Worried Man Blues
| Category: | Bluegrass |
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| Link: | Performance Example |
| Notes: | A classic American folk and bluegrass standard often played by The Carter Family, Woody Guthrie, and later Flatt & Scruggs. Its driving rhythm and repeating verses make it ideal for solo clawhammer banjo or group jams. A timeless song about hardship, endurance, and hope. |
CIt takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It Ftakes a worried man to sing a worried Csong
CIt takes a worried man to E7sing a worried Amsong
I'm worried G7now but I won't be worried Clong
CI went across the river I laid down to sleep
I Fwent across the river I laid down to Csleep
CI went across the river E7I laid down to Amsleep
When I woke G7up there were shackles on my Cfeet
CIt takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It Ftakes a worried man to sing a worried Csong
CIt takes a worried man to E7sing a worried Amsong
I'm worried G7now but I won't be worried Clong
CTwenty-nine links of chain around my leg
FTwenty-nine links of chain around my Cleg
CTwenty-nine links of E7chain around my Amleg
And on each G7link was the initial of my Cname
CIt takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It Ftakes a worried man to sing a worried Csong
CIt takes a worried man to E7sing a worried Amsong
I'm worried G7now but I won't be worried Clong
CI asked the judge what might be my fine
FI asked the judge what might be my Cfine
CI asked the judge E7what might be my Amfine
Twenty-one G7years on the Rocky Mountain CLine
CIt takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It Ftakes a worried man to sing a worried Csong
CIt takes a worried man to E7sing a worried Amsong
I'm worried G7now but I won't be worried Clong
CThis train that I ride is sixteen coaches long
The Ftrain that I ride is sixteen coaches Clong
CThe train that I ride is E7sixteen coaches Amlong
The girl I G7love is on that train and Cgone
CIt takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It Ftakes a worried man to sing a worried Csong
CIt takes a worried man to E7sing a worried Amsong
I'm worried G7now but I won't be worried Clong
I'm worried G7now but I won't be worried Clong
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