C                                     C7 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. 
   F                                     C 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. 
   C 
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. 
            G                           C 
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long.  
     C                                         C7 
I went across that river, and I lay down to sleep. 
  F                                         C 
I went across that river, and I lay down to sleep. 
  C 
I went across that river, and I lay down to sleep. 
        G                               C 
When I awoke, there were shackles on my feet. 
 
 
 
And on each shackle were twenty-nine links of chain.  (3x) 
 
And on each link, were the initials of my name. 
 
 
 
I asked the judge "What might be my fine?"  (3x) 
 
  
 "Twenty-one years on the Rocky Mountain line!" 
 
 
 
The longest train I ever did see was a thousand coaches long.  (3x) 
 
And on that train, was my love and now she's gone. 
 
 
 
If anyone should ask you who did write this song.  (3x) 
 
It was me, and I sing it all day long.