I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by Elvis Presley

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
Elvis Presley
Recorded on June 7, 1970


Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD


Verse 1:
D MajorD          A augmentedA
I was born in Macon Georgia
                 D MajorD
They kept my daddy over in Macon jail
              G+G
He told me if you keep your hands clean
D MajorD          A augmentedA          D MajorD
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail

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Well I fell in with bad companions
               D MajorD
Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee
              G+G
They caught me way up in Nashville
    D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD
They locked me up and threw away the key

Chorus:
N.C.    D MajorD        A augmentedA
I washed my hands in muddy water
                   D MajorD
Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
              G+G
Tried to do what my daddy told me
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But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


Verse 2:
D MajorD                   A augmentedA
Well I asked the judge now when's my time up
                   D MajorD
He said son, oh you know we won't forget
                G+G
If you try just to keep your hands clean
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We might just make a good man of you yet

D MajorD               A augmentedA
Oh I couldn't wait to get my time up
                   D MajorD
I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail
                  G+G
I just crossed the state-line of Georgia
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Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

Chorus: (x4)
    D MajorD          A augmentedA
I washed my hands in muddy water
A augmentedA                   D MajorD
Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
              G+G
Tried to do what my daddy told me
D MajorD             A augmentedA         D MajorD
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


Guitar Solo:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD


Chorus: (x3)
          D MajorD       A augmentedA
Yeah, I washed my hands in muddy water
                    D MajorD
Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
              G+G
Tried to do what my daddy told me
D MajorD             A augmentedA         D MajorD
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream


Outro: (Fade out after "Didn't come clean")
          D MajorD       A augmentedA
 Yeah, I washed my hands in muddy water
                    D MajorD
Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
              G+G
Tried to do what my daddy told me
D MajorD             A augmentedA         D MajorD
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream