I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water -------------------------------- Standard tuning. Intro: F F C I was born in Macon Georgia F They kept my daddy over in Macon jail F7 Bb He told me if you keep your hands clean F C7 F You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail F C Well I fell in with bad companions F Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee F7 Bb They caught me way up in Nashville F C7 F They locked me up and threw away the key F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C Well I asked the judge now when's my time up F He said son, oh you know we won't forget F7 Bb If you try just to keep your hands clean F C7 F We might just make a good man of you yet F C Oh I couldn't wait to get my time up F I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail F7 Bb I just crossed the state-line of Georgia F C7 F Well I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream (Solo) F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C I washed my hands in muddy water F Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean F7 Bb Tried to do what my daddy told me F C7 F But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream F C \ I washed my hands in muddy water | F | Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean | Fade out... F7 Bb | Tried to do what my daddy told me | F C7 F | But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream / Transcribed by Ferry Falkenburg (ferry@acc.nl)