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.