Chords for The Spencer Davis Group - I wash my hands in muddy water - 1966.
Tempo:
96.175 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [F] [G]
I was born in Macon, [D] Georgia, met my dad [G] in the Macon jail.
He said, son, if you keep [C] your hands clean, you won't [D] have them bloodhounds [G] on your tree.
I fell in with [D] bad companions, robbed a man in [G] Tennessee.
Sheriff caught me [C] way up in Nashville, [G] and they locked me up and they threw away the key.
Washed my hands in [D] muddy water, washed my hands but they [G] didn't come clean.
Try to do what [C] my daddy told me, [G] but I must have [D] washed my hands in a [G] muddy stream.
[G] [F] [G]
I was born in Macon, [D] Georgia, met my dad [G] in the Macon jail.
He said, son, if you keep [C] your hands clean, you won't [D] have them bloodhounds [G] on your tree.
I fell in with [D] bad companions, robbed a man in [G] Tennessee.
Sheriff caught me [C] way up in Nashville, [G] and they locked me up and they threw away the key.
Washed my hands in [D] muddy water, washed my hands but they [G] didn't come clean.
Try to do what [C] my daddy told me, [G] but I must have [D] washed my hands in a [G] muddy stream.
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I was born in Macon, [D] Georgia, _ met my dad [G] in the Macon jail.
He said, son, if you keep [C] your hands clean, _ you won't [D] have them bloodhounds [G] on your tree. _
I fell in with [D] bad companions, _ robbed a man in [G] Tennessee. _
_ Sheriff caught me [C] way up in Nashville, _ [G] and they locked me up and they threw away the key.
_ Washed my hands in [D] muddy water, _ washed my hands but they [G] didn't come clean.
_ Try to do what [C] my daddy told me, [G] but I must have [D] washed my hands in a [G] muddy stream.
I asked the jailer _ [D] when my time's up, _ he said, son, we [G] won't forget.
_ If you try to [C] keep your hands clean, _ [G] we may [D] make a good man [G] of you.
I knew yet I couldn't wait to [D] do my sentence.
I broke out of [G] the Nashville jail.
_ I just crossed the [C] line of Georgia, _ [G] and I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail.
I washed my hands in [D] muddy water, I washed my hands [G] but they didn't come clean.
Try to do what my [C] daddy told me, _ [G] but I must have [D] washed my hands in a [G] muddy stream.
I washed my hands in [D] muddy water, I washed my hands [G] but they didn't come clean.
Try to do what my [C] daddy told me, but [G] I must have washed [D] my hands in a muddy [G] stream. _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
I was born in Macon, [D] Georgia, _ met my dad [G] in the Macon jail.
He said, son, if you keep [C] your hands clean, _ you won't [D] have them bloodhounds [G] on your tree. _
I fell in with [D] bad companions, _ robbed a man in [G] Tennessee. _
_ Sheriff caught me [C] way up in Nashville, _ [G] and they locked me up and they threw away the key.
_ Washed my hands in [D] muddy water, _ washed my hands but they [G] didn't come clean.
_ Try to do what [C] my daddy told me, [G] but I must have [D] washed my hands in a [G] muddy stream.
I asked the jailer _ [D] when my time's up, _ he said, son, we [G] won't forget.
_ If you try to [C] keep your hands clean, _ [G] we may [D] make a good man [G] of you.
I knew yet I couldn't wait to [D] do my sentence.
I broke out of [G] the Nashville jail.
_ I just crossed the [C] line of Georgia, _ [G] and I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail.
I washed my hands in [D] muddy water, I washed my hands [G] but they didn't come clean.
Try to do what my [C] daddy told me, _ [G] but I must have [D] washed my hands in a [G] muddy stream.
I washed my hands in [D] muddy water, I washed my hands [G] but they didn't come clean.
Try to do what my [C] daddy told me, but [G] I must have washed [D] my hands in a muddy [G] stream. _
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