Crossing Muddy Waters Ukulele chords by John Hiatt

• 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