Muddy Water chords by Glen Campbell

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

Intro A

Chorus 1

A                  E
Well I washed my hands in the muddy water
      E7             A
I washed my hands but they didn't come clean
      A7        D
I tried to do what my daddy told me
   A         E        A
But I must've washed my hands in a muddy stream

Verse 1

                  E
Well Jerry was a boy down there in Georgia
           E7           A
And they kept Jeery's Daddy yes in a Georgia jail
      A7          D
Daddy said son if you keep your hands clean unhuh
   A          E          A
Well you won't hear them blood hounds on your trail

Verse 2

                 E
Let me tell ya' fell in with bad companions
         E7           A
And we robbed the mail off this truck in Tennessee
          A7              D
Well they locked me up just about the time I hit nashville
       A        E             A
And when the jailor locked the door he just swallowed the Key son

Chorus 2

                E
Well I washed my hands in muddy water
         E7             A
Well I Washed my hands but they didn't come clean
      A7        D
I tried to do what my daddy told me
   A          E7        A
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Riff  A E E7 A A7 D E A (OR)

 A       A        E E7         A       A7
E-0--------------0---------------0--0-------------------0-------------0--|
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       E       A
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

                    E
Now I asked the jailor I said when's my time up
                   E7         A
And he said son just so you know that this ole' boy won't forget
       A7           D
You've got to try and just keep your hands clean
    A         E           A
And We might just make a descent man outta' you yet

Verse 4

                  E
But I didn't wait till my time was up
           E7          A
Jerry broke out broke out of that Nashville jail
        A7          D
And he crossed down there to Atlanta Georgia
    A           E          A
And now all you can hear them blood hounds on his trail

Chorus 3

                  E
Well I washed my hands in the muddy water
        E7             A
Well washed my hands but they didn't come clean
      A7        D
I tried to do what my daddy told me
   A          E        A
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
             E7        A   D G D A
Yes I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


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