I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by Elvis Presley

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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


Intro:
D A D


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

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


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


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

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


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


Guitar Solo:
D A D G D A D


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


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