Worried Man Blues [core]

Chorus
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 laid down to sleep,... (×3)
When I woke up, had shackles on my feet

I asked that judge, what's gonna be my fine,... (×3)
Twenty one years, on the Rocky Mountain line

The train pulled in, sixteen coaches long,... (×3)
The girl I love, she's on that train and gone

I looked down that track as far as I could see,... (×3)
Little-bitty hand was waving back at me

Thirty-two links of chain wrapped around my leg,... (×3)
On each link, an initial of my name

Twenty one years to pay my awful crime...+2
Twenty one years, but I got ninety nine

If anyone should ask you who composed this song,... (×3)
Tell him 'twas I, and I sing it all day long