Tuning:

G6 C9 G6 D7 [VERSE 1]

I was ^G6born---in Macon ^D7Georgia, They kept my dad---in the Macon ^G6jail. Dad said,“^GSon,--if you ^G7keep your ^C9hands clean, ^G6You won’t hear them ^D7bloodhounds on your ^G6trail.”

[VERSE 2]

But I fell ^G6in with---bad com^D7panions, We robbed a man---up in Tenne^G6ssee. The sheriff ^Gcaught me-^G7--way up in ^C9Nashville, They ^G6locked me up and ^D7threw away the ^G6key.

[CHORUS]

I washed my ^G6hands---in muddy ^D7water. I washed my hands---but they didn’t come ^G6clean. I tried to ^Gdo---like my ^G7Daddy ^C9told me, But I ^G6must have washed my ^D7hands in a muddy ^G6stream.

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I asked the ^G6jailor---when my time is ^D7up. He said,"Son,---we won't for^G6get. And if you ^Gtry---to ^G7keep your ^C9hands clean ^G6We might make a ^D7good man of you ^G6yet."

[VERSE 4]

I couldn’t ^G6wait---to do my s^D7entence. I broke out of --- the Nashville j^G6ail. I just ^Gcrossed---the ^G7line of ^C9Georgia, And ^G6I can hear them ^D7bloodhounds on my ^G6trail.

[CHORUS]

I washed my ^G6hands---in muddy ^D7water. I washed my hands---but they didn’t come ^G6clean. I tried to d^Go---like my ^G7Daddy ^C9told me, But I ^G6must have washed my ^D7hands in a muddy ^G6stream.

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G6 C9 G6 D7 GM7 (Big note ending)

Stonewall Jackson - I washed my hands in muddy water