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C G C
Mary grab the baby river's risin'
E F G
Muddy water taking back the land
C G C
Old frame house she can't take no more beatin'
F G C
Ain't no use to stay and make a stand
C G C
Well the morning light showed water in the valley
E F G
Daddy's grave just went below the line
C G C
Things they say you just can't take'em with you
F G C
The flood will swallow all you leave behind
E B7
Won't be back to start all over
E G
Cause what I've held before is gone
C G C
Mary take the child the river's risin'
E F G
Muddy water taking back my home
C G C
The road is gone just one way to leave here
F G C
Turn my back on what I've left below
C G C
Shiftin' lands broken farms around me
E F G
Muddy water's changin' all I know
C G C
Hard to say just what I'm losin'
E F G
Ain't never felt so all alone
C G C
Mary take the child the river's risin'
E F G
Muddy water taking back my home
E B7
Won't be back to start all over
E G
Cause what I felt before is gone
C G C
Marry take the child, the river’s rising
E F G E F G
Muddy water taking back my home. That muddy water taking back my home
E F G C G C
Muddy water’s taking back my home. Lord muddy water taking back my home