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
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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.
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