{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":754578,"song":"Muddy Water","artist":"Johnny Rivers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11588256-muddy-water-chords-by-johnny-rivers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/754578?type=chord","rating":4.50718,"votes":27,"content":"Muddy Water:Johnny Rivers.\r\n#19 in '66.\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was down in Macon Georgia.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey kept my daddy over in Macon jail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe told me if you keep your hands clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail.[/tab]\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I fell in with bad companions.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRobbed a mail train up in Tennessee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey caught me way up in Nashville.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand they locked me up and threw away the key.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI washed my hands in muddy water.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI washed my hands, but they didn't come clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI tried to do what my daddy told me..[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream.[/tab]\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I asked the jailer, now, when's my time up?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said son, you know we won't forget.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you try just to keep your hands clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe might just make a good man of you yet.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOh, I couldn't wait to get my time in.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI broke out of the Nashville jail.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI just crossed Atlanta, Georgia,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:(x2)\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI washed my hands in muddy water.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI washed my hands, but they didn't come clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI tried to do what my daddy told me..[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Muddy Water:Johnny Rivers.\n#19 in '66.\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:(x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["D","A","G","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}