songwriting credits unavailable performed by Johnny Rivers trail" Verse 2: I fell in with bad companions I robbed a man up in Tennessee And I got caught way up in Nashville, uh huh now And they locked me up and threw away the key CHORUS : I washed my hands in muddy water I washed my hands, but they didn't come clean I tried to do like my daddy told me, now I must have washed my hands in a muddy stream Verse 3: yet" Verse 4: But I didn't wait to get my time in I broke down, broke o (azchords.com)