# Worried Man Blues

## Classification

- Queue shelf: dark
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Traditional song, popularized by the Carter Family

## Earliest Located Evidence

Early twentieth-century traditional/commercial country sources

## Context

Traditional song; exact Scrips verse source unresolved.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/collections/
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/worried-man-blues.txt
- Cleaned Scrips ChordPro source: Worried Man Blues.chopro
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: G
- Capo: 5
- Tuning/comment: Banjo - Standard

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: Worried Man Blues
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- Later verses lack chord cues. Confirm the repeated progression, verse selection and Carter-related source; distinguish composition/arrangement evidence from a recording’s date.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Lyrics supplied; chord notes partial. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.