Larry Fleet - 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-