Key: C major
Intro 1
G
C
G
C
Verse 1
C
F
It takes a worried
E
F
C
man to sing worried song
It takes a worried man to
sing worried song
G
I'm worried now but
C
I won't be worried long
Verse 2
C
I went across the river,
F
C
and I lay down to sleep
I went across the river,
and I lay down to sleep
G
When I woke up,
C
had shackles on my feet
Interlude 1
C
F
C
G
C
F
C
G
C
Verse 3
F
Twenty nine links of chain
around my leg
Bb
Twenty nine links of chain
F
around my leg
C
F
And on each link, the initial of my name
Verse 4
F
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
Bb
A
It takes a worried man to
F
sing worried song
C
I'm worried now but I won't
E
be worried long
F
I asked that judge, tell me, what might be my fine
Verse 5
C
I asked that judge,
tell me,
F
what might be my fine
Twenty one years on the R
C Mountain line
Verse 6
Bb
The train arrived,
F
sixteen coaches long
The train arrived, sixteen coaches long
C
F
The girl I love is on that train and gone
Verse 7
F
E
F
It takes a worried man to sing worried song
Bb
A
It takes a worried man to sing
F
worried song
E
I'm worried now but I won't
F
be worried long
E
F
If anyone asks you who composed this song
Verse 8
E
F
If anyone asks you who composed
this song
Tell 'em t'was I,
C
and I sing it all day long
Verse 9
F
It takes a worried man to sing
worried song
C
It takes a worried man
to sing worried song
I'm worried now but I won't
F
Bb
F
be worried long
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