Chords: A | A | A | A7 | D | D | A | A | E | D | A | E Instrument plan: Kick-off on dobro · Break 1 on fiddle · Break 2 trades banjo and mandolin · Tag answered by dobro [Intro – dobro kick-off, 4 bars] [Verse 1] I saw your boots on the porch boards down at Darlene Miller's door, I saw your muddy boots a-standing by Darlene Miller's door, Now I know where you go walking when you say you're at the store. [Verse 2] You swore it on your mama's Bible, swore it on the family ring, You laid your hand on Mama's Bible, swore it on the wedding ring, But a promise in your mouth, love, don't weigh a single thing. [Chorus – trio harmony] Lord, the creek runs muddy when the rain comes off the hill, Yes, the creek runs muddy, muddy, when the rain comes off the hill, And a heart that's been betrayed, Lord, it runs muddy still. [Instrumental Break – fiddle, 12 bars] [Verse 3] I gave you twenty summers and the best years of my hands, I gave you twenty summers, gave the best years of these hands, And you sold 'em down the river like a field of fallow land. [Verse 4] Well, the rooster knows the morning and the hound dog knows the trail, The rooster knows the morning, the old hound dog knows the trail, And I knew it by your silence, like a wind before the hail. [Chorus – trio harmony] Lord, the creek runs muddy when the rain comes off the hill, Yes, the creek runs muddy, muddy, when the rain comes off the hill, And a heart that's been betrayed, Lord, it runs muddy still. [Instrumental Break – banjo 3 bars, mandolin 3 bars] [Verse 5 – stop-time on first line] I'm gonna pack my grandma's quilt and the banjo off the wall, Gonna roll up Grandma's quilt, take the banjo off the wall, You can keep the house and Darlene — you can keep the lies and all. [Outro – tag] You can keep the lies and all, You can keep the lies... and all.
