Worried Man Blues banjo tabs
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Scruggs Style
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gDGBD
This is a beginner-intermediate arrangement of Worried Man Blues teaching both forward rolls and forward backwards rolls. Make sure your slides and pull-offs are nice and crisp.
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Melodic Style
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G -
Tempo
110 bpm -
Tuning
gDGBD
This arrangement of Worried Man Blues has all sorts of great melodic style licks. There's even a bit of single string in there!
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More about Worried Man Blues
This is a folk song cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 4753. Because folk songs are handed down from generation to generation without any written form, the lyrics of this song vary greatly. Nevertheless, there seems to be unity in terms of the chorus, which goes as; "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." Regardless of, however, you choose to sing the verse of this song, the over idea must narrate the story of a man imprisoned for an unjust cause or unknown reasons a version reads: "I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep/When I come up, had shackles on my feet" This classical folk song has helped artists find their voice in creativity. Like Stewart, it helped him explore and access his inner artistry and creativity; it started up a love for music in Stewart. Although its origin has been lost in time for lack of proper documentation, this song was made popular by the Carter family. They revived the "Worried Man Blues." They were able to do this as a result of A.P carter's fondness for traveling around the world, collecting old songs and producing them. In 1928, Carter ceased music scouting across the globe alone as he got himself a one-legged blues music partner named Lesley Riddle. Lesley traveled around the world with Carter in search of folk songs. It is possible that they discovered the "worried man blues" while on a trip.
Here on Tunefox you’ll find 3 versions of Worried Man Blues for banjo. The Scruggs style tablature will teach you how to play slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs. In the melodic arrangement of Worried Man Blues, you’ll learn some fanc...y up-the-neck melodic work. The third variation of this song is a forward roll based-backup arrangement. There are many Scruggs, melodic and bluesy licks in these three banjo Worried Man Blues tablatures, which can be used to personalize each arrangement into your liking. To change measure into different arrangement, just click on the "Original Measure" text above the measure and select a different lick. You can also click the "Shuffle licks" button at the bottom of the page to randomly change all of the licks in the tablature and create a wholly unique arrangement of this song. There are a number of fantastic learning tools in Tunefox to help you memorize, learn by ear, and improve your speed. These special features are found in the "Tools" menu at the bottom right of your screen. The "Hide Notes" tool will hide a number of the notes in the tab so you can use your ears to learn parts of the melody of the Worried Man Blues. Next, try out the "Memory Train" tool, which will hide more and more notes each time the song or measure loops. This will help get you off of the tab you’ve been working with so you can play it by memory. The "Speed Up" feature gradually speeds up the song so you can hone your technique and challenge yourself to go faster. Use the Tunefox backing tracks to practice the solo you’re working on or improvising over the chord changes for Worried Man Blues. The backing tracks are recorded samples of real instruments to help simulate practicing with an actual band. You can adjust the volume of the instrument, band, and metronome to your liking. Members can export their arrangements into PDF, allowing them to print and bring them to their next jam session.
Worried Man Blues lyrics
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long
I went across the river, and I lay down to sleep
I went across the river, and I lay down to sle...t
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
And on each link, an initial of my name
I asked that judge, tell me, what's gonna be my fine
I asked that judge, tell me, what's gonna be my fine
I asked that judge, tell me, what's gonna be my fine
Twenty one years on the Rocky Mountain line
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
The girl I love, she's on that train and gone
I looked down the track, as far as I could see
I looked down the track, as far as I could see
I looked down the track, as far as I could see
A little bitty hand, was waving after me
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song
If anyone should ask you, who made up this song
Tell 'em it was me, and I sing it all day long