Worried Man Blues

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