https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbChrk8Vs64 at 18:15
Recorded 1930 by the original Carter family, Maybelle, Sara and AP.
[Introduction]
C F C G7 C
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Verse 1]
C
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
F C
I went across the river and I lay down to sleep
G7 C
When I woke up, put the shackles on my feet
[Verse 2]
C
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
F C
Twenty nine links of chain around my leg
G7 C
And on each link is initial of my name
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Instrumental break]
C F C G7 C
[Verse 3]
C
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
F C
I asked the judge, what might be my fine
G7 C
Twenty one years on the R.D. Mountain Line
[Verse 4]
C
The train I ride, sixteen coaches long
F C
The train I ride, sixteen coaches long
G7 C
The girl I love is on that train and gone
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
[Instrumental break]
C F C G7 C
[Verse 5]
C
If anyone ask you who composed this song
F C
If anyone ask you who composed this song
G7 C
Tell 'em 'twas I, and I sing it all day long
[Chorus]
C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
F C
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song
G7 C
I'm worried now, but I won't be worried long
