[6m] Mary grab the [3maj] baby river's [6m] rising
[1] Muddy water's [2maj] taking back the [3maj] land
[6m] Old frame house she [3maj] can't take one more [6m] beating
Ain't no use to [3maj] stay and make a [6m] stand

Well the morning light showed water in the valley
Daddy's grave just went below the line
Things to save you just can't take 'em with you
The flood 'll swallow all we leave behind

[1] I won't be back to start all [5] over
[1] 'Cause what I felt before is [3maj] gone
[6m] Mary take the [3maj] child the river's [6m] rising
[4] Muddy water's [3maj] taking back my [6m] home

The road is gone there's just one way to leave here
Turn my back on what I've left below
Shifting lands and broken farms around me
Muddy water's changing all I know

Aard to say just what I'm losing
Ain't never felt so all alone
Mary take the child the river's rising
Muddy water's taking back my home
Well muddy water's taking back my home