WORRIED MAN BLUES
Traditional American
Accordion Notation
Either row: Buttons 5 to 8*
(Place first finger at button 5 and little finger at 8, covering all the notes without having to change your finger positions.) |
Verse 1 (of 5):
.5 ;5 "5 .5 .5* .:6 .7* ;7 "7 .7 .7* .:6
It takes a wor-ried man to sing a wor-ried song
.6 ;5* "5* .5* .6* .:6 .5* ;6 "6 .6 .5* .:5
It takes a wor-ried man to sing a wor-ried song
.5* ;5 "5 .5 .5* .:6 .7* ;7 "7 .7 .7* .:6
It takes a wor-ried man to sing a wor-ried song.
.6 .6* .6 .:7*
I’m wor-ried now
"6 "6 .7* .8* .7 .7* ::6~
But I won’t be wor-ried long
For most (though not all) performances, the Verses follow the notation give above for the Chorus.
.5 ;5 "5 .5 .5* .:6 .7* ;7 "7 .7 .7* .:6
It takes a wor-ried man to sing a wor-ried song
.6 ;5* "5* .5* .6* .:6 .5* ;6 "6 .6 .5* .:5
It takes a wor-ried man to sing a wor-ried song
.5* ;5 "5 .5 .5* .:6 .7* ;7 "7 .7 .7* .:6
It takes a wor-ried man to sing a wor-ried song.
.6 .6* .6 .:7*
I’m wor-ried now
"6 "6 .7* .8* .7 .7* ::6~
But I won’t be wor-ried long
For most (though not all) performances, the Verses follow the notation give above for the Chorus.
Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Ten videos in keys of: A=3 C=1 D=1 G=5
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Group: Nashville Jam Posted by: Music City Roots |
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Singers: Jim and Jesse McReynolds Posted by: Edmund StAustell |
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Singer: Carl Martin ? Posted by: Carl Martin |
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Group: The Kingston Trio Posted by: The Kingston Trio - Topic In some of the choruses, the Trio changes the rhythm a bit. |
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Singer: Lukas Simpson Posted by Lukas Simpson |
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Group: Papa Pider's Jazz Band Posted by: Papa Pider's Jazz Band - Topic |
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Singer: Dean Barber Posted by: Dean Barber |
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Performers: Raymond Crooke and Lew Dite Posted by: raymondcrooke Well done. |
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Performers: Michael & Dianne Porter Posted by: Dianne Porter |
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LYRICS Verse 1
Verse 2 etc. |
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song It takes a worried man to sing a worried song I’m worried now but I won’t be worried long I went across the river and I laid down to sleep When I woke up, there were shackles on my feet Twenty one links of chain around my leg And on each link, the initials of my name I asked the judge what’s gonna be my fine Twenty one years on the Rocky Mountain Line If anyone should ask you who composed this song Say it was me and I sing it all day long |
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