Worried Man Blues

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

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

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

I went across the river and I lay down to sleep

When I woke up I had shackles on my feet

Twenty-one links of chain around my leg

There was twenty one links of chain around my leg

Twenty-one links of chain around my leg

And upon each link there's an initial of my name

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

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

I asked that judge, "What's gonna be my fine?"

Asked that judge, "Say, what's gonna be my fine?"

I asked that judge, "What's gonna be my fine?"

Said, "Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain mine"

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Yes, it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

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