Muddy Water

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I was home in Macon, Georgia
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They kept my Daddy   in the Macon 
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jail
He said, "Son, if you keep your 
C
hands clean, uh huh
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You won't hear those bloodhounds 
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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):
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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
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Verse 3:
E7            A                  
  I asked the jailer, said 
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"When's my time up?"
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He said "Son,  you know we won't 
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forget
And if you try and just keep your 
D
hands clean, uh huh
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Why we may just make a good man of
     A
 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            Bb             F
  I washed my hands in muddy water
                   F7              
I washed my hands,   but they 
       Bb
didn't come clean
                            Eb
I tried to do like my daddy told me,
 now
  Bb                  F7       
I must have washed my hands in a 
        Bb
muddy stream

(repeat last line twice)