Worried Man Blues

C

Takes a worried man to sing a worried song, 

F

Takes a worried man to sing a worried song, 

C

Takes a worried man to sing a worried song, 

G

I'm worried now but I won't be worried long

Am

Went across the river, I laid down to sleep, 

E                                    Am

Went across the river, I laid down to sleep, 

Am

Went across the river, I laid down to sleep, 

E                                Am

when I awoke there were shackles on my feet

Asked the judge, what might be my crime? and he told me that I was out of time

21 links of chain, wrapped around my leg, and on each link the initials of my name

The train I ride is twenty one coaches long, and the women I love are on that train and gone

If anyone should ask you, who composed this song, tell them I don't know, but I sing it all day long