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14 Mar 97 - 09:45 AM (#3092) Subject: chords: "I wash my hands..." From: bwross@sover.net I have a recording of this song but don't know how to figure out the chords. I would love to know them. The chorus id "I wash my hands, inmuddy water... The verse is " I was born in old, virginia, North Carolina, I did roam." Thanks for any help. Blake |
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14 Mar 97 - 01:27 PM (#3105) Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER From: Gene Graham Here's Stonewall Jackson's version....hope it will fill the bill. I WASHED MY HANDS IN MUDDY WATER - Recorded by Stonewall Jackson - Written by Joe Babcock [C] I was born in [G] Macon, Georgia They kept my dad in the Macon [C] jail My daddy said, [C7] "Son, keep your [F] hands clean And [C] you won't hear those [G] blood hounds on your [C] trail." [C] I washed my hands in [G] muddy water I washed my hands, but I didn't get [C] clean I tried to [C7] do like my daddy [F] told me But, I [C] must have washed my [G] hands in a muddy [C] stream. Well, I fell in with bad companions We robbed a man in Tennessee The sheriff caught me up in Nashville They locked me up and threw away the key. I asked the jailer, "When's my time up?" He said, "Now, son, we won't forget And if you try and keep your hands clean Then we may make a good man of you yet." I couldn't wait and do my sentence I broke out of the Nashville jail Now I just crossed the line of Georgia And I can hear those blood hounds on my trail. |
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17 Nov 98 - 08:43 PM (#45857) Subject: washed my hands in muddy water From: Len A fragment of a song, (the chorus I assume) that I heard on an old Grateful Dead has caught my interest. Washed my hands in muddy waters I washed my hands, but they wouldn't come clean I washed my hands in muddy waters Well I must have washed my hands in the muddy stream This certainly sounds like a traditional song to me, If anyone can fill in the rest of the lyrics and perhaps tell me a little bit about the song I would be forever, (or at least for a few days) greatfull. |
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17 Nov 98 - 09:05 PM (#45860) Subject: RE: washed my hands in muddy water From: John Nolan Lucky you, it's in the database, Len. |
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17 Nov 98 - 09:14 PM (#45866) Subject: RE: washed my hands in muddy water From: Len Thanks John |