Muddy Water chords by Glen Campbell

Chords with lyrics

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Muddy Water
Glen Campbell & Jerry Reed
TV Show
Glen Campbell Good Time Hour

Intro A augmentedA

Chorus 1

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Well I washed my hands in the muddy water
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I washed my hands but they didn't 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 muddy stream

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Chorus 2

                E MajorE
Well I washed my hands in muddy water
         E7E7             A augmentedA
Well I Washed my hands but they didn't come clean
      A7A7        D MajorD
I tried to do what my daddy told me
   A augmentedA          E7E7        A augmentedA
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Riff  A augmentedA E MajorE E7E7 A augmentedA A7A7 D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA (OR)

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B-2--------------2------------1--0--0-------------------2-------------2--|
G-2--------------2-------0-h2----1--1--1-2-1------------2-------------0--|
D-2--------------2--0 h2---------2--0--------2-2-0------2-------------2--|
A-0-------0-h3-0-0---------------2--2--------------2B-0-0------0-h3-0-0--|
E----0-h3-------------------------------------------------0-h3-----------|

        D MajorD       E MajorE       A augmentedA
E---------------2-----------1--0--------------0---|
B-------0-h1----3----0-h1------0--------------2---|
G--0-h2------3--2--2------3----1--------------2---|
D---------------0--------------2--------------2---|
A---------------0--------------2------0-h3-0--0---|
E------------------------------0--h30-------------|

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

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

Chorus 3

                  E MajorE
Well I washed my hands in the muddy water
        E7E7             A augmentedA
Well washed my hands but they didn't come clean
      A7A7        D MajorD
I tried to do what my daddy told me
   A augmentedA          E MajorE        A augmentedA
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
             E7E7        A augmentedA   D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Yes I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


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