| NC | D | |
| My name was | stranger ... |
| G | D | |
| On the | night that we | met ... |
| And then it was sweetheart ... |
| E | A7 | P | |
| And it | might have been | yet ... |
| NC | D | |
| But my arms grew | careless ... |
| G | D | |
| Like I | feared that they | would ... |
| A7 | |
| Now my arms are | empty - My lips are so cold; |
| D | |
| My name is | mud. |
| CHORUS |
| G | |
| My name is | mud ... |
| D | |
| My darlin' is | gone ... |
| She won't even see me; She won't even write me; |
| A7 | P | |
| She won't even | phone ... |
| NC | D | |
| Oh! they call me a | cheater ... |
| G | D | |
| And they | say I'm no | good ... |
| A7 | P | |
| And in any man's | language ... |
| NC | D | |
| My name is | mud. |
| My true love worshipped - The ground where I stand ... |
| Till she learned the hard way - That it's just sifted sand ... |
| She cried enough teardrops - To start her a flood ... |
| Teardrops wrote my name in the sand - Now my name is mud. |
| CHORUS |