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Version 1--.-/watch?ds49aVbChrk8Vs64 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.C. 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