Pete Seeger – Worried Man Blues (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chorus]
F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

F                  Bb                F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Dm
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

           C              F
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Verse 1]
F
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

F
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

Bb             F
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

Dm              Gm
When I woke up,

C        Bb          F
I had shackles on my feet
[Chorus]
F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

F                  Bb                F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Dm
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

           C              F
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Verse 2]
Bb
There's twenty-nine links of chain around my leg

F
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg

F                         C              F
There's a chain around my leg, and each link bears an initial of my name
[Chorus]
F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Bb                       F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Dm
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

           C              F
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Verse 3]
Bb
I looked down the track just as far as I could see

F
I looked down the track just as far as I could see

F
I looked down the track just as far as I could see

          C                   F
A little bitty hand was waving after me
[Chorus]
F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Bb                       F
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Dm
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

           C              F
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Outro] F Bb F C F