Worried Man Blues
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| G | G7 | |
| It | takes a worried man to | sing a worried song, | 
| C | G | |
| It | takes a worried man to sing a worried | song! | 
| G | G7 | |
| It | takes a worried man to | sing a worried song, | 
| Am | D7 | D | G | |
| I'm worried | now but I | won't be | worried | long | 
| G | G7 | |
| I | went across the river, and | I laid down to sleep, | 
| C | G | |
| I | went across the river, and I laid down to | sleep! | 
| G | G7 | |
| I | went across the river, and | I laid down to sleep; | 
| Am | D7 | D | G | |
| When I woke | up I had | shackles | on my | feet! - It takes a worried man... | 
| Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg, | 
| I had twenty-nine links of chain around my leg! | 
| Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg; | 
| And on each link An initial of my name! - It takes a worried man... | 
| Judge, judge, judge, What's gonna be my fine, | 
| I Judge, judge, judge, What's gonna be my fine; | 
| Judge, judge, judge, What's gonna be my fine? | 
| "Twenty-one years On the Rocky Mountain line". - It takes a worried man... | 
| The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long, | 
| The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long! | 
| The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long; | 
| The girl I love, she's on that train and gone. - It takes a worried man... | 
| I looked down that track as far as I could see, | 
| I looked down that track as far as I could see! | 
| I looked down that track as far as I could see; | 
| Little-bitty hand was waving back at me. - It takes a worried man... | 
| If anyone should ask you who made up this song, | 
| If anyone should ask you who made up this song! | 
| If anyone should ask you who made up this song: | 
| Tell him t'was I, and I sing it all day long. - It takes a worried man... | 
