Crossing Muddy Waters Ukulele chords by John Hiatt

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: D G B E (D G B E)

Capo 2nd ?

Intro:
D G A Bm G A D

Verse 1:
D               G
Baby's gone and i don't know why
   A        Bm
She headed out this morning
D               G
Like a rusty shot in a hollow sky
   A        D
She left me without warning

Verse 2:
D               G
Sooner than the dogs could bark
A        Bm
Faster than the sun rose
D               G
Down to the banks in an old mule cart
   A        D
She took a flat boat 'cross the shallows

Chorus:
        G
Left me in my tears to drown
   A       Bm
She left a baby daughter
  D               G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown
    A       D
She's crossing muddy waters

Verse 3:
D               G
Tobacco standing in the fields
 A        Bm
Be rotten come November
   D            G
And a bitter heart will not reveal
   A        D
A spring that love remembers

Verse 4:
D               G
When that sweet brown girl of mine
A       Bm
Hair black as a raven
  D               G
We broke the bread and drank the wine
    A          D
From a jug that she'd been saving

Chorus:
        G
Left me in my tears to drown
   A       Bm
She left a baby daughter
D                 G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown
    A       D
She's crossing muddy waters

Verse 4:
D                G
Baby's crying and the daylight's gone
A          Bm
That big oak tree is groaning
   D            G
In a rush of wind and a river song
   A          D
I can hear my true love moaning
D       G
Crying for her baby child
  A       Bm
Oh crying for her husband
        D   G
Crying for that rivers wild
  A          D
To take her from her loved ones

Chorus:
        G
Left me in my tears to drown
   A       Bm
She left a baby daughter
D                  G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown
    A       D
She's crossing muddy waters

Outro:
D                 G
Now the river's wide and deep and brown
    A       D
She's crossing muddy waters

D G A Bm D G A D D D