Chords for Elvis Presley - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water [ CC ]

_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I was born in [C] Georgia.
_ Kept my daddy in the [F] jail.
_ He told me, if you [Bb] keep your hands clean, _ [F] you won't [C] hear them bloodhounds on your [F] trail.
Well, I fell in _ with bad [C] habits.
Brought my man [F] from Tennessee.
_ They called me way up [Bb] in Nashville.
They [F]
locked me [C] up in the [F] woodwork.
What'd you do, son?
I washed my hands in the mud.
[C] _ _ Washed my hands.
Oh, but [F] it didn't work for him.
I tried to do like [Bb] my daddy told me. _ _
[F] But I must have washed [C] my hands in the muddy [F] stream.
I asked the judge, _ now when's [C] my time up?
He said, son, oh, you know we [F] won't forget.
_ Now, if you try just to [Bb] keep your hands clean, yeah, [F] we might [C] just make a good man of you.
[F] _ But I couldn't wait to [C] get my time. _
I broke out _ [F] of Nashville jail. _
I just crossed _ [Bb] state line in Georgia. _ _
[F] Well, I can't hear [C] them bloodhounds on [F] my trail.
What'd you do, son?
I washed my hands _ in the [C] mud.
I washed my hands.
Oh, [F] but it didn't come clean.
I tried to do [Gm] like my [Bb] daddy told me. _
[F] But I must have [C] washed my hands in the [F] muddy stream. _
I washed my hands in the [C] muddy water.
I washed my hands.
Oh, but it [F] didn't come clean.
I tried to do like my [Bb] daddy told me. _
[Fm] But I must have [Cm] washed my hands in the [F] muddy water.
Yeah, I washed my hands in the [C] muddy water.
I washed my hands.
Oh, but it didn't come [F] clean. _
I tried to do like my [Bb] daddy told me.
But I [F] must have [C] washed my hands.
[F] _ Yeah, I washed my hands in the [Cm] muddy [C] water.
I washed my hands.
Oh, but it [F] didn't come clean.
I tried to do like my [Bb] daddy told me. _
[F] But I must have [C] washed my hands in the [F] muddy stream. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Go! _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] Yeah, [Cm] _
[F] I washed my hands in the [Cm] muddy [C] water.
I washed my hands.
Oh, but it [F] didn't come clean.
I tried to do like my [Bb] daddy told me.
But I [F] must have [C] washed my hands in the [F] muddy stream.
Yeah, I washed my hands in the [C] muddy water. _ _
I washed my hands.
[F] Oh, but it didn't come clean.
Well, I tried to do, tried to do like my [Bb] daddy told me.
Oh, yeah.
[F] But I must have washed [Am] my hands in the [F] muddy stream.
Yeah, I washed my hands _ in the [C] muddy water.
I washed my hands.
But it [F] didn't come clean.
I [Fm] tried to do [F] like my [Bb] daddy told me.
Good Lord, [F] but I must [B] have washed [C] my hands in the [F] muddy stream.
Go!
I washed my hands _ in the [C] muddy water. _
I washed my hands.
Oh, [F] but it _ didn't come clean.
_ Like my [Bb] daddy told me.
But [F] I must have washed [C] my hands.
_ [F] _ _ _