{"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":2426815,"song":"I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water","artist":"Elvis Presley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2426815-i-washed-my-hands-in-muddy-water-chords-by-elvis-presley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2426815?type=chord","rating":4.89405,"votes":24,"content":"I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water\r\nElvis Presley\r\nRecorded on June 7, 1970\r\n\r\nListen and play with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYcg11BcLA\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was born 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\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 man, oh 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\nThey locked me up and threw away the key[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI washed my hands in muddy water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWashed my hands, but they didn't come clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTried 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\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I asked the judge now when's my time up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said son, oh 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[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh I couldn't wait to get my time up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI broke out, broke out of Nashville jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI just crossed the state-line of Georgia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I can hear those bloodhounds on my trail[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (x4)\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI washed my hands in muddy water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWashed my hands, but they didn't come clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTried 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\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (x3)\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah, I washed my hands in muddy water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWashed my hands, but they didn't come clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTried 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\r\n\r\n[Outro] (Fade out after \"Didn't come clean\")\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yeah, I washed my hands in muddy water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWashed my hands, but they didn't come clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTried 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]","plain_text":"I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water\nElvis Presley\nRecorded on June 7, 1970\n\nListen and play with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYcg11BcLA\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nD A D\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] (x4)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar Solo]\nD A D G D A D\n\n\n[Chorus] (x3)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro] (Fade out after \"Didn't come clean\")","chords":["D","A","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}