I'm Troubled

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                             F           C
Our meeting is a pleasure and partying is grief
                          G7              C
But a false hearted lover is worse than a thief
                            F             C
A thief can but rob you and take what you save
                               G7          C
But a false hearted lover take you to your grave

Verse 2

                              F           C
I'm troubled I'm troubled I'm troubled in mind
                         G7               C
If trouble don't kill me I'll live a long time

Verse 3

                           F           C
A grave will decay you and turn you to dust
                                 G7           C
Ain’t a girl in a million that a poor boy can trust
                             F             C
They'll hug and kiss you and tell you more lies
                                 G7              C
As the crossties on the railroad or stars in the sky

Verse 2

                              F           C
I'm troubled I'm troubled I'm troubled in mind
                         G7               C
If trouble don't kill me I'll live a long time

Verse 4

                     F            C
I'm going to Georgie I'm going to roam
                        G7         C
I'm going to Georgie to make it my home
                            F            C
Gonna build me a cabin on a mountains so high
                                          G7              C
Where the wild birds and the turtle doves can hear my sad cry

Verse 2

                              F           C
I'm troubled I'm troubled I'm troubled in mind
                         G7               C
If trouble don't kill me I'll live a long time