Chords for Johnnie Taylor- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water

[F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Yeah, are we from the top?
[E] _ _ Uh-huh.
[Gm] Well, [F] I got a little story I [A] want to tell you about this muddy [Dm] water.
_ Nobody's [F] yet [Eb] told a real story about this muddy [C] water.
You know, when you're [B] invited out to those cocktail parties, you know,
[Bb] that ain't [Eb] nothing but muddy water you're drinking.
[F] _ [E] I've seen [Gm] a lot of good men lose their happy home just because of that muddy water.
[F] I told my [Eb] baby, I said,
Baby, we got to have our little talk.
[F] _ [Eb] _ [Gm] I ought to pack up my things and walk.
[Bb] _ [A] _ I don't want to go from hand to [Abm] hand,
_ [Eb] _ but before you [E] go from man to man,
[Bb] I'd rather drink muddy water.
That's the truth, [Abm] honey.
[Eb] Sleep in a hollow log.
She said, Why?
[Em] I said, This is [Am] why.
_ [F] I love you, baby, [C] but you won't be fair.
_ _ [F] You don't know [C] how to be on the spot.
[Cm] No, no.
[Dm] [Eb] Have [Dm] your fun, [F] baby, if you must.
[C] _ [F] _ [G] [Dm] I can't do [Am] nothing when a woman [G] I can't serve.
I'd rather drink muddy [Gb] [F] water. _ _
_ [Am] [F] Sleep in a hollow log.
[Am] [Em] I'd love to be done, yeah, [F] baby, [E] but I [Am] wake up, you talk, you don't tell me.
[C] [Dm] My [Eb] pretty [Dm] life, [Am] it's a deep [E]
blue.
[A] _ [Dm] [A] Your kisses are sweet, honey, and sandy.
[C] [Dm] What [Eb] will [Dm] you make [C] of a fool [E] out [Dm] of me?
[Em] I'd rather drink [Bm] muddy [Ebm] water.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Am] Sleep in [Eb] a hollow [Dm] log.
[Em] Oh, oh, oh.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Oh, [Gm] oh.
[Dm] _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _
[C] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ Baby, [Eb] but you won't be [F] fair.
_ [C] You don't know [Cm] how to be [G] on [E] the spot.
[Fm] Say, have [Cm] your fun, baby, if [F] you must.
_ [Ab] I can't do nothing when a woman [Gm] I can't [Gb] serve.
[F] I'd rather [B] drink muddy water.
[F] _ [N] Sleep in a hollow log.
_ _ [Em] _ I'm [F] drinking [C] muddy water in the morning.
[F] You got [C] me drinking muddy water in the evening.
_ [Abm]
[C] Muddy water.
_ [Abm] _ [C] _ _ [Ab] I'm drinking muddy [C] water.
[Abm] They say I [C] don't make you snow.
_ [Abm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _