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Last summer when I was visited my grandmother, she gave me the permission to take any of her and my grandpa’s LP from their collection. Among the stack, I grew fond of one particular Carter Family’s album. On the record, I was captivated by the vocal harmonies on “Worried Man Blues” and continually found myself humming the melody for many weeks to come. After recording the song, my grandma informed me that this song was actually my grandpa’s favourite track on the album as well.

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Capo 1

G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
C G
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
D G
I’m worried now but I won’t be worried long

I went across the river and lay me down to sleep
I went across the river and lay me down to sleep
When I woke up there were shackle on my feet

Twenty-one links of chain wrapped around my leg
Twenty-one links of chain wrapped around my leg
Upon each link was the initials of my name

I asked the judge, “what’s going to be my fine?”
I asked that judge, “what’s going to be my fine?”
“Twenty-one years,” he said, “..on the Rocky Mountain line”

That train pulled out twenty-one boxcars long
That train pulled out twenty-one boxcars long
The girl I love is on that train and gone

If somebody asks who wrote this song tell ‘em it was I
If somebody asks who wrote this song tell ‘em it was I
And the worried man blues, I sing ‘em all the time

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from The Kitchen Chorus Songbook, released November 9, 2011

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Joe Vickers Drumheller, Alberta

Farmer by day, troubadour by night, Joe Vickers has logged countless miles on both his combine and tour van. His music explores the human spirit singing of the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the prairies.

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