Tom: D
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
