How to Play Crossing Muddy Waters on Ukulele?

John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D, Em chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Crossing Muddy Waters with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters Ukulele Chords

Chord reference G, C, D, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[G][C][D][Em][C][D][G] [G]Baby’s gone and i don’t know [C]why, she [D]headed out this [Em]morning Like a rusty shot in a hollow [C]sky, she [D]left me without [G]warning

[G]Sooner than the dogs could [C]bark, [D]faster than the [Em]sun rose Down to the banks in an old [C]mule cart, she [D]took a flat boat [G]across the shallows Left me in my [C]tears to drown, she [D]left a baby [Em]daughter Now the river’s wide and deep and [C]brown, she’s [D]crossing muddy [G]waters

[G]Tobacco standing in the [C]fields, be [D]rotten come [Em]November And a bitter heart will not [C]reveal, a [D]spring that love [G]remembers

[G]When that sweet brown girl of [C]mine, hair [D]black as a [Em]raven We broke the bread and drank the [C]wine, from a [D]jug that she’d been [G]saving Left me in my [C]tears to drown, she [D]left a baby [Em]daughter Now the river’s wide and deep and [C]brown, she’s [D]crossing muddy [G]waters

[G]Baby’s crying and the daylight’s [C]gone, that [D]big oak tree is [Em]groaning In a rush of wind and a river [C]song, i can [D]hear my true love [G]moaning

[G]Crying for her baby [C]child, oh [D]crying for her [Em]husband Crying for that rivers [C]wild, to take [D]her from her loved [G]ones Left me in my [C]tears to drown, she [D]left a baby [Em]daughter Now the river’s wide and deep and [C]brown, she’s [D]crossing muddy [G]waters

Artist John Hiatt

Album Crossing Muddy Waters

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Rock, Bluegrass

Year 2000

Key G

John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D, Em chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For C, To play C, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, C, E open.
For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.
For Em, To play Em, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G, E open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Crossing Muddy Waters with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.