I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
Titel: I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
Längd: 3:53
Kompositörer: Joe Babcock
Utgivare: Maricana Music
Inspelningsdatum: 1970-06-07/08
Inspelningstid: mellan klockan 18:00-21:00, 22:00-01:00 och 01:30-04:30
Inspelningsplats: RCA Studio B – Nashville, TN
Matrix: ZPA4 1622
Tagning master: 1
Producent: Felton Jarvis
Studiotekniker: Al Pachucki
Musiker:
Akustisk gitarr: Elvis Presley
Gitarr: James Burton
Gitarr: Chip Young
Bas: Norbert Putnam
Trummor: Jerry Carrigan
Piano: David Briggs
Orgel, vibrafon och munspel: Charlie McCoy
Pålagt i efterhand:
Gitarr: James Burton
Slagverk: Jerry Carrigan
Slagverk och vibrafon: Farrell Morris
Orgel: David Briggs
Steel guitar: Weldon Myrick
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Imperials
Kör/bakgrundssångare: The Jordanaires
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Millie Kirkham
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Green
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Mary Holladay
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Ginger Holladay
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Temple Riser
Kör/bakgrundssångare: June Page
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Sonja Montgomery
Kör/bakgrundssångare: Dolores Edgin
Trumpet: Charlie McCoy
Trumpet: George Tidwell
Trumpet: Don Sheffield
Tumpet: Glenn Baxter
Saxofon: Wayne Butler
Saxofon: Norman Ray
Saxofon, flöjt och klarinett: Skip Lane
Saxofon och flöjt: William Puett
Trombon: Gene Mullins
Första utgivning: Elvis Country (LSP-4460)
Även utgiven på bland annat:
Country Memories (R244069)
Walk A Mile In My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (74321 30331 2)
A Hundred Years From Now – Essential Elvis Vol. 4 (07863 66866 2)
Alternativa versioner:
Long version Walk A Mile In My Shoes – The Essential 70’s Masters (74321 30331 2)
Undubbed unedited version A Hundred Years From Now – Essential Elvis Vol. 4 (07863 66866 2)
Text:
I was born in Macon, Georgia
They kept my daddy over in the Macon jail
He told me, ”If you keep your hands clean, yeah
You won’t hear them bloodhounds on your trail”
Well I fell in with bad companions
Robbed a man, oh up in Tennessee
They caught me way up in Nashville, yeah
They locked me up and threw away the key
(What to do, sir?)
I washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
Tried to do what my daddy told me, yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Well I asked the judge now when’s my time up
He said, ”Son, oh you know we won’t forget
If you try just to keep your hands clean, yeah
We might just make a good man of you yet”
Oh I couldn’t wait to get my time up
I broke out, broke out of Nashville jail
I just crossed the state line of Georgia, yeah
Well I can hear them bloodhounds on my trail
(What to do?)
Washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
Tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me, yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
I tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy, oh, oh
Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water
I washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
Well I tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
Well I tried to do, tried to do like my daddy told me, oh yeah
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream, yeah
I washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
I tried to do like my daddy told me, yeah Lord
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream, oh
I washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, oh but they didn’t come clean
Well I tried to do like my daddy told me, yeah Lord
But I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream
Yeah, washed my hands in muddy water