Muddy Water

Capo: 4th fret Intro D Bm Bm G Bm G E7 A D E -------------------------------------------------------------------- B ----------------------------3-5-0-----------3-5-0------------------- G -2/4-2------------------2/4-------------2/4------------------------- D -------4-2-0----------0---------------0---------------0------------- A -------------0-2--0-2-------------0-2-------------0-2---2-4-5-7-8-9- E -------------------------------------------------------------------- Verse D It's been a part of me since I was in my bare feet Bm G Rope swing two knots high Bm G Just a couple other kids and I E A D Cooling off the summertime D The wading in my church clothes Preacher saying hold your nose Bm G Momma on the riverbank crying Bm G Right after I got baptized E A D I stuck around and I cast a line D E --------- B --------- G --------- D -0-2-3-4- A --------- E --------- Chorus G Now we'd sneak off in the middle of the night D Making night moves where the catfish bites E7 Skipping rocks on it Sit and talk on it A We drank so much that we could walk on it D Bm It's all I've ever known G Yeah it's where I'm supposed to be Bm G And I swear that God made E A D Muddy water for me D I wouldn't know it standing on the shore Bm G But it's holy underneath Bm G And I swear and God made E A D Muddy water for me D E --------- B --------- G --------- D -0-2-3-4- A --------- E --------- Verse D In a world of "I don't knows" I can find my way home Bm G Where the red dirt mixes with rain Bm G 'Cause it's only gonna flow one way Em A D Like the blood running through my veins D E --------- B --------- G --------- D -0-2-3-4- A --------- E --------- [Break] G Now I've seen the ocean from a hotel room D It's a little too salty a little too blue E7 For me Now all I need A A7 Is to drift away down some no name stream Chorus D It's all I've ever known Bm G And it's where I'm supposed to be Bm G And I swear that God made Em A D Muddy water for me D I wouldn't know it standing on the shore Bm G But it's holy underneath Bm G And I swear and God made E A D Muddy water for me D E --------- B --------- G --------- D -0-2-3-4- A --------- E --------- [Instrumental/So;o] G D E G E A Ooooooh won't you take me on down to the muddy water Chorus D It's all I've ever known Bm G Yeah it's where I'm supposed to be Bm G And I swear that God made Em A D Muddy water for me D I wouldn't know it standing on the shore Bm G But it's holy underneath Bm G And I swear and God made E A D Muddy water for me D E --------- B --------- G --------- D -0-2-3-4- A --------- E --------- Outro D Bm D And one day when I get called home Bm G Be a path to the creek D G 'Cause I swear God made E7 A7 D Muddy water-er for me D E -------2- B -7-6-5-3- G -------2- D -------0- A -------x- E -------x-