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, 
            E                           A 
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long.  


Verse 

  A 
I went across the river, I laid down to sleep, 
  D                        A 
I went across the river, I laid down to sleep, 
            E                           A 
When I woke up, were the shackles on my feet.  
 A 
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg, 
 D                      A 
Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg, 
             E                      A 
And on each link, the initial of my name.     


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

  A 
I asked the judge what might  be my fine, 
  D                    A 
I asked the judge what might be my fine, 
             E                          A 
Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain Line.  
  A 
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long, 
    D                       A 
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long, 
                   E                  A 
The girl I love is on that train and gone.   

 
A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, 
    D                     A 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song, 
            E                           A 
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long. 
 
  
Bridge 
 A 
If anyone asks you who composed this song, 
 D                         A 
If anyone asks you who composed this song, 
                       E                 A 
Tell him ?twas I and I sing it all day long.   

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