Am F E Am F E Am E Am


[Verse 1]
Am
Sing a worried song
       Am
For it won't be long
     F
That we'll be dead and gone
E
And be passing on
F              E
 To the by-and-by

Am
Set me right beside
       Am
All my sad ancestors
F
Looking like a fright
E
In Daguerrotypes
F               E
 Or in a rotogravure


[Chorus]
Dm
See how the trees they grow
C
Pushing up the dead beneath your feet
        Dm
You may chew your kudzu down
         E
But it's you more likely it will eat


[Verse 2]
      Am
Oh, forever in a bind
                         F
In that time between the slice of the knife
    E
And when the pain arrives
F                       E
 That's just life, it's fi-ne

[Break]

Am F E Am F E Am E Am

[Verse 3]
            Am
The worried brow of mother earth
                       F
Is the endless furrows plowed in the dirt...
      E
Every body in the loam
F                 E
 Laid out head to toe
       E
In her garden

       Am
Hum to me with velvet thoughts
                       F
In the end you find it sadly all for nought
E
Gloom is all you've got...
F             E
 OK, now I'll stop

[Chorus]
Dm
See how the trees they grow
C
Pushing up the dead beneath your feet
        Dm
You may chew your kudzu down
         E
But it's you more likely it will eat
   F      E
Oh sing...
N.C.
A worried song

[Break]

Am F E Am F E Am E Am

[Outro]
Am
Sing a worried song
       Am
For it won't be long
     F
That we'll be dead and gone
E
And be passing on
Am
To the other side
Am
Fading in the light
F       E       Am
 Sing a worried song