keep your 
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hands clean  unhuh
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Well you won't hear them blood 
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hounds on your trail

Verse 2

Let me tell ya' fell in with bad 
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companions
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And we robbed the mail off this 
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truck in Tennessee
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Well they locked me up just about 
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the time I hit nashville
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And when the jailor locked the 
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door he just swallowed the Key son

Chorus 2

Well I washed my hands in muddy 
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water
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Well I Washed my hands but they 
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didn't come clean
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I tried to do what my daddy told me
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But I must have washed my hands in
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 a muddy stream

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Verse 3

Now I asked the jailor I said when's
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 my time up
And he said son just so you know 
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that this ole' boy won't forget
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You've got to try and just keep 
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your hands clean
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And We might just make a descent 
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man outta' you yet

Verse 4

But I didn't wait till my time was 
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up
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Jerry broke out broke out of that 
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Nashville jail
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And he crossed down there to 
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Atlanta Georgia
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And now all you can hear them 
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blood hounds on his trail

Chorus 3

Well I washed my hands in the muddy 
E
water
               E7                  
Well washed my hands but they 
       A
didn't come clean
           A7               D
I tried to do what my daddy told me
      A                   E       
But I must have washed my hands in
         A
 a muddy stream
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Yes I must have washed my hands in 
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a muddy stream