Worried Man Blues chords by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Derroll Adams

SimplifiedAb · G · C · D · Eb

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Verse 1
Ab 
The  (A flat major) penthouse floor is covered with rust,
them old plush carpets are full of dust,
the elevator broke down
and I have to walk up ninety
-eight flights.
That's blues.
Oh, man. What's that?
G 
That's New York blues.  (G major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) I   went across the river, I lay down to sleep
C 
Ab 
I  (C major) went across the  (A flat major) river, I lay down to sleep
G 
I went across the river, I lay down to  (G major) sleep
Ab 
When  (A flat major) I woke up,
D 
G 
Ab 
 (D major) I had shackles  (G major) on my  (A flat major) feet
Well, it takes a worried man
G 
Ab 
G 
Ab 
to sing a worried  (G major) song  (A flat major)  (G major)  (A flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) But  (A flat major) I   won't be worried long
G 
Ab 
Around my  (G major) leg,  (A flat major) got 29 links of chain
C 
Ab 
Around  (C major) my  (A flat major) leg, got 29 links of chain
Around my leg,
G 
got 29 links of  (G major) chain
Ab 
D 
Ab 
G 
Ab 
And on each  (A flat major) line,  (D major) it  (A flat major) misses  (G major) my  (A flat major) name
It takes a worried man
to sing a worried song
G 
Ab 
C 
 (G major) It  (A flat major) takes  (C major) a worried man
Ab 
to sing a worried  (A flat major) song
It takes a worried mind
G 
to sing a worried  (G major) song
C 
Ab 
 (C major) I'm worried  (A flat major) now,
Eb 
Ab 
G 
Ab 
 (E flat major)  (A flat major) but I  (G major) won't be worried long  (A flat major) 
Play the guitar.
I asked the judge,
G 
Ab 
 (G major) what might be my  (A flat major) fine?
C 
I asked the  (C major) judge,
Ab 
what's gonna  (A flat major) be my fine?
G 
Ab 
 (G major) I  said, Joe,  (A flat major) what's gonna be my final
G 
29 years  (G major) on the Rocky Mountain mine?
Ab 
 (A flat major) Well, takes a worried man
to sing a worried song
C 
G 
Yeah, it  (C major) takes a  (G major) worried man
Ab 
 (A flat major) to  sing a worried song
It takes a worried man
G 
Ab 
to  (G major) sing a worried  (A flat major) song
I'm worried now,
G 
Ab 
D 
Ab 
but I  (G major) won't be worried long  (A flat major)  (D major)  (A flat major) 
I looked down the track
as far as I could see
I looked down the track
just as far as my eye could see
G 
I looked down the  (G major) track
Ab 
as far as my eye could  (A flat major) see
D 
He did a little bitty hand,  (D major) 
Ab 
G 
 (A flat major) a  (G major) -wavin' eye for me
Ab 
 (A flat major) Takes a worried man
G 
Ab 
G 
to  (G major) sing  (A flat major) a worried  (G major) song
Ab 
It  (A flat major) takes a worried man
to sing a worried song
Ab 
G 
Ab 
Takes  (A flat major)  (G major) a worried  (A flat major) man
to sing a worried song
Worried now,
but he won't be worried long
Ab 
 (A flat major) 