Worried Man Blues

Traditional

[D]It takes a worried man

[D]to sing a worried song

It [G]takes a worried man

to [D]sing a worried song

[D]I’m worried [A]now,

but I won’t be worried [D]long

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I [D]went across the river

and I lay down to sleep

Went [G]across the river

and I [D]lay down to sleep

When I woke [A]up,

there were shackles on my [D]feet

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[D]It takes a worried man

[D]To sing a worried song

It [G]takes a worried man

To [D]sing a worried song

I’m worried now

But I [A]won’t be worried [D]long

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[D]Twenty-nine links of

chain around my leg

[G]Twenty-nine links

of [D]chain around my leg

[D]And on each [A]link

was the initial of my [D]name

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[D]It takes a worried man

To sing a worried song

It [G]takes a worried man

To [D]sing a worried song

[D]I’m worried now

But I [A]won’t be worried [D]long

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[D]I asked the judge,

what might be my fine

I [G]asked the judge,

what might be my [D]fine

[D]Twenty-one years on

the [A]Rocky Mountain [D]Line

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[D]It takes a worried man

to sing a worried song

It [G]takes a worried man

to sing a worried [D]song

[D]I’m worried now

but I [A]won’t be worried long

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[D]The train that I ride,

is sixteen coaches long

The [G]train that I ride,

is sixteen coaches [D]long

[D]The woman I love

is [A]on that train and [D]gone

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[D]It takes a worried man

to sing a worried song

It [G]takes a worried man

to sing a worried [D]song

[D]I’m worried now

but I [A]won’t be worried [D]long

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[D]If anyone should ask you,

who composed this song

If [G]anyone should ask you,

who composed this [D]song

[D]Tell ’em ’twas I,

and I [A]sing it all day [D]long

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[D]It takes a worried man

to sing a worried song

It [G]takes a worried man

to sing a worried [D]song

[D]I’m worried now

but I [A]won’t be worried [D]long