Worried Man Blues
Stanley Brothers
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D G D A D [Chorus]D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,G It takes a worried man to sing aD worried song,D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,A7 I'm worried now, but I won't beD worried long. [Verse 1]D I went across the river, and I laid down to sleep,G I went across the river, and I laidD down to sleep,D I went across the river, and I laid down to sleep,A7 When I woke up, were the shacklesD on my feet. [Chorus]D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,G It takes a worried man to sing aD worried song,D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,A7 I'm worried now, but I won't beD worried long.Continues after the ad[Solo]D G D A D [Verse 2]D Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg,G Twenty-nine links of chain aroundD my leg,D Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg,A7 And on each link, the initial of myD name. [Chorus]D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,G It takes a worried man to sing aD worried song,D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,A7 I'm worried now, but I won't beD worried long. [Verse 3]D I asked the judge what might be my fine,G I asked the judge what might be myD fine,D I asked the judge what might be my fine,A7 Twenty-one years on the RockyD Mountain Line. [Chorus]D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,G It takes a worried man to sing aD worried song,D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,A7 I'm worried now, but I won't beD worried long. [Solo]D G D A D [Verse 4]D The train that I ride is sixteen coaches long,G The train that I ride is sixteenD coaches long,D The train that I ride is sixteen coaches long,A7 The girl I love is on that trainD and gone. [Chorus]D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,G It takes a worried man to sing aD worried song,D It takes a worried man to sing a worried song,A7 I'm worried now, but I won't beD A D worried long.