Bruce Springsteen - The Big Muddy: chords

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Billy had a mistress down on A and 12th
She was that little something that he did
for himself
His own little secret didn't hurt nobody
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Come the afternoon he'd take her wadin'

Chorus:
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Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
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You start out standing but end up crawlin' sonny

Got in some trouble and needed a hand from
a friend of mine
This old friend had a figure in mind
It was nothing illegal, just a little bit funny
He said "C'mon, don't tell me that the rich
don't know
Sooner or later, it all comes down to money"

Chorus:
And you're waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
You start on higher ground, but end up crawlin'

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Well I had a friend sid, "You watch what you do
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Poison snake bites you and you're poison too"

How beautiful the river flows and the birds,
they sing
But you and I, we're messier things
They're ain't no one leavin' this world, buddy
Without their shirttail dirty or their
hands a little bloody

Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
You start on higher ground,
but end up somehow crawlin'
Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
Waist deep in the big muddy
Woo!
Woo