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