(I Washed My Hands) In Muddy Water Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
I was [G]home in Macon,
Geor[D]gia
They kept my Daddy in the Macon [G]jail
He said, Son,
if you keep your [C]hands clean, uh huh
[G]You wont hear those [D]blood
hounds on your [G]trail

[Verse 2]
[G]
I fell in with bad compan[D]ions
I robbed a man up in Tenness[G]ee
And I got caught way up in [C]Nashville,
uh huh now
And they [G]locked me up and
[D]threw away the key

[Verse 3]
[G]CHORUS
I washed my hands in muddy wa[D]ter
I washed my hands,
but they didn't come [G]clean
I tried to do like my daddy [C]told me, now
I [G]must have washed my
[D]hands in a muddy [G]stream

[Verse 4]
[Eb]
I asked the [Ab]jailer,
said Whens my [Eb]time up?
He said Son, you know we wont for[Ab]get
And if you try and just keep your [Db]hands clean,
uh huh
Why [Ab]we may just make a
[Eb]good man of [Ab]you yet

[Verse 5]
[Ab]
But I didn't wait to get my [Eb]time in
I broke down, broke out the Nashville [Ab]jail
I just crossed Atlanta, [Db]Georgia, oh now
And [Ab]I can hear those
[Eb]bloodhounds on [Ab]my trail

[Interlude 1]
[Eb]
[Ab][Db]

[Verse 6]
[Ab]I wa[Db]shed [Ab]my hands[Eb]
[Ab]in m[E]uddy[A] water[E]
I washed my hands,
but they didn't come [A]clean
I tried to do like my daddy [D]told me,
[Am]now[A][E][A]
[Am]I must have wa[A]shed my ha[E]nds in a

[Outro 1]
muddy stream
[A][Am][Am][A][E][A]