Biography:
The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. Their music had a profound impact on later bluegrass, country, pop and rock musicians, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s.
The original group consisted of Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (A.P.; 1891-1960), his wife, Sara Dougherty Carter (autoharp and guitar; 1898-1979), and Maybelle Addington Carter (guitar; 1909-1978). Maybelle Carter (later popularly known as Mother Maybelle Carter) was married to A.
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Recorded 1930 by the original Carter family, Maybelle, Sara and AP.
[Introduction]
C F C G7 C
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Verse 1]
C
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
F C
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
G7 C
When I woke up, put the shackles on my feet
[Verse 2]
C
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
F C
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
G7 C
And on each link is initial of my name
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Instrumental break]
C F C G7 C
[Verse 3]
C
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
F C
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
G7 C
Twenty one years on the R.D. Mountain Line
[Verse 4]
C
The train I ride, sixteen coaches long
F C
The train I ride, sixteen coaches long
G7 C
The girl I love is on that train and gone
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Instrumental break]
C F C G7 C
[Verse 5]
C
If anyone ask you who composed this song
F C
If anyone ask you who composed this song
G7 C
Tell 'em 'twas I, and I sing it all day long
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
Recorded 1930 by the original Carter family, Maybelle, Sara and AP.
[Introduction]
C F C G7 C
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Verse 1]
C
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
F C
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
G7 C
When I woke up, put the shackles on my feet
[Verse 2]
C
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
F C
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
G7 C
And on each link is initial of my name
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Instrumental break]
C F C G7 C
[Verse 3]
C
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
F C
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
G7 C
Twenty one years on the R.D. Mountain Line
[Verse 4]
C
The train I ride, sixteen coaches long
F C
The train I ride, sixteen coaches long
G7 C
The girl I love is on that train and gone
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Instrumental break]
C F C G7 C
[Verse 5]
C
If anyone ask you who composed this song
F C
If anyone ask you who composed this song
G7 C
Tell 'em 'twas I, and I sing it all day long
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
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