Written by Harry Richman, Jo Trent, Peter de Rose
Verse Bb7 Gm F#7 F7 Dixie moonlight, Swanee shore Bb7 Gm F#7 F7 Headed homebound just once more Bb7 Eb7 F7 Bb To my Mississippi delta home Bb7 Eb7 F#7 F7 Southland has that grand garden spot Bb7 Gm F#7 F Although you believe or not Verse Gm F#7 F7 I hear those breeze a-whispering: C7 F7 "Come on back to me" Bb7 Eb7 Muddy water 'round my feet Bb7 F#7 F7 Muddy water in the street Bb7 Eb7 Just God don't shelter C7 F7 Down on the delta Cm7 G7 Muddy water in my shoes Cm7 G7 Reeling and rocking to them lowdown blues Gm7 F#7 F7 They live in ease and comfort down there I do declare Bb7 Been away a year today Eb7 To wander and roam C7 I don't care it's muddy there F7 But see it is my home Outro Bb7 Eb7 Got my toes turned Dixie way Bb7 Eb7 'Round the delta let me lay Bb7 Eb7 F7 Bb7 My heart cries out for muddy water