A5 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song D5 A5 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song E5 E5 A5 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. I went across the river and I lay down to sleep D5 A5 I went across the river and I lay down to sleep E5 E5 A5 When I woke up there were shackles on my feet. Twenty nine links of chain around my feet D5 A5 Twenty nine links of chain around my feet E5 E5 A5 And on each link an initial of my name. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song D5 A5 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song E5 E5 A5 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. I asked the judge 'what will be my time?' D5 A5 I asked the judge 'what will be my time?' E5 E5 A5 Twenty one years on the R.C. Mountain Line. Train came around - sixteen coaches long D5 A5 The train came around - sixteen coaches long E5 E5 A5 The girl I love is on that train and gone. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song D5 A5 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song E5 E5 A5 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long. Should anyone ask you 'who composed this song?' D5 A5 Should anyone ask you 'who composed this song?' E5 E5 A5 Say it was I and I sing it all day long. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song D5 A5 It takes a worried man to sing a worried song E5 E5 A5 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long, E5 E5 A5 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long, E5 E5 A5 E5 A5 I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.