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Muddy Waters
Am E Am C D E E 7
Mary, grab the baby, river`s risin´ muddy water taking back the land.
Am E Am
Old framehouse she can`t take one more beatin´,
E Am
ain`t no use to stay and make a stand.
E Am
Well, the morninglight showed water in the valley,
C D E E 7
Daddy`s grave just went below the line.
Am E Am
Things to save, you just can`t take them with you,
E Am
flood`ll swallow all you leave behind.
C G Am C E E 7
Won`t be back to start all over `cause what I felt before is gone.
Am E Am E Am
Mary, take the child the river`s rising, muddy water takin´ back my home.
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The road is gone and this one paid the levee;
C D E E 7
turn my back on what I`ve left below, oh.
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Shiftin´ lands and broken farms around me - muddy water`s changin´ all I know.
C G Am C E E 7
Hard to say just what I`m loosin´, ain`t never felt so all alone.
Am E Am E Am
Mary take the child the river`s rising - muddy water taking back my home.
C G Am C E E 7
Won`t be back to start all over `cause what I felt before is gone.
Am E Am E Am
Mary, take the child the river`s rising, muddy water takin´ back my home.
E Am E Am
That muddy water takin back my home. Muddy water`s takin´ back my home,
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muddy water takin´ back my home.