Tono: C
Introducción:
Cm G Cm
Mary grab the baby river's risin'
Eb Fm G7
Muddy water taking back the land
Cm G Cm
Old frame house she can't take no more beatin'
Ab G Cm
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
Cm G Cm
Well the morning light showed water in the valley
Eb Fm G7
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Cm G Cm
Things they say you just can't take'em with you
Ab G Cm
The flood will swallow all you leave behind
Eb Bb7
Won't be back to start all over
Eb G7
Cause what I've held before is gone
Cm G Cm
Mary take the child the river's risin'
Ab G Cm
Muddy water taking back my home
Ab G Cm
verse 2
Cm G Cm
The road is gone just one way to leave here
Eb Fm G7
Turn my back on what I've left below
Cm G Cm
Shiftin' lands broken farms around me
Ab G Cm
Muddy water's changin' all I know
Eb Bb7
Hard to say just what I'm losin'
Eb G7
Ain't never felt so all alone
Cm G Cm
Mary take the child the river's risin'
Ab G Cm
Muddy water taking back my home
Eb Bb7
Won't be back to start all over
Eb G7
Cause what I felt before is gone
Cm G Cm
Mary take the child, the river?s rising
Ab G Cm7 Cm Ab G Cm7 C
Muddy water taking back my home. That muddy water taking back my home
Ab7 G7 Cm7 Cm Ab7 G7 Cm
Muddy water?s taking back my home. Lord muddy water taking back my home