G                   D7
I was born in Macon Georgia

                              G
They kept my dad in the Macon jail

             G7               C
Dad said Son if you keep your hands clean

G                   D7                  G
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail


                       D7
But I fell in with bad companions

                     G
We robbed a man in Tennessee

                      G7        C
The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville

     G                D7             G
They locked me up and threw away the key

 
                           D7
I washed my hands in muddy water

                                       G
I washed my hands but they didn't come clean

              G7              C
I tried to do like Daddy told me

      G                   D7               G
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

 
                             D7  
I asked the jailor When's my time up

                     G
He said son we won't forget

               G7           C
And if you try to keep your hands clean

G             D7              G
We may make a good man of you yet


                         D7
I couldn't wait to do my sentence

                             G 
I broke out of the Nashville jail

               G7          C 
I just crossed the line of Georgia

      G             D7                G
And I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail


                      D7
But I fell in with bad companions

                     G
We robbed a man in Tennessee

                      G7        C
The sheriff caught me way up in Nashville

     G                D7             G
They locked me up and threw away the key