🎸 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water chords by Elvis Presley

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water
Elvis Presley
Recorded on June 7, 1970


Intro:
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