A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
 D                                       A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
A                               C#7     F#m 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
    Bm                  E                A 
I?m worried now, but I won?t be worried long 

A 
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep 
D                                           A              
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep 
A 
Well I went across the river and I lay down to sleep 
           E                              A            
When I woke up, I had the shackles and my feet 

A 
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg 
D                                     A 
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg 
A 
I?ve twenty-nine links of chain around my leg 
            E                         A 
And on each link is the initial of my name 

           A 
Because it takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
 D                                       A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
A                               C#7     F#m 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
    Bm                  E                A 
I?m worried now, but I won?t be worried long 

A 
I asked the judge, what might be my fine 
D                                   A 
I asked the judge, what might be my fine 
A 
I asked the judge, well what might be my fine 
            E                            A 
Twenty-one years on that Rocky Mountain Line 

A 
The train that I ride, is sixteen coaches long 
D                                           A 
The train that I ride, is  sixteen coaches long 
A 
The train I ride, is sixteen coaches long 
           E                          A 
The girl I love is on that train and gone 

           A 
Because it takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
 D                                       A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
A                               C#7     F#m 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
    Bm                  E                A 
I?m worried now, but I won?t be worried long