I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

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Verse

      G              D7
I was born in Macon, Georgia
             D7               G
They kept my dad in the Macon jail
         G7                    C
Dad said Son, if you keep your hands clean
G                   D7                  G
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail

Verse

           G              D7
But I fell in with bad companions
            D7           G
We robbed a man in Tennessee
                   G7           C
The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville
     G                D7             G
They locked me up and threw away the key

Chorus

            G              D7
I washed my hands in muddy water
          D7                         G
Washed my hands but they didn't come clean
         G7            C
Tried to do like Daddy told me
      G                   D7               G
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Verse

          G                D7
Asked the jailor when's my time up
        D7               G
He said Son, we won't forget
           G7               C
And if you try to keep your hands clean
G             D7              G
We may make a good man of you yet

Verse

           G             D7
I couldn't wait to do my sentence
        D7                   G
I broke out of the Nashville jail
       G7                  C
I just crossed the line of Georgia
    G               D7                G
And I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail

Chorus

            G              D7
I washed my hands in muddy water
          D7                         G
Washed my hands but they didn't come clean
         G7            C
Tried to do like Daddy told me
      G                   D7               G
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

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