A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
   D                      A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
            E         E7               A 
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. 
   
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep 
  D                         A 
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep 
            E             E7             A 
When I woke up there were shackles on my feet. 


Twenty nine links of chain around my feet 
D                    A 
Twenty nine links of chain around my feet 
            E        E7           A 
And on each link an initial of my name. 

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
   D                      A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
            E         E7               A 
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. 


I asked the judge 'what will be my time?' 
D                  A 
I asked the judge 'what will be my time?' 
           E            E7            A 
Twenty one years on the R.C. Mountain Line. 

Train came around - sixteen coaches long 
    D                   A 
The train came around - sixteen coaches long 
           E       E7                A 
The girl I love is on that train and gone. 


It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
   D                      A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
            E         E7               A 
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. 

Should anyone ask you 'who composed this song?' 
       D               A 
Should anyone ask you 'who composed this song?' 
           E       E7              A 
Say it was I and I sing it all day long. 


It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
   D                      A   
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song 
            E         E7               A 
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long, 
            E         E7               A 
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long, 
            E         E7               A      E  A 
I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.