[Intro]
       


[Chorus]

It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
             
It takes a wor

              
ried man to si

             
ng a worried s

ong,

It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
            
I'm worried no

              
w, but I won't

            
 be worried lo

ng.


[Verse 1]

I went across 

the river, and

 I laid down t

o sleep,
             
I went across 

              
the river, and

              
 I laid down t

  
o sleep,

I went across 

the river, and

 I laid down t

o sleep,
            
When I woke up

              
, were the sha

             
ckles on my fe

et.


[Chorus]
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
             
It takes a wor

              
ried man to si

             
ng a worried s

ong,
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
            
I'm worried no

              
w, but I won't

            
 be worried lo

ng.


[Solo]
       


[Verse 2]

Twenty-nine li

nks of chain a

round my leg,
             
Twenty-nine li

              
nks of chain a

         
round my leg,

Twenty-nine li

nks of chain a

round my leg,
             
And on each li

             
nk, the initia

        
l of my name.


[Chorus]
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
             
It takes a wor

              
ried man to si

             
ng a worried s

ong,
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
            
I'm worried no

              
w, but I won't

            
 be worried lo

ng.


[Verse 3]

I asked the ju

dge what might

 be my fine,
             
I asked the ju

              
dge what might

       
 be my fine,

I asked the ju

dge what might

 be my fine,
             
Twenty-one yea

             
rs on the Rock

            
y Mountain Lin

e.


[Chorus]
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
             
It takes a wor

              
ried man to si

             
ng a worried s

ong,
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
            
I'm worried no

              
w, but I won't

            
 be worried lo

ng.


[Solo]
       


[Verse 4]
      
The train that

 I ride is six

teen coaches l

ong,
             
The train that

              
 I ride is six

              
teen coaches l


ong,
      
The train that

 I ride is six

teen coaches l

ong,
            
The girl I lov

              
e is on that t

          
rain and gone.


[Chorus]
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
             
It takes a wor

              
ried man to si

              
ng a worried s


ong,
    
It takes a wor

ried man to si

ng a worried s

ong,
            
I'm worried no

              
w, but I won't

             
 be worried lo

        
ng.