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Worried Man

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Willie repeats these chords all the time:
I mean that he holds the 6th fret and bends the string to the tone of the 7th fret.
So he doesn't move his finger to the fret, but rather bends the string down or up to get to that same tone.
CHORUS
AWorried man, Dworried man.
  EI'm a very Aworried man.
AHungry babies don't Dunderstand,
that EPapa is a worried Aman.
APapa is a worried man.
VERSE 1
The Aplace I go to Ddraw my pay,
  ESlammed the door on Ame today.
ATold me just to Dstay away,
And Edon't come back aAgain.
VERSE 2
AI came home to Dbreak the news,
my Ewoman saw that I Ahad the blues,
she Asaid "The babies Dneed new shoes"
now EI'm a worried Aman
CHORUS
AWorried man, Dworried man.
  EI'm a very Aworried man.
AHungry babies don't Dunderstand,
that EPapa is a worried Aman.
APapa is a worried man.
SOLO:
e|--------------|
B|-----------10-|
G|-2-6-7-9-6----|   <--- That's from A to the position of the solo :D
D|--------------|
A|--------------| 
E|--------------|
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
B|------------------------|----------------------|-------10-10-10-7-----|---------------------------|
G|-6s7-7h9-9-9-9h11p9-7-7-|---6-7-9-9h11-7h9-7-6-|-9-9-9------------7---|---------------------------|
D|------------------------|-9--------------------|--------------------9-|-7-7h9-7-7h9-7-7h9s11-11-7-|
A|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-----------------|---------9s14-14-12-10-7------------------|
G|---6-7-7h9p7-9p7-7h9p7-9-9s11-7-7-|---6-b7-6-b7-6-6-|-9-9-9-9----------------------------------|
D|-7---7-7---------7-----7----------|-9---------------|-------------------------12-9-9-9h11-11-7-|
A|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-7-6-4-2-----|
A|---------4-0-| <--- That's back to the A chord! :D
E|-------------|
VERSE 3
AThere is no way that DI can see,
  EThat I can feed my Afamily,
AI don't own a Dmoney tree:
 EAn' I don't own no lAand.
VERSE 4
AI told my Mama: "DDon't you cry.
"I'll gEet a job before the Aday go by."
AI don't know where, and Dthat is why,
that EI'm a worried Aman.
CHORUS
AWorried man, Dworried man.
  EI'm a very Aworried man.
AHungry babies don't Dunderstand,
that EPapa is a worried Aman.
APapa is a worried man.

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Worried Man

by Willie Nelson

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Willie repeats these chords all the time:

I mean that he holds the 6th fret and bends the string to the tone of the 7th fret.

So he doesn't move his finger to the fret, but rather bends the string down or up to get to that same tone.

CHORUS

A D

Worried man, worried man.

E A

I'm a very worried man.

A D

Hungry babies don't understand,

E A

that Papa is a worried man.

Papa is a worried man.

VERSE 1

A D

The place I go to draw my pay,

E A

Slammed the door on me today.

A D

Told me just to stay away,

E A

And don't come back again.

VERSE 2

A D

I came home to break the news,

E A

my woman saw that I had the blues,

A D

she said "The babies need new shoes"

E A

now I'm a worried man

CHORUS

A D

Worried man, worried man.

E A

I'm a very worried man.

A D

Hungry babies don't understand,

E A

that Papa is a worried man.

Papa is a worried man.

SOLO:

e|--------------|

B|-----------10-|

G|-2-6-7-9-6----| <--- That's from A to the position of the solo :D

D|--------------|

A|--------------|

E|--------------|

e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|

B|------------------------|----------------------|-------10-10-10-7-----|---------------------------|

G|-6s7-7h9-9-9-9h11p9-7-7-|---6-7-9-9h11-7h9-7-6-|-9-9-9------------7---|---------------------------|

D|------------------------|-9--------------------|--------------------9-|-7-7h9-7-7h9-7-7h9s11-11-7-|

A|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|

E|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|

e|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------|-----------------|---------9s14-14-12-10-7------------------|

G|---6-7-7h9p7-9p7-7h9p7-9-9s11-7-7-|---6-b7-6-b7-6-6-|-9-9-9-9----------------------------------|

D|-7---7-7---------7-----7----------|-9---------------|-------------------------12-9-9-9h11-11-7-|

A|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|

e|-------------|

B|-------------|

G|-------------|

D|-7-6-4-2-----|

A|---------4-0-| <--- That's back to the A chord! :D

E|-------------|

VERSE 3

A D

There is no way that I can see,

E A

That I can feed my family,

A D

I don't own a money tree:

E A

An' I don't own no land.

VERSE 4

A D

I told my Mama: "Don't you cry.

E A

"I'll get a job before the day go by."

A D

I don't know where, and that is why,

E A

that I'm a worried man.

CHORUS

A D

Worried man, worried man.

E A

I'm a very worried man.

A D

Hungry babies don't understand,

E A

that Papa is a worried man.

Papa is a worried man.

About Worried Man Chords by Willie Nelson

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