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[Verse 1]

Cm               G            Cm
Mary grab the baby river's risin'
Eb          Fm               G7
Muddy water taking back the land
Cm                   G                  Cm
Old frame house she can't take no more beatin'
Ab               G               Cm
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
Cm                        G                  Cm
Well the morning light showed water in the valley
Eb                  Fm              G7
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Cm                   G                    Cm
Things they say you just can't take'em with you
Ab                      G              Cm
The flood will swallow all you leave behind


[Chorus]

Eb                          Bb7
Won't be back to start all over
Eb                              G7
Cause what I've held before is gone
Cm              G                 Cm
Mary take the child the river's risin'
Ab           G              Cm
Muddy water taking back my home


[Interlude]

Cm G Cm Cm

Eb Fm G G7

Cm G Cm Cm

Ab G Cm Cm


[Verse 2]

Cm                 G                    Cm
The road is gone just one way to leave here
Eb              Fm               G7
Turn my back on what I've left below
Cm               G                 Cm
Shiftin' lands broken farms around me
Ab            G              Cm
Muddy water's changin' all I know


[Chorus]

Eb                         Bb7
Hard to say just what I'm losin'
Eb                        G7
Ain't never felt so all alone
Cm              G                Cm
Mary take the child the river's risin'
Ab           G              Cm
Muddy water taking back my home


[Solo]

Cm G Cm Cm

Eb Fm G G7

Cm G Cm Cm

Ab G Cm Cm


[Chorus]

Eb                           Bb7
Won't be back to start all over
Eb                           G7
Cause what I felt before is gone
Cm               G                   Cm
Mary take the child, the river’s rising
Ab              G           Cm7 Cm     Ab           G           Cm7 C
Muddy water taking back my home. That muddy water taking back my home
Ab7             G7          Cm7 Cm       Ab7         G7            Cm
Muddy water’s taking back my home. Lord muddy water taking back my home